C5 | FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
16 May, 2023 - articles Conference Cycle on Thursdays departments events Featured Events Psychology

Forensic Psychology can be seen as an interface between law and psychology, with the application of psychological science to situations of legal issues It serves areas within the scope of evaluation, criminal investigation, intervention with individuals (eg, victims, police forces) of the justice system Forensic psychological assessment emerges with distinct characteristics...

CONFERENCE CYCLE | ADAPTIVE MEMORY
March 28, 2023 - Conference Cycle on Thursdays events Featured Events

What memory is for Why it works the way it does Evolutionary Psychology suggests that human cognition (eg, memory, attention, perception) – just like the 'physical' part of the organism – evolved over time, in response to pressures selective (natural selection) Thus, cognition will have become more sensitive to information that...

C5 | CYBERABUSE IN DATING: WHAT IS THE RELATION WITH MORAL SENSITIVITY IN A SAMPLE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS?
19 December, 2022 - articles Conference Cycle on Thursdays departments events Featured Events Psychology

The present investigation sought to explore the relationship between cyber-abuse in dating and moral sensitivity in a sample of university students The sample consisted of 239 university students aged between 17 and 49 years (M = 2150; SD = 470). the Moral Sensitivity Scale (ESS), the Questionnaire...

CONFERENCE CYCLE ON THURSDAYS | THE CENTER FOR APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARMY (CPAE) IN THE PROMOTION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE MILITARY AND FAMILIES IN THE PORTUGUESE ARMY – IMPORTANCE OF THE HUMAN FACTOR”
12 December, 2022 - articles Conference Cycle on Thursdays departments events Featured Events Psychology

This conference will address the contributions of Clinical Health Psychology and Psycho-Oncology in patients and their families, resulting from the experience of chronic, progressive and advanced diseases, in the context of palliative care. and clinical evaluation by psychologists is of particular importance, especially in...

CONFERENCE CYCLE ON THURSDAYS | THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS IN SUFFERING: THE PERSPECTIVE OF PALLIATIVE CARE
November 21, 2022 - articles Conference Cycle on Thursdays events Featured Events Psychology

This conference will address the contributions of Clinical Health Psychology and Psycho-Oncology in patients and their families, resulting from the experience of chronic, progressive and advanced diseases, in the context of palliative care. and clinical evaluation by psychologists is of particular importance, especially in...

CONFERENCE CYCLE ON THURSDAYS | PAIN AND HYPNOSIS IN CHRONIC PAIN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
31 October, 2022 - articles Conference Cycle on Thursdays departments events Featured Events Psychology

In general, this presentation intends to focus on the theme of pain in children and adolescents with special emphasis on chronic pain. It is also intended to highlight hypnosis in the context of psychological intervention in order to understand its therapeutic potential in children and adolescents with pain chronicle Speaker Catarina Tomé Pires Date: 3 de...

CONFERENCE CYCLE ON THURSDAYS | EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHILDREN
24 October, 2022 - articles Conference Cycle on Thursdays departments events Featured Events Psychology

In this presentation, we will discuss about developing educational technologies for children, including children with visual impairments and research initiatives in public elementary schools using different technologies to improve mathematical abilities, working memory and visuospatial reasoning, executive functions and computational thinking Most of our projects have potentiated training possibilities by adding multisensory systems that interact...