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Joana Arantes

Gabinete 1028, Escola de Psicologia, Universidade do Minho
joana.arantes@psi.uminho.pt | 253604604
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Teaching
  • Invited Assistant Professor
    Institution
    Universidade do Minho
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  • Assistant
    Institution
    University of Canterbury
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Positions & Roles
  • Others (Ex: Appointments)
    Institution
    Diretora do Laboratório de Cognição Humana (LCH) da Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho
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  • Others (Ex: Appointments)
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    Coordenadora do Grupo de Investigação em Psicologia Evolutiva e Tomada de Decisão, Universidade do Minho
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    Institution
    Membro do Conselho Geral da Universidade do Minho
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Resume

I completed my PhD in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Sciences more than ten years ago. During my PhD, I conducted several research studies at the University of Minho (Portugal) and at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). After concluding my PhD I worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Canterbury, then as an Invited Assistant Professor and also a post-doctoral fellow, after as an Assistant Research, and since 2021 as an Assistant Professor at the University of Minho. I have been conducting and disseminating my research, both to the scientific community and to the general public. For example, I have published approximately 50 articles in high impact, peer-reviewed international journals and have given more than 100 oral presentations, invited presentations, and conference posters in national and international conferences (e.g., USA, England, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Norway, Spain). I have also participated in many tv shows (e.g., Sociedade Civil, Agora Nós, Grandes Manhãs) and radio programs, and have given several interviews to local and national newspapers. I had three funded projects as Principal Investigator (PI), one international, from the Marsden Society (New Zealand), and two nationals, from FCT and Bial. In 2014 I created (and coordinate) the Research Group in Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Minho - the first evolutionary psychology group in Portugal -, and since then it has been growing and expanding. The group now comprises approximately fifteen investigators under my supervision, including PhD and Master's students, research assistants and collaborators students (undergraduate students), and we meet every week in the School of Psychology. My areas of research are the study of timing, attention, memory, attractiveness, interpersonal relationships, and multimodal perception (e.g., visual, auditory), which I study in a framework based on evolutionary psychology.

Education
Licenciatura Pré-Bolonha em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde (três anos de Psicologia geral e dois anos de especialização em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde)
Institution
Universidade do Minho
Education level
Licenciatura
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Parte Curricular do Mestrado em Ciências Cognitivas
Institution
Universidade do Minho
Education level
Outros
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Doutoramento
Institution
Universidade do Minho e Universidade de Canterbury
Education level
Doutoramento
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Pós-doutoramento em Psicologia financiado pela FCT
Institution
Universidade do Minho
Education level
Pós-doutoramento
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Curso Laboratory Animal Science, acreditado pela FELASA 020/08F
Institution
Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S)
Education level
Outros
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Language
Portuguese
Speaking
Advanced
Reading
Advanced
Writing
Advanced
Listening
Advanced
English
Italian
Listening
Advanced
Spanish; Castilian
Writing
Intermediate
Listening
Advanced
French
Project
The implicit cognition of interpersonal attraction
Role
Principal Investigator
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Project Status
Ongoing
Institution/Organization/R&D Centre
Centro de Investigação em Psicologia (CIpsi)
Funding Entity
Bial
Project reference
A-20546
Funding amount
€25000
In-person and Online Healthy Eating Promotion through Self-regulation: Assessing the Efficacy of a Narrative-based InterventionPOCI-01-0145-FEDER-028302
Role
Researcher
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Project Status
Ongoing
Institution/Organization/R&D Centre
Centro de Investigação em Psicologia (CIpsi)
Funding Entity
FCT
Project reference
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028302