MARIA DEL ROCIO DONAIRE CORTES

MARIA DEL ROCIO DONAIRE CORTES is a Researcher at the University of Jaén specializing in Basic Psychology, with expertise in psychobiological mechanisms of emotional regulation and self-medication behaviors.

Her educational background includes:

• Doctorate in Psychology from University of Jaén (2019), thesis: "Influence of frustration on emotional self-medication behavior in rats: a psychobiological approach" supervised by Dr. Mª Carmen Torres Bares and Dr. Ignacio Morón Henche

Her research centers on psychobiological analysis of emotional responses using rat models, investigating how frustration triggers self-medication behaviors. Key interests span emotional behavior regulation, neurobiological correlates of frustration, and translational applications of animal models to human psychological conditions with emphasis on biological underpinnings of coping mechanisms.

No scientific awards or grant activities are documented in available records. Current advising responsibilities and collaborative projects remain unspecified in source materials, though her research group affiliation suggests active participation in institutional psychobiology initiatives at University of Jaén.