Adriana Sampaio has a PhD in Clinical Psychology (Neuroscience) from the University of Minho in 2006. She is a MD from University of Porto - ICBAS. She is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Basic Psychology at the School of Psychology of the University of Minho.
Currently, her research focuses on the study of neurodevelopmental processes, specifically the study of the influence of genetics, brain (structure and function) and environment on several sensorial, cognitive and emotional processes that occur throughout development. As part of her work, Adriana Sampaio has published several articles in international journals, collaborating with several research teams (Spain, France, United Kingdom, Brazil and USA). She is the director of the Neuropsychophysiology Lab and has been the principal investigator of several projects funded by FCT and Fundação Bial. She was awarded with her work in the field of research in Psychology.
Selected publications
Soares, J.M., Magalhães, E., Moreira, P.S., Sousa, A., Ganz, E., Sampaio, A., Alves, V., Marques, P. & Sousa, N. (2016). Hitchhiker's Guide to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Front. Neurosci., 10 November 2016 DOI
Carvalho, Sampaio et al (2019). Polarity specific effects of cross-hemispheric tDCS coupled with approach-avoidance training on chocolate craving. Frontiers in Pharmacology, section Neuropharmacology. 2019 Jan 24;9:1500. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01500. DOI
Sampaio, A. Moreira, P.S., Osório, A., Magalhães, R., Vasconcelos, C., Férnandez, M., Carracedo, A., Alegria, J., Gonçalves, O.F., & Soares, J.M. Altered functional connectivity of the default mode network in Williams syndrome: a multimodal approach. Developmental Science 19:4 (2016), pp 686–695 DOI
Miguel, H., Gonçalves, O., Cruz, S. & Sampaio, A. (In Press). Behavioral response to tactile stimuli relates to brain response to affective touch in 12-month-old infants. Developmental Psychobiology.
DOI
Coutinho, J. Fernandes, S. Soares, J.M., Maia, L., Gonçalves, O.F., & Sampaio, A. (2016). Default mode network dissociation in depressive and anxiety states. Brain Imaging and Behaviour. Mar;10(1):147-57. doi: 10.1007/s11682-015-9375-7. DOI
Miguel, H., Gonçalves, O., Cruz, S. & Sampaio, A. (2018). Infant brain response to affective and discriminative touch: A longitudinal study using fNIRS. Social Neuroscience. 2018 Oct 23:1-12. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2018.1536000. DOI
Gonçalves, O., Soares, J., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho, A., Fernandes-Gonçalves, A. Frank, B, Pocinho, P. Relvas, J., Carracedo, A., Sampaio, A. (2015). Brain Activation of the Defensive and Appetitive Survival Systems in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Brain Imaging and Behavior, Jun;9(2):255-63. doi: 10.1007/s11682-014-9303-2. DOI
López-Caneda, E., Crego, A., Campos, A.D., González-Villar, A., and Sampaio, A. (In Press). The Think/No-Think Alcohol Task: A New Paradigm for Assessing Memory Suppression in Alcohol-Related Contexts. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research DOI
Baptista, J., Sampaio, A., Fachada, I., Osório, A., Mesquita, A.R., Garayzábal, E., Duque, F., Oliveira, G., Soares, I. (2018). Maternal Interactive Behaviours in Parenting Children with Williams Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Relations with Emotional/Behavioural Problems. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI
Sampaio, A*., Soares, J.M*., Coutinho, J., Sousa, N., Gonçalves, O.F. (2014). The Big Five default brain: functional evidence. Brain Structure and Function, 219,6, 1913-1922 (*both first authors) - 10.1007/s00429-013-0610-y DOI
Oliveira-Silva, P., Maia, L., Coutinho, J., Frank, B., Soares, J. M., Sampaio, A., & Gonçalves, Ó. F. (2018). Empathy by default: correlates in the brain at rest. Psicothema, 30(1):97-103. DOI
Pereira, A., Lopes, S., Magalhães, P., Sampaio, A., Chaleta, E., Rosário, P. (2018). How Executive Functions are Evaluated in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy? A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 6;9:21. DOI
Other publications
Soares, J.M., Magalhães, E., Moreira, P.S., Sousa, A., Ganz, E., Sampaio, A., Alves, V., Marques, P. & Sousa, N. (2016). Hitchhiker's Guide to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Front. Neurosci., 10 November 2016 DOI
Carvalho, Sampaio et al (2019). Polarity specific effects of cross-hemispheric tDCS coupled with approach-avoidance training on chocolate craving. Frontiers in Pharmacology, section Neuropharmacology. 2019 Jan 24;9:1500. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01500. DOI
Sampaio, A. Moreira, P.S., Osório, A., Magalhães, R., Vasconcelos, C., Férnandez, M., Carracedo, A., Alegria, J., Gonçalves, O.F., & Soares, J.M. Altered functional connectivity of the default mode network in Williams syndrome: a multimodal approach. Developmental Science 19:4 (2016), pp 686–695 DOI
Miguel, H., Gonçalves, O., Cruz, S. & Sampaio, A. (In Press). Behavioral response to tactile stimuli relates to brain response to affective touch in 12-month-old infants. Developmental Psychobiology.
DOI
Coutinho, J. Fernandes, S. Soares, J.M., Maia, L., Gonçalves, O.F., & Sampaio, A. (2016). Default mode network dissociation in depressive and anxiety states. Brain Imaging and Behaviour. Mar;10(1):147-57. doi: 10.1007/s11682-015-9375-7. DOI
Miguel, H., Gonçalves, O., Cruz, S. & Sampaio, A. (2018). Infant brain response to affective and discriminative touch: A longitudinal study using fNIRS. Social Neuroscience. 2018 Oct 23:1-12. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2018.1536000. DOI
Gonçalves, O., Soares, J., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho, A., Fernandes-Gonçalves, A. Frank, B, Pocinho, P. Relvas, J., Carracedo, A., Sampaio, A. (2015). Brain Activation of the Defensive and Appetitive Survival Systems in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Brain Imaging and Behavior, Jun;9(2):255-63. doi: 10.1007/s11682-014-9303-2. DOI
López-Caneda, E., Crego, A., Campos, A.D., González-Villar, A., and Sampaio, A. (In Press). The Think/No-Think Alcohol Task: A New Paradigm for Assessing Memory Suppression in Alcohol-Related Contexts. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research DOI
Baptista, J., Sampaio, A., Fachada, I., Osório, A., Mesquita, A.R., Garayzábal, E., Duque, F., Oliveira, G., Soares, I. (2018). Maternal Interactive Behaviours in Parenting Children with Williams Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Relations with Emotional/Behavioural Problems. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI
Sampaio, A*., Soares, J.M*., Coutinho, J., Sousa, N., Gonçalves, O.F. (2014). The Big Five default brain: functional evidence. Brain Structure and Function, 219,6, 1913-1922 (*both first authors) - 10.1007/s00429-013-0610-y DOI
Oliveira-Silva, P., Maia, L., Coutinho, J., Frank, B., Soares, J. M., Sampaio, A., & Gonçalves, Ó. F. (2018). Empathy by default: correlates in the brain at rest. Psicothema, 30(1):97-103. DOI
Pereira, A., Lopes, S., Magalhães, P., Sampaio, A., Chaleta, E., Rosário, P. (2018). How Executive Functions are Evaluated in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy? A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 6;9:21. DOI
Mateus, V., Cruz, S., Ferreira-Santos, F., Osório, A., Sampaio, A. & Martins, C. (2018). Contributions of infant vagal regulation at one month to subsequent joint attention abilities. Developmental Psychobiology, 60(1):111-117. d DOI
Cruz, S., Ferreira-Santos, F., Oliveira-Silva, P. Ribeiro, E., Gonçalves, O.F., & Sampaio, A. (2018). Vagal modulation of 1-month-old infants to auditory stimuli is associated with self-regulatory behavior. Social Development, 27,2,322-334 DOI
Pereira, A., Magalhães, C., Magalhães P., Lopes, S., Sampaio, A., Magalhães C., & Rosário, P. (2018). Why is He Special? The Importance of Educational Diet in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 8, 1, 37-51. DOI
Helga, M., Lisboa, I., Gonçalves, O.F., Sampaio, A. (2017). Brain mechanisms for processing discriminative and affective touch in 7-month-old infants. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. DOI
Sampaio, A., Belsky, J., Soares, I., Mesquita, A., Osório, A., & Gonçalves, O.F. (2018). Insights regarding social behavior from studying Williams syndrome. Child Development Perspectives. DOI
Osório, A., Egito, J., Martins, G., Kim, C., Honjo, R., Sampaio, A., Mesquita, A.M., Macedo, E., Boggion, P. & Teixeira, M.C. (2017). Associations between fetal testosterone and prosocial tendencies, anxiety and autistic symptoms in Williams syndrome: A preliminary study. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities DOI
Sousa, S., Sampaio, A., Gonçalves, P.M., Gonçalves, O.F., Crego, A. (2017). Gray Matter Abnormalities in the Inhibitory Circuitry of Young Binge Drinkers: a Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 8: 1567 DOI
Miguel, H., Sampaio, A., Martinez-Regueiro, R., Gómez-Guerrero, L., López-Doriga, C.G., Gomez, S., Carracedo, A. & Férnandez-Prieto, M (2017). Touch processing and social behavior in ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI
Doellinger, P., Soares, I., Sampaio, A., Mesquita, A., & Baptista, J. (2017). Prematuridade, funções executivas e qualidade dos cuidados parentais: Revisão sistemática de literatura. Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 33, e3321. DOI
Gonçalves, O.F., Soares, J.M., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho-Ávila, A., Fernandes-Gonçalves, A., Podinho, F., Carracedo, A. & Sampaio, A. (2017). Patterns of Default Mode Network Deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Scientific Reports. 13;7:44468. DOI
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