{"id":960,"date":"2016-10-28T17:24:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ub.edu\/brainlab\/?p=960"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:42:14","slug":"sonia-do-vale-defended-her-thesis-on-october-18th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/brainlab\/sonia-do-vale-defended-her-thesis-on-october-18th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f3nia do Vale defended her thesis on October 18th, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.68%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"260\" title=\"Thesis-Sonia-do-Vale-cover-195&#215;260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/brainlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Thesis-Sonia-do-Vale-cover-195x260-1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2586\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>On Tuesday October 18th, 2016 at 2:00pm at the Faculty of Medicine de Lisboa (University of Lisbon, Portugal), S\u00f3nia do Vale Fernandes defended her PhD thesis entitled <strong><em>Effects of Dehydroepiandrosterone on Cognition: an Electrophysiological Approach<\/em><\/strong>. The thesis was co-supervised together by Dr. Martin Martins of University and Dr. Carles Escera, head of Brainlab. The experimental work of this thesis was carried out at the Brainlab during several visits of Dr. do Vale, and has resulted in the following publications:<\/p>\n<p>Do Vale, S., Selinger, L., Martins, J.M., Coelho, A., Bicho, M., do Carmo, I., &amp; Escera, C. (2014). The Relationship Between Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Working Memory and Distraction &#8211; a Behavioral and Electrophysiological Approach. <em><strong>PloS ONE<\/strong><\/em>, 9(8):e104869.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Do Vale, S., Selinger, L., Martins, J.M., Bicho, M., do Carmo, I., &amp; Escera, C. (2015). Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate (DHEAS) and emotional processing &#8211; a behavioral and electrophysiological approach. <em><strong>Hormones and Behavior<\/strong><\/em>, 73,94-103.<\/p>\n<p>Do Vale, S., Selinger, L., Martins, J.M., Bicho, M., do Carmo, I., &amp; Escera, C. (2016). Hormonal modulation of novelty processing: enhanced under working memory load with high DHEAS\/DHEA ratios. <em><strong>Neuroscience Letters<\/strong><\/em>, 634, 98-103.<\/p>\n<p>After her presentation and thoughful discussion with the eight-member panel, the thesis was awarded the highest grade at University of Lisbon: Approved with Distinction and Honours.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations S\u00f3nia<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" title=\"Sonia-PhD-panel-720&#215;478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/brainlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sonia-PhD-panel-720x478-1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/brainlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sonia-PhD-panel-720x478-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/brainlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sonia-PhD-panel-720x478-1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/brainlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sonia-PhD-panel-720x478-1-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/brainlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sonia-PhD-panel-720x478-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-visitors","category-phd-defenses"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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