Ana P. Pinheiro

Ana P. Pinheiro is an Associate Professor and Group Leader at the Voice, Emotion, & Speech Lab (VoicES Lab) at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon. Her research focuses on the neural mechanisms of vocal communication, emotional processing, and auditory hallucinations. She explores how self-monitoring and sensory prediction relate to schizophrenia symptoms like auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) through interdisciplinary collaborations and longitudinal EEG studies.

• Academic Affiliation: Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon
• Key Research: Self-voice prioritization, emotional authenticity detection, sensorimotor processing in hallucination proneness
• Editorial Roles: Associate Editor for Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Consulting Editor for Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

Her work spans cognitive neuroscience, affective science, and clinical psychology, with funded projects from FCT and the BIAL Foundation. She has contributed extensively to understanding auditory hallucinations and neuroplasticity in voice perception.

Recent publications emphasize hallucination proneness, sensory feedback processing, and cross-modal influences on vocal emotion detection. She mentors students and collaborates with global labs, integrating behavioral, electrophysiological, and computational approaches.

Pinheiro also serves on scientific advisory boards, including the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) Awards Committee and the International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology.