Sandra C. Soares

Sandra C. Soares main research interests are focused on understanding how different emotions, such as fear and disgust, impact on behaviour, psychophysiology and neural processing. She uses a multisensory (mostly visual and olfactory emotional inducing stimuli) and multi-method approach to foster a more broaden comprehension of the phenomena. She also studies how these processes interact with cognitive functions, such as attention and memory, with evolutionary theories as a ground and combines these experimental-cognitive approaches in both basic and applied settings (e.g., with clinical disorders, such as Psychotic disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Anxiety Disorders, and Phobias). Finally, her research endeavours an interdisciplinary approach, with strong collaborations with computer science experts, in order to promote more personalized and preventive systems into mental health care practices.