Fábio Silva

Fábio Silva has a PhD in Psychology (University of Aveiro) and is currently a collaborator member of the William James Center for Research (Social Cognition and Body Odors Team). His research interests are centered around the topics of vision processing, where he studies how unconsciously processed information impacts our life, and visual perception where he investigates how anticipatory mechanisms are modulated by emotion states, such as anxiety. He is also an invited lecturer at ISPA – Instituto Universitário.

Main publications

Silva, F., Garrido, M., & Soares, S. C. (2024). The effect of anxiety and its interplay with social cues when perceiving aggressive behaviours. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17470218241258209. doi: 10.1177/17470218241258209
Silva, F., Ribeiro, S., Silva, S., Garrido, M. I. & Soares, S. C. (2024). Exploring the use of visual predictions in social scenarios while under anticipatory threat. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 10913. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-61682-3
Silva, F., Garrido, M. I. & Soares, S. C. (2024). Improved perception of aggression under (un)related threat of shock. Cognitive Sience, 48(5), e13451. doi: 10.1111/cogs.13451
Silva, F., Gomes, N., Korb, S., & Semin, G. R. (2020). Not all emotions are equal: Fear chemosignals lower awareness thresholds only for fearful faces. Chemical Senses. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjaa047
Silva, F., Dias, J., Silva, S., Bem-Haja, P., Fernandes, C., & Soares, S. C. (2018). Unconscious influence over executive control: Absence of conflict detection and adaptation. Consciousness and Cognition, 63, 110–122. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.06.021

Contacts

E-mail: fabio.alexandre@ua.pt
CiênciaVitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/en/911D-2EE2-4273
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6543-5222
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fabio_Silva115