Integrated Member
Cognition Team
Raquel Lemos is an Assistant Professor at ISPA and a researcher at the William James Center for Research (WJCR). She teaches neuropsychology and co-coordinates the MSc Programme in Neuropsychology of the Neuroconsortium, a joint programme of Universidade Católica Portuguesa and ISPA. Her main research interests include cognitive decline, cognitive reserve, and neuropsychological assessment. She has authored scientific publications and participated in nationally and internationally funded R&D projects. Raquel holds a PhD in Neuropsychology from the University of Coimbra and conducted postdoctoral research at the Champalimaud Foundation before joining WJCR.
Main 5 publications
Manica, I., Pacheco da Silva, S., Silva Nunes, M. V., & Lemos, R. (2026). The effects of bilingualism on executive functions and cognitive reserve in young adults. International Journal of Bilingualism, 13670069261427148. doi: 10.1177/13670069261427148
Lemos, R., Areias-Marques, S., Lazaridis, A., Zils, J., Martins, C., Almeida, S., Alves, L., Brieber, D., & Oliveira-Maia, A. J. (2025). The Cognitive Functions Dementia Battery: A Novel Computerized Tool for Neurocognitive Disorders. Aging and disease. doi: 10.14336/AD.2025.0412
Lemos, R., Santana, I., Caetano, G., Bernardino, I., Morais, R., Farivar, R., & Castelo-Branco, M. (2016). 3D face recognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment: a psychophysical and structural MR study. J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 22(7), 744-754. doi: 10.1017/S135561771600059X
Lemos, R., Marôco, J., Simões, M. R., Santiago, B., Tomás, J., & Santana, I. (2015). The Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test for predicting progression to Alzheimer’s disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment: A prospective longitudinal study. J Neuropsych., doi: 10.1111/jnp.12075
Lemos, R., Duro, D., Simões, M. R. & Santana, I. (2014). The Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test Distinguishes Frontotemporal Dementia From Alzheimer’s Disease. Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 29(7), 670–679. doi:10.1093/arclin/acu031
Contacts
E-mail: rlemos@ispa.pt
Google Scholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FC7ukk4AAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raquel-Lemos-3?ev=hdr_xprf
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