Proaction Lab

Here they are, Joana Sayal and Pedro Torres Palhares, all set to present their scientific posters at the 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition! 🧠🎶

Great work!👏
@cogbooster.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social #icmpc18

Congratulations to Roberto dos Santos on completing his Master’s in Molecular and Translational Neuroscience at FMUC!

His thesis, on ageing and Alzheimer’s disease, was supervised by @andre-peres.bsky.social (Proaction Lab) and Maria Ribeiro (CIBIT, ICNAS).
Excellent work! 👏

Wishing all the best to @andre-peres.bsky.social on his new role as a professor at BIOME (UFRN) with the ObjectColumns project!
The project explores how the human brain processes visual information to improve AI algorithms, and it's funded by Conhecimento Brasil.
Well done! 👏

🎯Abstract submission by July 31!

Additional information and guidelines can be found at
uc.pt/cogbooster/s...

Joana Carvalho, alongside Jorge Almeida and Zohar Tal, joins IndiBrain, an #MSCActions Doctoral Network led by Frans Cornelissen (UMCG, NL)!

The team will host PhD students to study what makes each brain unique.

Congrats! 👏
@ucoimbra.bsky.social

Congrats to Zohar Tal on the FCT funding for the project “CrossToPlasticity”! 🎉
The study explores auditory cortex organization in congenitally deaf individuals using fMRI and behavioral analysis, aiming to advance cochlear implant development. 🧠👂
@cogbooster.bsky.social

Lénia Amaral presented her work at the ‪@imrf.bsky.social!

Her talk, “Stable, but unique: individualized connectivity in the blind V1 over time” reflects her postdoctoral work with @striemamit.bsky.social at the SAMP Lab, Georgetown University.
@durham-university.bsky.social

Abstract submission by July 31! 👇
www.uc.pt/cogbooster/s...

Meet the Speakers 👀🧠

Wim Vanduffel @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social will be presenting "Mesoscale Functional Organization of the Macaque Cortex" at #SAW2025!

Abstract submission by July 31 👇
www.uc.pt/cogbooster/s...
@proactionlab.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social

Congrats to Joana Sayal and Pedro Palhares for their poster presentation at @assc28.bsky.social!‬ 👏🧠
@cogbooster.bsky.social

The Mind and Brain Lecture with Professor Stanislas Dehaene is today at 14:00!

Join us at FPCE (main building) @ucoimbra.bsky.social or live on youtube.com/live/UbibdnD...!
@proactionlab.bsky.social @college-de-france.fr @standehaene.bsky.social

Congrats to Joana Sayal and Pedro Palhares on their poster session at RPPW, Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain (CoEMMBB)! 🧠🎶
@cogbooster.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social

Meet the Speakers 👀🧠

Russell Epstein @upenn.edu will be presenting "Cognitive maps, navigational strategies, and the human brain" at #SAW2025!
👉http://uc.pt/cogbooster/saw/2025/
@proactionlab.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social

Great to share that Joana Sayal and Pedro Palhares are presenting their research at #SysMus25, University of Oslo!👏🧠🎶
@sysmus.bsky.social @cogbooster.bsky.social

Ramdani Oualid presented his work “Material Processing: Evidence for Perceptual Rather Than Action-Related Networks” during the scientific session of the Master's in Biomedical Engineering at
@fctuc.bsky.social. 👏🧠

We welcomed final-year students from Pombal Secondary School to talk about psychological science and cognition. They also heard from Beatriz Janicas and Diâner Queiroz, who shared their journeys into cognitive neuroscience.
We wish he best of luck to all the finalists! 🍀
@proactionlab.bsky.social

Crime na ciência portuguesa: nem Agatha Christie inventaria algo tão perfeito Dentro da trapalhada que foi o último concurso para projetos científicos em todos os domínios científicos, temos ciência fundamental a ser barrada. Estamos a destruir o futuro da ciência em Portugal.

Jorge Almeida's opinion on the future of science in Portugal is out today in @publico.pt. 👏
@jalmeidacogneuro.bsky.social @cogbooster.bsky.social

Neuroscience goes to School 🧠🎒

Last week we visited the 9th grade classes at Colégio Bissaya Barreto for a fascinating talk on neuroscience and the unique traits of the teenage brain! 👩‍🦰🧑‍🦰🧠
@proactionlab.bsky.social

Episódio #6 | ContentMAP: desvendar os mistérios do cérebro a partir do reconhecimento de objetos de uso quotidiano Financiado com 1,8 milhões de euros, o projeto de investigação “ContentMAP” procurou desvendar como o cérebro recolhe, processa e armazena informação que permite que sejamos capazes de reconhecer rapi...

The new episode of the University of Coimbra’s series 'In Search of Answers' is out — and it's all about ContentMAP! 👏🧠
www.uc.pt/anossauc/a-p...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social

🎯Save the Date!
Also streaming live at youtube.com/@fpceuc/stre...
@proactionlab.bsky.social @ucoimbra.bsky.social ‪@collegedefrance.bsky.social

Poster describing the upcoming Seeing and Acting Workshop, September 25-27, 2025 at the University of Coimbra: Speakers: Cristina Becchio, Marlene Behrmann, Katja Doerschner, Russell Epstein, François Osiurak, Marco Tamietto, and Wim Vanduffel.

Come to Coimbra, Portugal, this September for SAW (Seeing and Acting Workshop). A wonderful meeting in a beautiful place. Submit your poster abstracts by July 31. Registration deadline is Aug 31. Check out the great lineup of speakers. Website here: www.uc.pt/cogbooster/s...
Please re-post.🧪🧠

We're at the Open Week of the @ucoimbra.bsky.social talking about cognitive neuroscience with high school students — a great way to celebrate National Scientist Day!

Come and see what FPCE has to offer!
@proactionlab.bsky.social

This week’s Journal Club explored how AI is reshaping neuroscience. 🧠🤖

The junior team discussed a study in which AI models recreated faces seen by participants using only their brain activity.
@proactionlab.bsky.social

Neuroscience goes to School 🧠🎒

We started the week by talking cognitive neuroscience with 9th graders at Rainha Santa Isabel School! Our researcher, José Gomes, explored the concepts of selective attention and visual perception with fun and dynamic activities.
@proactionlab.bsky.social

A Bolsa Gulbenkian “reforçou a noção de que vale a pena arriscar” Jorge Almeida, Bolseiro Gulbenkian, deixou Harvard e está a dar aulas na Universidade de Coimbra, onde passou de professor auxiliar a catedrático.

🚀 Proaction News | Interview with Jorge Almeida

👉 gulbenkian.pt/read-watch-l...

@cogbooster.bsky.social @jalmeidacogneuro.bsky.social

Jorge Almeida presented a fascinating case on object-material processing difficulties at the 9th SINAPSES International Congress on Education, Psychology and Neurosciences.
@jalmeidacogneuro.bsky.social @cogbooster.bsky.social

Our team participated in the 19th Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology, hosted at Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto.
An excellent opportunity to share, learn, and connect with other minds in the field! 🧠
@proactionlab.bsky.social

Jason Fischer presenting the work of the Dynamic Perception Lab to the @ucoimbra.bsky.social administration committee and executive coordinators. 👏🧠👀

We welcomed a group of Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering undergraduate students, eager to see what we do here!

This visit was part of Meet-Lab, an initiative promoted by the Biology Students of the @ucoimbra.bsky.social.
@cogbooster.bsky.social

"Pode a neuropsicologia ajudar-nos a compreender a mente humana? O caso do processamento de materiais
associados a objectos."

@jalmeidacogneuro.bsky.social no 3º Encontro Bienal da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neuropsicologia.
@cogbooster.bsky.social