Dr Dr Flavia H. Santos PhD
Research focus
Dr Flavia H. Santos is a neuroscientist focused on numerical cognition development and factors that affect its functioning such as mathematics anxiety and working memory. Dr Santos has a strong interest in how Music Science interact with emotion and cognition. She has carried out studies on interventions to stimulate and remediate mathematical performance using musical training, digital games and non-invasive brain stimulation. Dr Santos is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Neuropsychology. She is a Research Fellow at the Geary Institute for Public Policy and Chair of the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society.
At the same time, Dr Santos has an interest in the interaction between memory systems, for instance, between working memory and prospective memory. She has also been studying cognitive biomarkers of mild cognitive impairment and early-onset dementia. Her interests in this area are focused on healthy ageing and neurocognitive disorders. In this area, she co-edited the books "Mental Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Ageing Process" (2021, Springer) and Excelling in life with Down Syndrome (Nova, 2021).
Dr Santos is an awardee of the prestigious Ad Astra Fellowship in Ireland. Her research has been funded by various funding bodies, including the European Commission Erasmus+ Programme, Leverhulme Trust in the UK, Irish Research Council (Research Ireland) in Ireland, FCT in Portugal, Fundación Seneca in Spain, CNPq and FAPESP in Brazil. Furthermore, she is affiliated with the UK Centre for Educational Neuroscience and UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.