Pedro Rosa

Pedro Rosa is an Associate Professor at Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies (Lisbon, Portugal) and Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (Portimão, Portugal). He directs the Experimental Psychology Lab at ISMAT and serves as deputy director of the Experimental Psychology Lab at Lusófona University. His educational background includes a BSc and MSc in Psychology from Lusófona University, and a PhD in Health Psychology from ISCTE-IUL.

Rosa's research focuses on quantitative methods, psychometrics, and multimodal measurement techniques including eye tracking and psychophysiological recording. His work spans health psychology, emotional processing, cognitive assessment, and sexual behavior research, with strong methodological emphasis on experimental validation and scale development.

His scholarly publications demonstrate consistent focus on psychophysiological measurement innovations, particularly using eye-tracking methodologies across domains including face recognition, emotional processing, sexual behavior, and environmental awareness. Recent work shows increased attention to pandemic-related mental health impacts and ecological psychology.

Rosa received the 2016 Award of Merit Researcher from the Portuguese Society of Health Psychology for his contributions to the field. He founded the International Conference on Eye Tracking, Visual Cognition and Emotion and established Portugal's Meeting of Cognitive Oculometry.