Publications

2025

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.

Martins, M., Salgado, B., & Silva, S. (2025). Music performance anxiety: priority targets in prevention and intervention. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 38(4), 479-492.

2023

Martins, M., Reis, A. M., Gaser, C., & Castro, S. L. (2023). Individual differences in rhythm perception modulate music-related motor learning: A neurobehavioral training study with children. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 21552.

2022

Sousa, J., Martins, M., Torres, N., Castro, S. L., & Silva, S. (2022). Rhythm but not melody processing helps reading via phonological awareness and phonological memory. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 13224.

2021

Martins, M., Reis, A. M., Castro, S. L., & Gaser, C. (2021). Gray matter correlates of reading fluency deficits: SES matters, IQ does not. Brain Structure and Function, 226(8), 2585-2601.

Neves, L., Martins, M., Correia, A. I., Castro, S. L., & Lima, C. F. (2021). Associations between vocal emotion recognition and socio-emotional adjustment in children. Royal Society Open Science, 8(11), 211412.

Martins, M., Pinheiro, A. P., & Lima, C. F. (2021). Does music training improve emotion recognition abilities? A critical review. Emotion Review, 13(3), 199-210.

2019

Martins, M., Silva, S., & Castro, S. L. (2020). Perceiving Rhythmic Repetition and Change Across Development: Effects of Concurrent Pitch. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 38(2), 212-235.

Correia, A. I., Branco, P., Martins, M., Reis, A. M., Martins, N., Castro, S. L., & Lima, C. F. (2019). Resting-state connectivity reveals a role for sensorimotor systems in vocal emotional processing in children. NeuroImage, 201, 116052.

2018

Martins, M., Neves, L., Rodrigues, P., Vasconcelos, O., & Castro, S. L. (2018). Orff-based music training enhances children's manual dexterity and bimanual coordination. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2616.

2016

Zanon, F., Marinho, H., Coimbra, D., & Martins, M. (2016). Ansiedade na performance musical: Estudo de caso com a Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras. Opus, 22(2), 325–348.

2014

Moura, M., Martins, M., & Coimbra, D. (2014). Contributo das atividades de complemento curricular (clube de música) no desempenho académico de estudantes do ensino básico. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, (41), 69-89.

2010

Santos, M. J., Cavaleiro, F., Campos, P., Sousa, A., Teixeira, F., & Martins, M. (2010). Impact of amoeba and scuticociliatidia infections on the aquaculture European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) in Portugal. Veterinary parasitology, 171(1-2), 15-21.