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DocumentDirect real-time neural evidence for task-set inertia2015

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012
Location: SEC PCA
Title:
2012 Grants
Start date: 2013-02

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-091
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2012
Title:
091 - Psychophysiological studies into task-set inertia in switching paradigms
Duration: 2013-04 - 2014-11
Researcher(s):
Lisa Evans, Edward Wilding
Institution(s): School of Psychology, Cardiff University (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Language: eng
Author:
Evans, L.
Secondary author(s):
Wilding, E.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Psychophysiology / Cognitive processes / Memory

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-091.04
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2012
Title:
Direct real-time neural evidence for task-set inertia
Publication year: 2015
URL:
http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/01/27/0956797614561799.long
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
One influential explanation for the costs incurred when switching between tasks is that they reflect interference arising from completing the previous task—known as task-set inertia. We report a novel approach for assessing task-set inertia in a memory experiment using event-related potentials (ERPs). After a study phase, participants completed a test block in which they switched between a memory task (retrieving information from the study phase) and a perceptual task. These tasks alternated every two trials. An ERP index of the retrieval of study information was evident in the memory task. It was also present on the first trial of the perceptual task but was markedly attenuated on the second. Moreover, this task-irrelevant ERP activity was positively correlated with a behavioral cost associated with switching between tasks. This real-time measure of neural activity thus provides direct evidence of task-set inertia, its duration, and the functional role it plays in switch costs.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Evans, L.
Secondary author(s):
Herron, J., Wilding, E.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
7
Reference:
Evans, L., Herron, J., & Wilding, E. (2015). Direct real-time neural evidence for task-set inertia. Psychological Science, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614561799
2-year Impact Factor: 5.476|2015
Times cited: 9|2024-02-07
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Task switching / Episodic memory / Task-set inertia / ERPs / Recollection

Direct real-time neural evidence for task-set inertia

Direct real-time neural evidence for task-set inertia

DocumentDifferential effects of emotional cues on components of prospective memory: An ERP study2015

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012
Location: SEC PCA
Title:
2012 Grants
Start date: 2013-02

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-084
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 13/2012
Title:
084 - Neural bases of time processing: combining neuroimaging techniques and clinical evidence
Duration: 2013-03 - 2016-04
Researcher(s):
Patrizia Bisiacchi, Gianna Maria Toffolo, Vincenza Tarantino, Elias Casula, Giovanni Mento, Demis Basso
Institution(s): Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Progress report
Final report
Language: eng
Author:
Bisiacchi, P.
Secondary author(s):
Toffolo, G., Tarantino, V., Casula, E., Mento, G., Basso, D.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Psychophysiology / Cognitive processes / Brain structure and function / Biopsychological problems / Childhood and adolescent disorders / Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) / Neurodegenerative disorders / Parkinson's disease

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-084.08
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 13/2012
Title:
Differential effects of emotional cues on components of prospective memory: An ERP study
Publication year: 2015
URL:
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00010/abstract
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
So far, little is known about the neurocognitive mechanisms associated with emotion effects on prospective memory (PM) performance. Thus, this study aimed at disentangling possible mechanisms for the effects of emotional valence of PM cues on the distinct phases composing PM by investigating event-related potentials (ERPs). Participants were engaged in an ongoing N-back task while being required to perform a PM task. The emotional valence of both the ongoing pictures and the PM cues was manipulated (pleasant, neutral, unpleasant). ERPs were recorded during the PM phases, such as encoding, maintenance, and retrieval of the intention. A recognition task including PM cues and ongoing stimuli was also performed at the end of the sessions. ERP results suggest that emotional PM cues not only trigger an automatic, bottom-up, capture of attention, but also boost a greater allocation of top-down processes. These processes seem to be recruited to hold attention toward the emotional stimuli and to retrieve the intention from memory, likely because of the motivational significance of the emotional stimuli. Moreover, pleasant PM cues seemed to modulate especially the prospective component, as revealed by changes in the amplitude of the ERP correlates of strategic monitoring as a function of the relevance of the valence for the PM task. Unpleasant pictures seemed to modulate especially the retrospective component, as revealed by the largest old/new effect being elicited by unpleasant PM pictures in the recognition task.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Cona, G.
Secondary author(s):
Kliegel, M., Bisiacchi, P.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
6
Reference:
Cona, G., Kliegel, M., & Bisiacchi, P. (2015). Differential effects of emotional cues on components of prospective memory: An ERP study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9:10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00010
2-year Impact Factor: 3.634|2015
Times cited: 33|2024-02-07
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Prospective memory / Emotion / ERPS / Delayed intentions / LPP / Event-related potentials (ERPS) / PLS / Neural

Differential effects of emotional cues on components of prospective memory: An ERP study

Differential effects of emotional cues on components of prospective memory: An ERP study

DocumentDoes predictability matter? Effects of cue predictability on neurocognitive mechanisms underlying prospective memory2015

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012
Location: SEC PCA
Title:
2012 Grants
Start date: 2013-02

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-084
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 13/2012
Title:
084 - Neural bases of time processing: combining neuroimaging techniques and clinical evidence
Duration: 2013-03 - 2016-04
Researcher(s):
Patrizia Bisiacchi, Gianna Maria Toffolo, Vincenza Tarantino, Elias Casula, Giovanni Mento, Demis Basso
Institution(s): Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova (Italy)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Progress report
Final report
Language: eng
Author:
Bisiacchi, P.
Secondary author(s):
Toffolo, G., Tarantino, V., Casula, E., Mento, G., Basso, D.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Psychophysiology / Cognitive processes / Brain structure and function / Biopsychological problems / Childhood and adolescent disorders / Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) / Neurodegenerative disorders / Parkinson's disease

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-084.09
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 13/2012
Title:
Does predictability matter? Effects of cue predictability on neurocognitive mechanisms underlying prospective memory
Publication year: 2015
URL:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4394705/
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Prospective memory (PM) represents the ability to successfully realize intentions when the appropriate moment or cue occurs. In this study, we used event-related potentials (ERPs) to explore the impact of cue predictability on the cognitive and neural mechanisms supporting PM. Participants performed an ongoing task and, simultaneously, had to remember to execute a pre-specified action when they encountered the PM cues. The occurrence of the PM cues was predictable (being signaled by a warning cue) for some participants and was completely unpredictable for others. In the predictable cue condition, the behavioral and ERP correlates of strategic monitoring were observed mainly in the ongoing trials wherein the PM cue was expected. In the unpredictable cue condition they were instead shown throughout the whole PM block. This pattern of results suggests that, in the predictable cue condition, participants engaged monitoring only when subjected to a context wherein the PM cue was expected, and disengaged monitoring when the PM cue was not expected. Conversely, participants in the unpredictable cue condition distributed their resources for strategic monitoring in more continuous manner. The findings of this study support the most recent views—the “Dynamic Multiprocess Framework” and the “Attention to Delayed Intention” (AtoDI) model—confirming that strategic monitoring is a flexible mechanism that is recruited mainly when a PM cue is expected and that may interact with bottom-up spontaneous processes.
Accessibility: Document exist in file
Language:
eng
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
7
Reference:
Cona, G., Arcara, G., Tarantino, V., & Bisiacchi, P. (2015). Does predictability matter? Effects of cue predictability on neurocognitive mechanisms underlying prospective memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9: 188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00188
2-year Impact Factor: 3.634|2015
Times cited: 6|2024-02-07
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Prospective memory / Strategic monitoring / ERPs / Predictability / Intention / Dynamic multiprocess framework / AtoDI model / Neural

Does predictability matter? Effects of cue predictability on neurocognitive mechanisms underlying prospective memory

Does predictability matter? Effects of cue predictability on neurocognitive mechanisms underlying prospective memory

DocumentFinal report - The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making2017

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: Aging
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/Outros Apoios
Title:
The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making
Duration: 2014-11 - 2018-01
Researcher(s):
João Eduardo Marques Teixeira, Manuel Fernando Santos Barbosa, Fernando Ricardo Ferreira Santos, Pedro Manuel Rocha Almeida, Hugo Daniel Leão Sousa
Institution(s): Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Contents: Application
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Submitted and published articles
Language: por / eng
Author:
Marques-Teixeira, J.
Secondary author(s):
Barbosa, F., Ferreira-Santos, F., Almeida, P. R., Sousa. H.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Psychophysiology / Emotional processing / Empathy / Theory of mind / Moral judgement / Decision making / Aging

Reference code: Aging-01
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/Outros Apoios
Title:
Final report - The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making
Publication year: 2017
URL:
https://www.bial.com/imagem/Aging%20Social%20Brain.pdf
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
Social cognition comprises emotional recognition, theory of mind (ToM), moral judgment, and decision-making. Age-related changes on neurophysiological correlates of social cognition are scarcely studied.
AIM
To analyze age changes in behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of social cognition.
METHOD
30 younger (YA; Mage=26.6, SD=4.05), 30 middle-aged (MA; M=48.4, SD=5.50) and 29 older adults (OA; M=64.5, SD=4.10) performed experimental tasks targeting each social cognition component, during an EEG.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS
Emotional recognition - OA had higher N170, despite similar behavioral performances in all groups. ToM - YA and MA outperformed OA. YA and MA showed higher late positive potentials (LPP) in congruent than incongruent conditions, while OA had similar amplitudes in both. This may affect OA’s ability to use others’ facial expressions to understand their inner states. Moral judgement - OA were less accurate than YA, which was consistent with the N2 attenuation during the perception of accidental/intentional harm. Social economic decision-making (Ultimatum Game) - OA accepted more unfair offers than YA and MA. As the Medial Frontal Negativity amplitude did not differ between groups, decisions may be explained by different economic/social preferences, rather than unfairness sensitivity. Decision-making under risk - OA were less risk-averse than YA. YA had higher Feedback Related Negativity for favorable than unfavorable outcomes, while MA and OA had similar amplitudes in both. Similarly, the P3 amplitude of OA did not differ between gains and non-gains. This suggests that aging is accompanied by a decline in the ability to adjust economic decisions according to feedback.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
por
Author:
Marques-Teixeira, J.
Document type:
Final report
Number of reproductions:
1
Indexed document:
No
Keywords: Aging / Social cognition / Moral judgment / Decision-making / ERPs

Final report - The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making

Final report - The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making

DocumentAge-related changes in social decision-making: An electrophysiological analysis of unfairness evaluation in the Ultimatum Game2019

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: Aging
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/Outros Apoios
Title:
The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making
Duration: 2014-11 - 2018-01
Researcher(s):
João Eduardo Marques Teixeira, Manuel Fernando Santos Barbosa, Fernando Ricardo Ferreira Santos, Pedro Manuel Rocha Almeida, Hugo Daniel Leão Sousa
Institution(s): Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Contents: Application
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Submitted and published articles
Language: por / eng
Author:
Marques-Teixeira, J.
Secondary author(s):
Barbosa, F., Ferreira-Santos, F., Almeida, P. R., Sousa. H.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Psychophysiology / Emotional processing / Empathy / Theory of mind / Moral judgement / Decision making / Aging

Reference code: Aging-13
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/Outros Apoios
Title:
Age-related changes in social decision-making: An electrophysiological analysis of unfairness evaluation in the Ultimatum Game
Publication year: 2019
URL:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304394018307432
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT
This study examines age-related differences in behavioral and neural responses to unfairness. Our sample was composed of younger, middle-aged, and older adults, who performed the Ultimatum Game in the proposer role, and in the respondent role during an EEG recording. We administered neurocognitive tests to identify whether patterns in decision-making are associated with age-related changes in cognition. Despite the worse performance in measures of executive functioning, older adults had the best economic strategy by accepting more unfair offers than younger and middle-aged adults. Regarding electrophysiological results, while younger adults showed higher medial frontal negativity (MFN) amplitudes after unfair than after fair offers, middle-aged and older adults had similar amplitudes after both conditions. Our results suggest that aging may be accompanied by an insensitivity to unfairness, which may underlie their higher rates of unfair offers acceptance.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Fernandes, C.
Secondary author(s):
Gonçalves, A. R., Pasion, R., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., Martins, I. P., Marques-Teixeira, J.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
7
Reference:
Fernandes, C., Gonçalves, A. R., Pasion, R., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., Martins, I. P., & Marques-Teixeira, J. (2019). Age-related changes in social decision-making: An electrophysiological analysis of unfairness evaluation in the Ultimatum Game. Neuroscience Letters, 692, 122-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2018.10.061
2-year Impact Factor: 2.274|2019
Times cited: 4|2024-02-12
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q3
Keywords: Aging / Decision-making / ERPs / MFN / Ultimatum game

File013 - Biological bases of music cognition2019-032021-10

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-013
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
013 - Biological bases of music cognition
Duration: 2019-03 - 2021-10
Researcher(s):
Juan Manuel Toro, Paola Crespo-Bojorque, Alexandre Celma-Miralles, Carlota Pagés
Institution(s): Center for Brain and Cogntion, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Language: eng
Author:
Toro, J. M.
Secondary author(s):
Crespo-Bojorque, P., Celma-Miralles, A., Pagés, C.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Harmony / ERPs / Frequency-tagging / Comparative cognition / Psychophysiology

DocumentA central component of the N1 event-related brain potential could index the early and automatic inhibition of the actions systematically activated by objects2019

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2014
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2014 Grants
Start date: 2015-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2014-132
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
132 - How memories form: Does consistency in neural activity promote successful learning?
Duration: 2015-01 - 2019-05
Researcher(s):
Louis Renoult, Fraser Smith
Institution(s): University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Progress report
Final report
1 Article
Language: eng
Author:
Renoult, R.
Secondary author(s):
Smith, F.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Memory Formation / Declarative Memory / Repetition / Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA) / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2014-132.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
A central component of the N1 event-related brain potential could index the early and automatic inhibition of the actions systematically activated by objects
Publication year: 2019
URL:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00095/full
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT
Stimuli of the environment, like objects, systematically activate the actions they are associated to. These activations occur extremely fast. Nevertheless, behavioral data reveal that, in most cases, these activations are then automatically inhibited, around 100 ms after the occurrence of the stimulus. We thus tested whether this early inhibition could be indexed by a central component of the N1 event-related brain potential (ERP). To achieve that goal, we looked at whether this ERP component is larger in tasks that could increase the inhibition and in trials where reaction times (RTs) happen to be long. The illumination of a real space bar of a keyboard out of the dark was used as a stimulus. To maximize the modulation of the inhibition, the task participants had to perform was manipulated across blocks. A look-only task and a count task were used to increase inhibition and an immediate press task was used to decrease it. ERPs of the two block-conditions where presses had to be prevented and where the largest central N1s were predicted were compared to those elicited in the press task, differentiating the ERPs to the third of the trials where presses were the slowest from the ERPs to the third of the trials with the fastest presses. Despite larger negativities due to lateralized readiness potentials (LRPs) and despite greater attention likely in immediate press-trials, central N1s were found to be minimal for the fastest presses, intermediate for the slowest ones and maximal for the two no-press conditions. These results thus provide a strong support for the idea that the central N1 indexes an early and short lasting automatic inhibition of the actions systematically activated by objects. They also confirm that the strength of this automatic inhibition spontaneously fluctuates across trials and tasks. On the other hand, just before N1s, parietal P1s were found larger for fastest presses. They might thus index the initial activation of these actions. Finally, consistent with the idea that N300s index late inhibition processes, that occur preferentially when the task requires them, these ERPs were quasi absent for fast presses trials and much larger in the three other conditions.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Debruille, J. B.
Secondary author(s):
Touzel, M., Segal, J., Snidal, C., Renoult, L.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
7
Reference:
Debruille, J. B., Touzel, M., Segal, J., Snidal, C., & Renoult, L. (2019). A central component of the N1 event-related brain potential could index the early and automatic inhibition of the actions systematically activated by objects. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13:95. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00095
2-year Impact Factor: 2.512|2019
Times cited: 6|2024-02-12
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q2
Keywords: Affordances / Actions associated to stimuli / ERPs / N1 / LRP / P1 / Early activation / Automatic inhibition

A central component of the N1 event-related brain potential could index the early and automatic inhibition of the actions systematically activated by objects

A central component of the N1 event-related brain potential could index the early and automatic inhibition of the actions systematically activated by objects

DocumentDissonant endings of chord progressions elicit a larger ERAN than ambiguous endings in musicians2019

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-013
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
013 - Biological bases of music cognition
Duration: 2019-03 - 2021-10
Researcher(s):
Juan Manuel Toro, Paola Crespo-Bojorque, Alexandre Celma-Miralles, Carlota Pagés
Institution(s): Center for Brain and Cogntion, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Language: eng
Author:
Toro, J. M.
Secondary author(s):
Crespo-Bojorque, P., Celma-Miralles, A., Pagés, C.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Harmony / ERPs / Frequency-tagging / Comparative cognition / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-013.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Dissonant endings of chord progressions elicit a larger ERAN than ambiguous endings in musicians
Publication year: 2019
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/psyp.13476
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
In major-minor tonal music, the hierarchical relationships and patterns of tension/release are essential for its composition and experience. For most listeners, tension leads to an expectation of resolution. Thus, when musical expectations are broken, they are usually perceived as erroneous and elicit specific neural responses such as the early right anterior negativity (ERAN). In the present study, we explored if different degrees of musical violations are processed differently after long-term musical training in comparison to day-to-day exposure. We registered the ERPs elicited by listening to unexpected chords in both musicians and nonmusicians. More specifically, we compared the responses of strong violations by unexpected dissonant endings and mild violations by unexpected but consonant endings (Neapolitan chords). Our results show that, irrespective of training, irregular endings elicited the ERAN. However, the ERAN for dissonant endings was larger in musicians than in nonmusicians. More importantly, we observed a modulation of the neural responses by the degree of violation only in musicians. In this group, the amplitude of the ERAN was larger for strong than for mild violations. These results suggest an early sensitivity of musicians to dissonance, which is processed as less expected than tonal irregularities. We also found that irregular endings elicited a P3 only in musicians. Our study suggests that, even though violations of harmonic expectancies are detected by all listeners, musical training modulates how different violations of the musical context are processed.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Pagès-Portabella, C.
Secondary author(s):
Toro, J. M.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
7
Reference:
Pagès-Portabella, C., & Toro, J. M. (2019). Dissonant endings of chord progressions elicit a larger ERAN than ambiguous endings in musicians. Psychophysiology, 57(2), e13476. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13476
2-year Impact Factor: 3.692|2019
Times cited: 8|2024-02-12
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Dissonance / ERAN / ERPs / Harmonic expectations / Musical training

DocumentFinal report - Biological bases of music cognition2021

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-013
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
013 - Biological bases of music cognition
Duration: 2019-03 - 2021-10
Researcher(s):
Juan Manuel Toro, Paola Crespo-Bojorque, Alexandre Celma-Miralles, Carlota Pagés
Institution(s): Center for Brain and Cogntion, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Language: eng
Author:
Toro, J. M.
Secondary author(s):
Crespo-Bojorque, P., Celma-Miralles, A., Pagés, C.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Harmony / ERPs / Frequency-tagging / Comparative cognition / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-013.01
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Final report - Biological bases of music cognition
Publication year: 2021
URL:
https://www.bial.com/media/3775/biological-bases-of-music-cognition.pdf
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
A key feature of humans that is not present in other species is that we have a strong propensity to produce and enjoy music. Music has been observed in all known human societies and is a fundamental part of our everyday life. In the present project, we want to shed light on the biological bases (in neural and evolutionary terms) of musical cognition. More specifically, we want to understand how the human ability to process and produce music might be based on general grouping and perceptual principles with strong biological bases. For this, we focused on the study of how the brain identifies harmony and how it reacts to harmonic violations and the exploration of the evolutionary roots of musical principles as long as they might be shared, or not, across species. In a series of experiments, we recorded the electroencephalographic responses of highly trained musicians and naïve listeners when they were presented with harmonic sequences that either ended as expected or contained a music-syntactic violation. We observed signature neural responses to the violation of harmonic sequences independently of musical experience, and provided evidence of the features that constrain how our brain detects musical patterns. In experiments with animals, we demonstrated that some of the fundamental mechanisms humans use for music processing (such as those involved in the detection of rhythmic and harmonic structure) might emerge from general sensitivities already present in other species. Together, our results advance our understanding of the biological bases of music cognition.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Toro, J. M.
Document type:
Final report
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Toro, J. M. (2021). Final report - Biological bases of music cognition.
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Music cognition / Evolution / ERPs / Animals / Harmony

Final report - Biological bases of music cognition

Final report - Biological bases of music cognition

DocumentNeural correlates of acoustic dissonance in music: the role of musicianship, schematic and veridical expectations2021

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2018 Grants
Start date: 2019-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-013
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
013 - Biological bases of music cognition
Duration: 2019-03 - 2021-10
Researcher(s):
Juan Manuel Toro, Paola Crespo-Bojorque, Alexandre Celma-Miralles, Carlota Pagés
Institution(s): Center for Brain and Cogntion, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Language: eng
Author:
Toro, J. M.
Secondary author(s):
Crespo-Bojorque, P., Celma-Miralles, A., Pagés, C.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Harmony / ERPs / Frequency-tagging / Comparative cognition / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2018-013.10
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Neural correlates of acoustic dissonance in music: the role of musicianship, schematic and veridical expectations
Publication year: 2021
URL:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0260728
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
In western music, harmonic expectations can be fulfilled or broken by unexpected chords. Musical irregularities in the absence of auditory deviance elicit well-studied neural responses (e.g. ERAN, P3, N5). These responses are sensitive to schematic expectations (induced by syntactic rules of chord succession) and veridical expectations about predictability (induced by experimental regularities). However, the cognitive and sensory contributions to these responses and their plasticity as a result of musical training remains under debate. In the present study, we explored whether the neural processing of pure acoustic violations is affected by schematic and veridical expectations. Moreover, we investigated whether these two factors interact with long-term musical training. In Experiment 1, we registered the ERPs elicited by dissonant clusters placed either at the middle or the ending position of chord cadences. In Experiment 2, we presented to the listeners with a high proportion of cadences ending in a dissonant chord. In both experiments, we compared the ERPs of musicians and non-musicians. Dissonant clusters elicited distinctive neural responses (an early negativity, the P3 and the N5). While the EN was not affected by syntactic rules, the P3a and P3b were larger for dissonant closures than for middle dissonant chords. Interestingly, these components were larger in musicians than in non-musicians, while the N5 was the opposite. Finally, the predictability of dissonant closures in our experiment did not modulate any of the ERPs. Our study suggests that, at early time windows, dissonance is processed based on acoustic deviance independently of syntactic rules. However, at longer latencies, listeners may be able to engage integration mechanisms and further processes of attentional and structural analysis dependent on musical hierarchies, which are enhanced in musicians.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Pagès-Portabella, C.
Secondary author(s):
Bertolo, M., Toro, J. M.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
7
Reference:
Pagès-Portabella, C., Bertolo, M., & Toro, J. M. (2021). Neural correlates of acoustic dissonance in music: The role of musicianship, schematic and veridical expectations. PLoS ONE, 16(12): e0260728. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260728
2-year Impact Factor: 3.752|2021
Times cited: 2|2024-02-14
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q2
Keywords: Music cognition / Expectations / Neural response / ERPs

Neural correlates of acoustic dissonance in music: the role of musicianship, schematic and veridical expectations

Neural correlates of acoustic dissonance in music: the role of musicianship, schematic and veridical expectations

DocumentIn your skin? Somatosensory cortex is purposely recruited to situate but not simulate vicarious touch2024

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-174
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
174 - In your skin: The psychophysiology of touch observation
Duration: 2021-09 - 2024-06
Researcher(s):
Bettina Forster
Institution(s): Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City, University of London (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Forster, B.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Observed touch / Event-related potential (ERP) / Somatosensory / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-174.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
In your skin? Somatosensory cortex is purposely recruited to situate but not simulate vicarious touch
Publication year: 2024
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120561
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Previous studies of vicarious touch suggest that we automatically simulate observed touch experiences in our own body representation including primary and secondary somatosensory cortex (SCx). However, whether these early sensory areas are activated in a reflexive manner and the extent with which such SCx activations represent touch qualities, like texture, remains unclear. We measured event-related potentials (ERPs) of SCx's hierarchical processing stages, which map onto successive somatosensory ERP components, to investigate the timing of vicarious touch effects. In the first experiment, participants (n = 43) merely observed touch or no-touch to a hand; in the second, participants saw different touch textures (soft foam and hard rubber) either touching a hand (other-directed) or they were instructed that the touch was self-directed and to feel the touch. Each touch sequence was followed by a go/no-go task. We probed SCx activity and isolated SCx vicarious touch activations from visual carry over effects. We found that vicarious touch conditions (touch versus no-touch and soft versus hard) did not modulate early sensory ERP components (i.e. P50, N80); but we found effects on behavioural responses to the subsequent go/no-go stimulus consistent with post-perceptual effects. When comparing other- with self-directed touch conditions, we found that early and mid-latency components (i.e. P50, N80, P100, N140) were modulated consistent with early SCx activations. Importantly, these early sensory activations were not modulated by touch texture. Therefore, SCx is purposely recruited when participants are instructed to attend to touch; but such activation only situates, rather than fully simulates, the seen tactile experience in SCx.
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Language:
eng
Author:
Forster, B.
Secondary author(s):
Abad-Hernando, S.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
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Reference:
Forster, B., & Abad-Hernando, S. (2024). In your skin? Somatosensory cortex is purposely recruited to situate but not simulate vicarious touch. NeuroImage, 289, 120561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120561
2-year Impact Factor: 5.7|2022
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2024
Times cited: 0|2024-03-22
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Touch observation / Somatosensory / ERPs / Texture / Simulation

In your skin? Somatosensory cortex is purposely recruited to situate but not simulate vicarious touch

In your skin? Somatosensory cortex is purposely recruited to situate but not simulate vicarious touch

DocumentFinal report - In your skin: The psychophysiology of touch observation2024

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-174
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
174 - In your skin: The psychophysiology of touch observation
Duration: 2021-09 - 2024-06
Researcher(s):
Bettina Forster
Institution(s): Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City, University of London (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Language: eng
Author:
Forster, B.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Observed touch / Event-related potential (ERP) / Somatosensory / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-174.01
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Final report - In your skin: The psychophysiology of touch observation
Publication year: 2024
Abstract/Results:
ABSTRACT:
Background
It has been suggested that we automatically simulate observed touch experiences in our somatosensory cortex (SCx) mirroring other’s sensory experiences through activation of early sensory areas.
Aims
Here we investigated whether (a) task instructions and attention to the observed touch modulate the activation of early sensory areas, and whether (b) the quality of the observed touch texture (i.e. soft vs hard) modulates such early sensory SCx activations.
Method
We measured ERPs of SCx’s hierarchical processing stages to investigate the timing of touch observation effects. In the first experiment, participants (n=43) merely observed touch or no-touch to a hand; in the second, participants saw different touch, textures (foam and rubber) either touching a hand (other-directed touch) or (they engage) with observed texture (self-directed). We probed SCx activity and isolated SCx touch observation activations from visual carry over effects.
Results
We found no early sensory SCx modulations (e.g. P50, N80), but we found touch observation effects on a later processing stage (i.e. Late Positive Complex) and on behavioural responses to a go/no-go stimulus presented after each touch sequence consistent with post-perceptual effects. Importantly, early sensory SCx modulations were present when participants were instructed to attend to and feel the (visual) touch; and, furthermore, these early sensory SCx activations were not modulated by observed touch texture.
Conclusions
SCx is purposely recruited when attention is directed to touch, and such activations situate the perceptual experience in the relevant sensory cortex rather than fully simulate the sensory experience.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Forster, B.
Document type:
Final report
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Forster, B. (2024). Final report - In your skin: The psychophysiology of touch observation.
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Touch observation / Somatosensory / ERPs / Texture / Simulation

Final report - In your skin: The psychophysiology of touch observation

Final report - In your skin: The psychophysiology of touch observation

DocumentWhat is faster than where in vocal emotional perception2024

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-146
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
146 - The me and the I: Dissociating ownership and agency in sensorimotor processing
Duration: 2021/09
Researcher(s):
Ana Pinheiro, Sonja Kotz, Michael Schwartze
Institution(s): Centro de Investigação em Ciência Psicológica - CICPSI, Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal); Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Maastricht (The Netherlands)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Article
Language: eng
Notes:
Ongoing project
Author: Pinheiro, A. P.
Secondary author(s):
Kotz, S., Schwartze, M.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Self / Agency / Ownership / Electroencephalogram (EEG) / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-146.05
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
What is faster than where in vocal emotional perception
Publication year: 2024
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02251
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Voices carry a vast amount of information about speakers (e.g., emotional state; spatial location). Neuroimaging studies postulate that spatial (“where”) and emotional (“what”) cues are processed by partially independent processing streams. Although behavioral evidence reveals interactions between emotion and space, the temporal dynamics of these processes in the brain and its modulation by attention remain unknown. We investigated whether and how spatial and emotional features interact during voice processing as a function of attention focus. Spatialized nonverbal vocalizations differing in valence (neutral, amusement, anger) were presented at different locations around the head, whereas listeners discriminated either the spatial location or emotional quality of the voice. Neural activity was measured with ERPs of the EEG. Affective ratings were collected at the end of the EEG session. Emotional vocalizations elicited decreased N1 but increased P2 and late positive potential amplitudes. Interactions of space and emotion occurred at the salience detection stage: neutral vocalizations presented at right (vs. left) locations elicited increased P2 amplitudes, but no such differences were observed for emotional vocalizations. When task instructions involved emotion categorization, the P2 was increased for vocalizations presented at front (vs. back) locations. Behaviorally, only valence and arousal ratings showed emotion–space interactions. These findings suggest that emotional representations are activated earlier than spatial representations in voice processing. The perceptual prioritization of emotional cues occurred irrespective of task instructions but was not paralleled by an augmented stimulus representation in space. These findings support the differential responding to emotional information by auditory processing pathways.
Accessibility: Document does not exist in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Temudo, S.
Secondary author(s):
Pinheiro, A. P.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Temudo, S., & Pinheiro, A. P. (2024). What is faster than where in vocal emotional perception. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1–27. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02251
2-year Impact Factor: 3.10|2023
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2024
Times cited: 0|2024-10-15
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Vocal emotional perception / Voices / ERPs / EEG / Emotional vocalizations / Auditory processing pathways