She was a professor of Psychology in the context of Teacher Training and responsible for this scientific area at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. He holds a Master’s and a PhD in Psychology. Since 2005 he has been teaching Research Methodology to BSc, MSc and PhD students and Cognitive Psychology to MSc students. She has participated in research projects and has published and presented the results of her research in national and international scientific meetings. She is part of research teams in the following areas: (1) information literacy (2) Portuguese television news scenography (3) digital inclusion and integration and (4) use of ICT by senior citizens. He is a member of the Portuguese Psychologists Order, the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. The main areas of research interest are cognitive psychology, particularly emotions and their interaction with cognition.