Dr Joana Carvalheiro

  • Research Associate (Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging)

email: Joana.Carvalheiro@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

62 Hillhead Street, Room 610, G12 8QB

Import to contacts

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0520-5481

Research interests

I am interested in characterising the cognitive and neural mechanisms by which humans learn how to seek rewards and avoid punishments, and how disruptions in these mechanisms drive addictive behaviours. I have been awarded a Wellcome Early-Career Award to investigate how punishments affect reward learning, with a special focus on addiction, using a combination of neuroimaging, behaviour, modelling and psychopharmacology, in collaboration with University College of London. As a Postdoc at the University of Glasgow, I have employed a multimodal approach which combines behavioural paradigms, various forms of neuroimaging (EEG, fMRI, simultaneous EEG-fMRI in 3T and 7T systems) along with computational modelling to probe the relevant brain networks. During my Ph.D. I studied the neurocomputational mechanisms by which acute stress affects reward and punishment learning, using reinforcement-learning paradigms, computational modelling and model-based fMRI.

Publications

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Number of items: 7.

2024

Carolina Teixeira Santos, A., Gomes, L., Pereira, D. R., Ribeiro, F., Silva‐Fernandes, A., Godinho, C., Carvalheiro, J. , Federspiel, C., Steinmetz, J.‐P. and Leist, A. K. (2024) Exploring the impact of mindfulness training and a health promotion program on cognitive and mental health of older adults. Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2024), Philadelphia, USA, 28 Jul - 01 Aug 2024. (doi: 10.1002/alz.087687)

Dalby, C., Dibble, A. J., Carvalheiro, J. , Queirazza, F., Sevegnani, M. , Harvey, M. , Svanera, M. and Fracasso, A. (2024) Delineating in-vivo T1-weighted intensity profiles within the human insula cortex using 7-tesla MRI. bioRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2024.08.05.605123)

2023

Carvalheiro, J. and Philiastides, M. G. (2023) Distinct spatiotemporal brainstem pathways of outcome valence during reward- and punishment-based learning. Cell Reports, 42(12), 113589. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113589) (PMID:38100353)

2022

Carvalheiro, J. , Conceição, V. A., Mesquita, A. and Seara-Cardoso, A. (2022) Psychopathic traits and reinforcement learning under acute stress. Journal of Personality, 90(3), pp. 393-404. (doi: 10.1111/jopy.12673) (PMID:34536231)

2021

Carvalheiro, J. , Conceição, V. A., Mesquita, A. and Seara-Cardoso, A. (2021) Acute stress blunts prediction error signals in the dorsal striatum during reinforcement learning. Neurobiology of Stress, 15, 100412. (doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100412) (PMID:34761081) (PMCID:PMC8566898)

Carvalheiro, J. , Conceição, V. A., Mesquita, A. and Seara-Cardoso, A. (2021) Acute stress impairs reward learning in men. Brain and Cognition, 147, 105657. (doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105657) (PMID:33341656)

2019

Carvalheiro, J. , Seara-Cardoso,, A., Mesquita, A. R., de Sousa, L., Oliveira, P., Summavielle, T. and Magalhães, A. (2019) Helping behavior in rats (Rattus norvegicus) when an escape alternative is present. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 133(4), pp. 452-462. (doi: 10.1037/com0000178) (PMID:30896232)

This list was generated on Sat Feb 22 15:29:56 2025 GMT.
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Number of items: 7.

Articles

Dalby, C., Dibble, A. J., Carvalheiro, J. , Queirazza, F., Sevegnani, M. , Harvey, M. , Svanera, M. and Fracasso, A. (2024) Delineating in-vivo T1-weighted intensity profiles within the human insula cortex using 7-tesla MRI. bioRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2024.08.05.605123)

Carvalheiro, J. and Philiastides, M. G. (2023) Distinct spatiotemporal brainstem pathways of outcome valence during reward- and punishment-based learning. Cell Reports, 42(12), 113589. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113589) (PMID:38100353)

Carvalheiro, J. , Conceição, V. A., Mesquita, A. and Seara-Cardoso, A. (2022) Psychopathic traits and reinforcement learning under acute stress. Journal of Personality, 90(3), pp. 393-404. (doi: 10.1111/jopy.12673) (PMID:34536231)

Carvalheiro, J. , Conceição, V. A., Mesquita, A. and Seara-Cardoso, A. (2021) Acute stress blunts prediction error signals in the dorsal striatum during reinforcement learning. Neurobiology of Stress, 15, 100412. (doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100412) (PMID:34761081) (PMCID:PMC8566898)

Carvalheiro, J. , Conceição, V. A., Mesquita, A. and Seara-Cardoso, A. (2021) Acute stress impairs reward learning in men. Brain and Cognition, 147, 105657. (doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2020.105657) (PMID:33341656)

Carvalheiro, J. , Seara-Cardoso,, A., Mesquita, A. R., de Sousa, L., Oliveira, P., Summavielle, T. and Magalhães, A. (2019) Helping behavior in rats (Rattus norvegicus) when an escape alternative is present. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 133(4), pp. 452-462. (doi: 10.1037/com0000178) (PMID:30896232)

Conference or Workshop Item

Carolina Teixeira Santos, A., Gomes, L., Pereira, D. R., Ribeiro, F., Silva‐Fernandes, A., Godinho, C., Carvalheiro, J. , Federspiel, C., Steinmetz, J.‐P. and Leist, A. K. (2024) Exploring the impact of mindfulness training and a health promotion program on cognitive and mental health of older adults. Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2024), Philadelphia, USA, 28 Jul - 01 Aug 2024. (doi: 10.1002/alz.087687)

This list was generated on Sat Feb 22 15:29:56 2025 GMT.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • No pain, no gain: Investigating the influence of punishments on reward learning
    Wellcome Trust
    2025 - 2030
     

Supervision

Supervisor

Teaching

Cognition and behaviour under Stress Level 4 Neuroscience


Dr Joana Carvalheiro