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Publications

“Fostering spatial ability development in and for authentic STEM learning“

Zhu C., Oi-Ying Leung C., Lagoudaki E., Velho M., Segura-Caballero N., Jolles D., Duffy G., Maresch G., Pagkratidou M. and Klapwijk R. (2023) Fostering spatial ability development in and for authentic STEM learning. Frontiers in Education. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1138607


“ATLAS experiment educational printables“

Velho, M. (2022). ATLAS experiment educational printables. Proceedings of The European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP 2021), 398. DOI: 10.22323/1.398.0887


“ATLAS Public Website: Evolution to Drupal 8“

Velho, M. (2021). ATLAS Public Website: Evolution to Drupal 8. Proceedings of The Ninth Annual Conference on Large Hadron Collider Physics, 397, 164. DOI:10.22323/1.397.0164


“The Mirror Reflects More for genial Than for casual: Right-Asymmetry Bias on the Visual Word Recognition of Words Containing Non-Reversal Letters”

Soares, A. P., Lages, A., Velho, M., Oliveira, H. M., & Hernández-Cabrera, J. (2021). The mirror reflects more for genial than for casual: right-asymmetry bias on the visual word recognition of words containing non-reversal letters. Reading and Writing, 3. DOI: 10.1007/s11145-020-10100-x


“The role of letter features on the consonant-bias effect: Evidence from masked priming“

Soares, A. P., Velho, M., & Oliveira, H. M. (2020). The role of letter features on the consonant-bias effect: Evidence from masked priming. Acta Psychologica, 210, 103171. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103171


Conferences Presentations

“Is a man more likely to be credited for a scientific discovery than a woman?”

Poster presentation at the 17th Annual Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology Conference (Lisbon, Portugal)


“The phantom menace: spatial abilities as a tool to fight underrepresentation in STEM”

Paper presentation at the SEFI 2022 Annual Conference (Barcelona, Spain)


“The phantom menace: spatial abilities as a tool to fight underrepresentation in STEM”

Talk at the Technological University of Dublin ESHI (Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute) 4th Annual International Women’s Day – In Person


“Gender (or sex?) differences in spatial abilities: why representation matters.”

Poster presentation at the Technological University of Dublin Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Showcase – Online


“Educational Printables: From Colouring Books to Cheat and Fact Sheets“

Poster presentation at the 2021 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP) – Online


“Communicating science through printables: the ATLAS Experiment case.”

Talk at the 9th Annual Portuguese Congress of Science Communication SciComPT 2021 – Online


“The ATLAS public website – Evolution to Drupal 8“

Poster presentation at the 9th Edition of the Large Hadron Collider Physics Conference (2021) – Online


“Can Valideia be more valid than Valideno? The role of suffix salience and numerosity on the processing of European Portuguese complex pseudowords.“

Poster presentation at the 38th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Applied Linguistics (AESLA) – University of A Coruña