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UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR BRAIN PROCESSES SOUND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND HEALTH
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RECENT LAB NEWS
Training rhythm to improve reading and writing skills
Do rhythmic skills shape the way we learn to read and write? This is the question that Marta Martins, a researcher at the Center for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS-Iscte), aims to answer. In two complementary projects, she studies both children's rhythmic predisposition and the causal effect of rhythmic music training on the acquisition of reading and writing skills. This research will also map the neural basis of this relationship using structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging.
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LATEST PAPERS
PUBLISHED, 2025
Does Music Training Improve Emotion Recognition And Cognitive Abilities? Longitudinal And Correlational Evidence From Children
Neves, L., Martins, M., Correia, A. I., Castro, S. L., Schellenberg, E. G., & Lima, C. F. (2025). Does music training improve emotion recognition and cognitive abilities? Longitudinal and correlational evidence from children. Cognition, 259, 106102.
PUBLISHED, 2024
Music performance anxiety: Priority targets in prevention and intervention
Martins, M., Salgado, B., & Silva, S. (2025). Music performance anxiety: priority targets in prevention and intervention. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 38(4), 479-492.
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OUR RESEARCH
B.Sound Lab
Principal Investigator Dr. Marta Martins, Integrated Researcher at CIS-Iscte and Invited Assistant Professor at Iscte-IUL .
Based at
Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon,
Avenida das Forças Armadas,
1649-026, Lisboa, Portugal
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