Cândida Helena Lopes Alves

Department of Education and Development

CARE – Research Center on Health and Social Sciences

Portalegre Polytechnic University

Relevant links outside academia

  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Association of Forensic Psychology:
  • Full member of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists,
  • Partnerships with international researchers.

Expertise

  • Mental Health
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Forensic Psychology and Criminology
  • Mental Health and Forensic Psychology
International experience as a higher education lecturer, clinical psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist, with expertise in neuropsychological assessment, hospital psychology, psychological rehabilitation, and the supervision of students in clinical practice.

Relevant projects

  • Cognitive Aging and Accessibility
  • Mental Health in Quilombola Communities
  • Mental Health and COVID-19
  • Integrating spatial and temporal metrics in smartphone-based finger tapping test: insights into motor performance dynamics
  • Forensic Psychology and Criminology
  • Mental Health and Forensic Psychology