Professor Óscar Gonçalves holds a Master’s degree (“Licenciatura Pré-Bolonha”) in Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - University of Porto in Portugal, a Doctorate from the Counseling, School and Consulting Psychology Program, School of Education - University of Massachusetts, Amherst - USA, a PhD equivalence in Counseling and Psychotherapy from the Faculty of Psychology - University of Lisbon - Portugal, a DEA from the Doctoral program in Neurosciences from the Faculty of Sciences - University of Vigo - Spain, a Doctorate in Neurosciences from the Faculty of Medicine - University of Santiago de Compostela - Spain, and an Habilitation (“Agregação”) in Psychology from the School of Psychology- University of Minho. Prof. Gonçalves is a licensed Clinical and Health Psychologists with advanced specialities in psychotherapy and neuropsychology (“Ordem dos Psicólogos” – Portuguese Psychological Association) and a certified therapist and supervisor in cognitive-Behavioral therapy (Portuguese Association of Behavior Therapy). He has published 16 books, 36 book chapters and more than 160 papers. His current research focus on the interaction between neurocognitive markers and brain structure and functioning in psychiatry, developmental and neurodegenerative disorders. He is the founder and Director of the Neuropsychophysiology Lab (currently Psychological Neuroscience Lab) at the University of Minho, where he is systematically investigating the neural correlates of a diversity of cognitive-emotional processes (sensory processing; attention; memory; social cognition; executive functioning) in different clinical conditions (Obsessive Compulsive Related Disorders; Schizophrenia; Williams Syndrome; Multiple Sclerosis) using a variety of laboratory techniques (Psychophysiological; Electroencephalography /Event Related Potential methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neromodulation). He has hold faculty and leadership positions at the University of Porto- Portugal (Assistant Professor), University of California Santa Barbara - USA (Visiting Assistant Professor), University of Minho - Portugal (Assistant, Associate, Full Professor and Dean, School of Psychology) and Northeastern University - USA (Full Professor and Chair of Applied Psychology). Currently he is Full Professor of Psychology at the University of Minho - Portugal, Senior Research Associate at the Spaulding Center for Neuromodulation at the Spaulding Hospital and Harvard Medical School - USA, Adjunct Professor at Northeastern University - USA, and Special Visiting Researcher at the Social and Cognitive Neurosciences Lab, Mackenzie University, São Paulo - Brazil. Dr. Gonçalves was a PI in 10 external funded projects and a team member in 16. He has completed the supervision of 28 PhD students and 9 postdocs.
Clinical Neurosciences
Psychiatry Disorders
Psychotherapy and Neurotherapy
Selected publications
Gonçalves, O. F., Rêgo, G., Oliveira-Silva, P., Leite, J., Carvalho, S., Fregni, F., Amaro Jr, E., Boggio, P. S. (2017). Mind wandering and the attention network system. Acta Psychologica, 172, 49-54. DOI
Goncalves, O. F., Soares, J. M., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho, A Fernandes-Goncalves, A., Pocinho, F., Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2017). Patterns of Default Mode Network Deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Scientific Reports, 7, 44468; DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., Batistuzzo, M. C., & Sato, J. R. (2017). Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 13, 1825—1834. DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., Rêgo, G., Oliveira-Silva, P., Leite, J., Carvalho, S., Souza-Queiroz, J., Fregni, F., Amaro Jr, E., Boggio, P. S. (2017). Is the Relationship between Mind Wandering and Attention Cultural Specific? Psychology and Neuroscience, 10, 132-143. DOI
Goncalves, O. F., Sousa, S., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho-Ávila, A Fernandes-Goncalves, A., Frank, B., Pocinho, F., Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2017). Alterations of gray and white matter morphology in obsessive compulsive disorder: A voxel based morphometry study. Psicothema, 29, 35-42 DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., & Perrone-McGovern, K. M. (2016). Translating Neuroscience into Counselling Practice. Canadian Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 50, 421-440 DOI
Goncalves, O. F., Sousa, S., Maia, L., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho, A Fernandes-Goncalves, A., Frank, B., Pocinho, F., Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2015). Inferior Frontal Gyrus White Matter Abnormalities in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. NeuroReport, 26, 495-500 DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Fernandes-Gonçalves, A.,
Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2016). Cognitive and Emotional
Impairments in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Evidence from Functional
Brain Alterations. Porto Biomedical Journal, 1, 92-105 DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., Soares, J. M., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho, A., Fernandes-Gonçalves, A., Frank, B., Pocinho, F., Relvas, J., Carracedo, A., Sampaio, A. (2015). Brain Activation of the Defensive and Appetitive Survival Systems in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 9, 255-263 DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., & Perrone-McGovern, K. (2014). A neuroscience agenda for counseling psychology research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61, 507-512 DOI
Amaral, L., Ganho-Ávila, A, Osório, A., Soares, M.J., He, D., Chen, Q.,
Mahon, B.Z., Gonçalves, O.F., Sampaio, A., Fang, F., Bi, Y., & Almeida, J.
(2016). Hemispheric asymmetries in subcortical visual and auditory relay
structures incongenital deafness. European Journal of Neuroscience, 44,
2334–2339 DOI
Coutinho, J., Gonçalves, O. F., Soares, J. M., Marques, P., & Sampaio, A.
(2016). Alterations of the Default Mode Network Connectivity in
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: A pilot study. Psychiatry
Research: Neuroimaging, 256, 1-7. DOI
Other publications
Gonçalves, O. F., Rêgo, G., Oliveira-Silva, P., Leite, J., Carvalho, S., Fregni, F., Amaro Jr, E., Boggio, P. S. (2017). Mind wandering and the attention network system. Acta Psychologica, 172, 49-54. DOI
Goncalves, O. F., Soares, J. M., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho, A Fernandes-Goncalves, A., Pocinho, F., Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2017). Patterns of Default Mode Network Deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Scientific Reports, 7, 44468; DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., Batistuzzo, M. C., & Sato, J. R. (2017). Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 13, 1825—1834. DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., Rêgo, G., Oliveira-Silva, P., Leite, J., Carvalho, S., Souza-Queiroz, J., Fregni, F., Amaro Jr, E., Boggio, P. S. (2017). Is the Relationship between Mind Wandering and Attention Cultural Specific? Psychology and Neuroscience, 10, 132-143. DOI
Goncalves, O. F., Sousa, S., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho-Ávila, A Fernandes-Goncalves, A., Frank, B., Pocinho, F., Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2017). Alterations of gray and white matter morphology in obsessive compulsive disorder: A voxel based morphometry study. Psicothema, 29, 35-42 DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., & Perrone-McGovern, K. M. (2016). Translating Neuroscience into Counselling Practice. Canadian Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 50, 421-440 DOI
Goncalves, O. F., Sousa, S., Maia, L., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho, A Fernandes-Goncalves, A., Frank, B., Pocinho, F., Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2015). Inferior Frontal Gyrus White Matter Abnormalities in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. NeuroReport, 26, 495-500 DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Fernandes-Gonçalves, A.,
Carracedo, A., & Sampaio, A. (2016). Cognitive and Emotional
Impairments in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Evidence from Functional
Brain Alterations. Porto Biomedical Journal, 1, 92-105 DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., Soares, J. M., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Ganho, A., Fernandes-Gonçalves, A., Frank, B., Pocinho, F., Relvas, J., Carracedo, A., Sampaio, A. (2015). Brain Activation of the Defensive and Appetitive Survival Systems in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 9, 255-263 DOI
Gonçalves, O. F., & Perrone-McGovern, K. (2014). A neuroscience agenda for counseling psychology research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61, 507-512 DOI
Amaral, L., Ganho-Ávila, A, Osório, A., Soares, M.J., He, D., Chen, Q.,
Mahon, B.Z., Gonçalves, O.F., Sampaio, A., Fang, F., Bi, Y., & Almeida, J.
(2016). Hemispheric asymmetries in subcortical visual and auditory relay
structures incongenital deafness. European Journal of Neuroscience, 44,
2334–2339 DOI
Coutinho, J., Gonçalves, O. F., Soares, J. M., Marques, P., & Sampaio, A.
(2016). Alterations of the Default Mode Network Connectivity in
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: A pilot study. Psychiatry
Research: Neuroimaging, 256, 1-7. DOI
Leite, J., Goncalves, O.F., Pereira, P., Khadka, N., Bikson, M., Fregni, F., & Carvalho, S. (2018). The differential effects of unihemispheric and bihemispheric tDCS over the inferior frontal gyrus on proactive control. Neuroscience Research, 130, 39–46. DOI
Sampaio, A. Moreira, P. Osório, A., Magalhães, R., Vasconcelos, C.,
Férnandez, M., Carracedo, A., Alegria, J., Gonçalves, O.F., & Soares, J.M.
(2016). Altered Functional Connectivity of the Default Mode Network in
Williams Syndrome: a Multimodal Approach. Developmental Science, 19,
686-695. DOI
Conde, T., Gonçalves, O. F., & Pinheiro, A. P. (2016). A Cognitive
Neuroscience view on voice processing abnormalities in schizophrenia: a
window into auditory verbal hallucinations? Harvard Review of Psychiatry,
24, 148-163 DOI
Coutinho J., Fernandes S., Soares J. M., Maia L., Gonçalves O. F. &
Sampaio A. (2016). Default mode network dissociation in depressive and
anxiety symptoms. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 10, 147-157. DOI
Conde, T., Gonçalves, O.F., & Pinheiro, A. P. (2016). The effects of
stimulus complexity on the pre attentive processing of self-generated and
non-self voices: An ERP study. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral
Neuroscience, 16, 106-123 DOI
Lopes Costa, S., Gonçalves, O.F., DeLuca, J., Chiaravalloti, N.,
Chakravarthi, R., Almeida, J. (2016). Neuro-ophthalmic syndromes and
processing speed in Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology,
36, 23-28 DOI
Lopes Costa, S., Gonçalves, O.F., DeLuca, J., Chiaravalloti, N.,
Chakravarthi, R., Almeida, J. (2016). The temporal dynamics of visual
processing in Multiple Sclerosis. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 23, 133-
140 DOI
Almeida, J., He, D., Chen, Q., Mahon, B.Z., Nunes, G., Gonçalves, O.F.,
Fang, F., & Bi, Y. (2015). Visual representations in the auditory cortex of
the congenitally deaf. Psychological Science, 26, 1771-1782 DOI
Conde, T., Gonçalves, O. F., & Pinheiro, A. P. (2015). Paying attention to
my voice or yours: An ERP study with words. Biological Psychology, 111,
40-52 DOI
Coutinho, J., Beiramar, A., Silva, C., Lema, A., Lima, V., Grace, R.,
Oliveira-Silva, P., Gonçalves, O. F., & Sampaio, A. (2015). Evidências de
validade da versão Portuguesa do Índice de Reatividade Interpessoal para
avaliação da empatia em casais (Evidence for the validity of the Portuguese
version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index for the assessment of couples
empathy. Revista de Avaliação Psicológica, 14, 309-317. DOI
Carvalho, S., Gonçalves, O. F., Soares, J. M., Fregni, F., Sampaio, A.,
Macedo, F., Leite, J. (2015). Sustained effects of a neural-based
intervention in a refractory case of Tourette syndrome. Brain Stimulation, 8,
657-659 DOI
Rêgo, G.G., Lapenta, O.M., Marques, L.M., Costa, T.L., Leite, J., Carvalho,
S., Gonçalves, O.F., Brunoni, A.R., Fregni, F., Boggio, P.S. (2015).
Hemispheric Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Lateralization in the
Regulation of Empathy for Pain. Neuroscience Letters, 594, 12-16. DOI
Coutinho J., Ramos A.F., Maia L., Castro L., Conceição E., Geliebter A.,
Machado P.P., Gonçalves O. F. & Sampaio A. (2015). Volumetric
alterations in the nucleus accumbens and caudate nucleus in bulimia
nervosa: A structural magnetic resonance imaging study. International
Journal of Eating Disorders, 48, 206–214 DOI
Coutinho J., Gonçalves O. F., Maia L., Vasconcelos, C., Perrone-
McGovern K., Simon-Dack S., Hernandez K., Oliveira-Silva P., Mesquita
A. & Sampaio A (2015) Differential Activation of the Default Mode
Network in Jet Lagged Individuals. Chronobiology International, 32, 143-
149 DOI
Carvalho, S., Boggio, P. S., Gonçalves, O. F., Vigário, A. R., Faria, M.,
Silva, S., Gaudencio do Rego, G., Fregni, F., & Leite, J. (2015). Assessing
the effects of metaplasticity on working memory with transcranial direct
current stimulation. Brain Stimulation, 8, 289-294 DOI
Cruz, S., Crego, A., Ribeiro, E., Gonçalves, O. F., & Sampaio, A. (2015).
VEP study in sleeping and awaked one-month-old infants and its relation
with social behaviour. International Journal of Developmental
Neuroscience, 41, 37-43 DOI
Pinheiro, A.P., del Re, E., Nestor, P.G., Mezin, J., Rezaii, N., McCarley, R.
W., Gonçalves, O.F., & Niznikiewicz, M. (2015). Abnormal interactions
between context, memory structure and mood in schizophrenia: an ERP
investigation. Psychophysiology, 52, 20-31 DOI
Alves, J., Magalhães, R., Arantes, M., Cruz, S., Gonçalves, O. F, &
Sampaio, A. (2015). Cognitive rehabilitation in a visual variant of
Alzheimer's disease. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 22, 73- 78 DOI
Pinheiro, A. P., Vasconcelos, M., Dias, M. Arrais, N., & Gonçalves, O. F.
(2015). The music of language: An ERP investigation of the effects of
musical training on emotional prosody processing. Brain and Language,
140, 24-34 DOI
2019/2020
Introdução às Neurociências
Integrated Master's
Investigação Laboratorial em Psicologia Básica
Doctorate
Investigação Laboratorial em Psicologia Básica
Doctorate
Laboratório I
Integrated Master's
Neurociência dos Processos Psicológicos I
Integrated Master's
Neurociência dos Processos Psicológicos III
Integrated Master's
Reabilitação Neuropsicológica
Master's
Rotação Laboratorial em Neuropsicologia Experimental - Major
Master's
Rotação Laboratorial em Neuropsicologia Experimental - Major
Master's
Rotação Laboratorial em Neuropsicologia Experimental - Major
Master's
Rotação Laboratorial em Neuropsicologia Experimental - Minor
Master's
Síndromes Neuropsicológicos e Psicopatológicos
Master's
Temas de Psicologia Experimental
Doctorate
