Docente
Mariana De Lurdes Carrito

Resume

Mariana is a Psychology Researcher of the Sexuality and Gender Research Group from CPUP (Centre for Psychology at University of Porto) and an assistant professor at Universidade Lusófona do Porto. She is the supervisor of the the "Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, and Sexuality" and "Human Evolution and Sexuality" research lines and the lab coordinator/manager of the Porto Sexlab. As an experimental psychologist, Mariana is most interested in studying the basic cognitive processes related to sexuality. She has developed research in the following topics: Sex Research, Experimental Psychology, Psychophysiology, Attractiveness Preferences.

Graus

• Mestrado
  Msc in Experimental Psychology
• Doutoramento
  PhD in Psychology
• Licenciatura
  Bachelor in Psychology
• Pós-doutoramento
  PostDoc in Psychology
• Pós-doutoramento
  PostDoc in Psychology- Human Sexuality

Publicações

Magazine article

• 2024-01-03, Smiles That Change Everything: How Facial Emotions Shift Attractiveness Perceptions of Masculinity, Cambridge Core Blog

Preprint

Journal article

• 2024-12-01, Associations between sexual health and well-being: a systematic review, Bulletin of the World Health Organization
• 2023-11-14, When he smiles: Attractiveness preferences for male faces expressing emotions, Evolutionary Human Sciences
• 2023-09-02, The Role of Men’s Sexual Beliefs on Sexual Function/Dysfunction: A Systematic Review, The Journal of Sex Research
• 2023-01-24, Automatic attention to sexual stimuli: exploring the role of neuroticism and sexual excitation/inhibition through event-related potentials, The Journal of Sexual Medicine
• 2023, The role of men's sexual beliefs on sexual function/dysfunction: A systematic review, The Journal of Sex Research
• 2022-04-15, Breath chemical markers of sexual arousal in humans, Scientific Reports
• 2022-04, Human metabolic emissions of carbon dioxide and methane and their implications for carbon emissions, Science of The Total Environment
• 2022-03-14, A Longitudinal Study on Maternal Depressive Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Strict Lockdown Measures and Social Support, International Journal of Public Health
• 2022-01-13, Sexual Health and the Pandemic Crisis: Testing the Role of Psychological Vulnerability/Protective Factors on Sexual Functioning and Sexual Distress During a Critical Life Period in Portugal, Archives of Sexual Behavior
• 2021-11-24, Adapting to Uncertainty: A Mixed-Method Study on the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Expectant and Postpartum Women and Men, Frontiers in Psychology
• 2021-07-19, Neuroticism and Attention Towards Sexual and Non-Sexual Images During an Oddball Task: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials, Archives of Sexual Behavior
• 2021-04-21, The Relationship Between COVID-19 Confinement, Psychological Adjustment, and Sexual Functioning, in a Sample of Portuguese Men and Women, The Journal of Sexual Medicine
• 2020-07, The attractive side of trustworthiness: Effects of relationship context and social interaction anxiety on face preferences., Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
• 2019-10, When we don't know what we know – Sex and skin color, Cognition
• 2018-09, Event-related potentials modulated by the perception of sexual dimorphism: The influence of attractiveness and sex of faces, Biological Psychology
• 2017, Do Masculine Men Smell Better? An Association Between Skin Color Masculinity and Female Preferences for Body Odor, Chemical Senses
• 2016, The role of sexually dimorphic skin colour and shape in attractiveness of male faces, Evolution and Human Behavior
• 2016, ERP correlates of error processing during performance on the Halstead Category Test, International Journal of Psychophysiology

Newspaper article

• 2019-12-22, A ciência da beleza humana, Público
• 2016-02-11, A atratividade no tom de pele, Diário de Aveiro

Report

• 2024-07, The role of implicit memory and mindful relaxation on the processing of sexual cues in individuals with traumatic sexual experiences: An EEG/ERP study
• 2024-05, Changing color for higher attractiveness, https://aspredicted.org/PZ2_CF6
• 2024-02, Is sexual health associated with overall health and well-being? Findings from a systematic review, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42024507701
• 2024, SHAPE: Questionário de avaliação das práticas e experiências em Saúde Sexual, https://noticias.up.pt/fpceup/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2024/10/SHAPE_1out_small.pdf
• 2023-04-13, Inducing sexual arousal in the lab: Validation of a controlled set of sexually explicit clips varying in the expression of consent and pleasure, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/386GZ

Online resource

• 2022-07, Guia para a gravidez e o pós-parto: COVID-19 e o novo normal, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6869361
• 2022, Gravidez em Tempos de COVID-19, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yd30oB6q8Q

Conference paper

• Learning new faces from multiple images, ECVP 2012

Conference abstract

• 2019, Processing of pictorial stimuli with and without sexual content in individuals with high neuroticism: An ERP study, 24th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)
• 2019, Cleaning procedures of genital measures in Sexlabs: Current practices and emerging challenges, 24th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)
• 2012, Learning new faces from multiple images, European Conference on Visual Perception

Conference poster

• 2024-07, The Impact of Mindful relaxation on Implicit Associations with Sexual Images: An Event Related Potentials Study Preregistration, V International Congress of Psychobiology
• 2024-07, The role of implicit memory and mindful relaxation on individuals with traumatic sexual events: An event-related potentials study preregistration, IASR’s 50th Annual Meeting
• 2024-07, Development and validation of audio-visual sex stimuli: A novel set of sexual film clips for sexuality research, IASR’s 50th Annual Meeting
• 2024-05, Do neutral masculinized male faces hold attention?, Congress of the European Federation of Sexology
• 2024-05, Chemical characterization of body odour by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, IJUP 2024
• 2024-04, Carotenoid Coloration in Reproduction: Exploring its mnemonic influence, 18º Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental
• 2023-09-23, Estudo de validação de conteúdos audiovisuais para a investigação experimental e laboratorial em sexologia, Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Sexologia Clínica 2023
• 2023-09-06, Validation Of A Controlled Set Of Sexually Explicit Videos – A Preregistered Study, ESCOP 2023
• 2022-10, Unconscious attention to sexual stimuli: An electroencephalography study regarding the role of neuroticism and sexual excitation/inhibition, 47th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR)
• 2022-07-06, UNCONSCIOUS ATTENTION TO SEXUAL STIMULI: AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY STUDY REGARDING THE ROLE OF NEUROTICISM AND SEXUAL EXCITATION/INHIBITION, 48th Annual IASR Conference
• 2021-07-28, Give Me a Smile: Women’s Preferences for Sexually Dimorphic Traits on Male Faces Expressing Emotions, NEEPS 2021
• 2021-07-26, Effects of COVID-19 on the sexual wellbeing of expectant and postpartum women and men, International Academy of Sex Research Conference
• 2021-06-24, Women's preference for sexual dimorphism in male face shape: A meta-analytic review, 32nd annual meeting of Human Behavior and Evolution Society
• 2021-06-11, Effects of COVID-19 on Intimate and Sexual Relationships During the Transition to Parenthood: A Mixed-Method Study, 15th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology
• 2021-04-09, Are women attracted to shape masculinity in male faces? A meta-analytic review, XV Encontro Nacional da APPE
• 2019-10-12, Processing of Pictorial Stimuli with and without Sexual Content in Individuals with High Neuroticism: An ERP Study, 24th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)
• 2019-10-12, Cleaning Procedures of Genital Measures in Sexlabs: Current Practices and Emerging Challenges, 24th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)
• 2018-09-21, Neuroticism and attentional processing of sexual stimuli: An event-related potential study, I International Seminar of the Doctoral Programme in Human Sexuality: Past, present & future of sexuality research
• 2018-07-17, Sexually dimorphic shape influences perceived emotional expression, International Academy of Sex Research Conference
• 2018-04-13, Spotting perpetrators with facial EMG: Corrugator and zygomaticus activation pattern in eyewitness performance, 13º Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental
• 2017, Picking up an innocent at 100 ms: The P100 component as a neuromarker of false positives in eyewitness testimony, 12º Encontro Nacional da APPE
• 2017, It’s time to track the thief: The effect of synchrony effect in dwell time on criminal faces during a theft video, 12º Encontro Nacional da APPE
• 2016-06-24, Feedback processing during performance on the Halstead Category Test and its relation to externalizing behavior, European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference
• 2016, The smell of masculinity: Attractiveness preferences towards body odours of men varying in skin colour masculinity, European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference
• 2016, The Feedback-Related Negativity during Performance on the Halstead Category Test, European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference
• 2016, The Face of Lie: The Use of CIT Methodology for Lie Detection in Face Recognition by Eyewitness Testimony, European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference
• 2015, Does trustworthy means attractive for a relationship? Attractiveness preferences for faces and the influence of individual factors., 32nd Annual BPS Cognitive Psychology Section Conference
• 2014, A influência dos níveis de depressão e ansiedade social nas preferências por faces masculinas em diferentes contextos relacionais, 9º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental
• 2013, The role of sexually dimorphic colour in attractiveness judgments, VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
• 2013, ERP differences in emotional processing between high and low externalizers , 8º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental
• 2013, Are masculine males attractive? The influence of sexually dimorphic colour and shape in attractiveness judgments, 8º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental
• 2012, Correlatos eletrofisiológicos da formação de códigos estruturais de caras não familiares, 7º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental
• 2011, Correlatos eletrofisiológicos da Aprendizagem de Faces Novas, II Seminário de Investigação de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho

Dataset

• When he smiles: Attractiveness preferences for male faces expressing emotions [Data set]