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Biography

Natália Lisandra Fernandes' main research interests include experimental psychology, cognitive psychology and evolutionary psychology. Currently, she is working on various projects exploring the evolutionary underpinnings of cognitive functioning, particularly with respect to the behavioral immune system functioning. Specifically, she has been exploring whether human memory and attention are biased or tuned to solve fitness-relevant adaptive problems, particularly those that involve contamination and reproduction.

She finished her PhD on “The behavioral immune system: Cognitive consequences of contamination” in January 2020, at University of Aveiro, Portugal. Her project was supervised by Josefa N. S. Pandeirada (University of Aveiro, Portugal) and James S. Nairne (Purdue University, USA) and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/109775/2015).

She was the Co-Principal Investigator of the project "Coming out of the box: Moving from traditional to virtual procedures to explore prospective memory and contamination" (EXPL/PSI-GER/1008/2021).

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Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering: Aveiro, PT

2022-03 to 2023-08 | Post-Doc
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2015 to 2019 | Ph.D. Project: “Activation of the Behavioral Immune System: The effect of context of awareness to diseases, immunosuppression, and potential contaminants” (supported by a PhD fellowship from FCT: SFRH/BD/109775/2015)
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2015 to 2015 | Research Fellow. Project: “The mnemonic consequences of fitness-relevant processing" (IF/00058/2012/CP0172/CT0002)
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2014 to 2015 | Researcher collaborator. Project: "Adaptation and psychometric validity of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire to Portuguese adolescents".
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2013 to 2015 | Research Fellow. Project: "The mnemonic consequences of mate processing" (PTDC/MHCPCN/ 5274/2012).
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University of Minho: Minho, PT

2011-09 to 2012-09 | Supervised training in Clinical Psychology (School of Psychology - Neuropsychophysiology Lab)
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University of Minho: Braga, PT

2011 to 2012 | Researcher (collaboration as a graduate student). Project: “Inhibited and indiscriminate attachment disordered behaviours in institutionally-reared children: A multilevel comparison with autism spectrum disorders and Williams syndrome” (PTDS/PSI-PCL/101506/2008).
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Análise Estatística Madeira: Funchal, PT

2010 to 2010 | Research assistant
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University of Madeira: Funchal, PT

2009 to 2010 | Research assistant
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Dr Nélio Mendonça Hospital: Funchal, PT

2009 to 2009 | Research assistant. Project: “Incidence and prevalence of mental illness at Madeira Archipelago” (Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry)
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Education and qualifications (7)

Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, Aveiro, PT

2015-12 to 2020-01 | PhD degree in Psychology (Departamento de Educação e Psicologia)
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2019-07-04 to 2019-07-05 | Summer Course on Multilevel: Analyzing Comparative Longitudinal Survey Data Using Multilevel Models
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2019-07-01 to 2019-07-03 | Summer Course on Multilevel: Practical multilevel modelling
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University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2013 to 2013 | Curso Livre de Inglês (Languages and Cultures Department)
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University of Minho: Minho, PT

2010-09 to 2012-11 | Master Degree in Psychology (School of Psychology)
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University of Madeira: Funchal, PT

2007-09 to 2010-06 | Major degree in Psychology (Arts and Humanities)
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Centro de Empresas e Inovação da Madeira: Funchal, PT

2009-04-06 to 2009-04-08 | Curso Intensivo em Empreendedorismo e Inovação Empresarial [Intensive Course in Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation]
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Professional activities (2)

Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology: Lisbon, PT

2021 | Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology Research Award
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ISPA - Instituto Universitário: Lisbon, PT

2021 | ISPA Award for Research in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
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Funding (2)

Coming out of the box: Moving from traditional to virtual procedures to explore prospective memory and contamination

2022 to 2023 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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EXPL/PSI-GER/1008/2021
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The Behavioral Immune System: The effect of being aware about a potential disease, immunosuppression and potential contaminants

2015-12 to 2019-11 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
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SFRH/BD/109775/2015
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Evolutionary psychological science. (1)
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