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João Justo serves as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, specializing in health psychology with emphasis on perinatal contexts and maternal-infant dynamics.
His research program centers on Health Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology, and the Psychology of the Reproductive Life Cycle. He investigates how maternal vocalizations—particularly singing and humming during kangaroo care—affect preterm infant development, vocal responsiveness, and mother-infant bonding in neonatal settings. His work employs rigorous microanalytical methods to decode multimodal interactions in high-risk perinatal scenarios.
Analysis of his 2019-2023 publications reveals consistent focus on vocal communication in NICU environments, demonstrating how maternal humming creates synchronization between preterm dyads through melodic contours and overlapping vocalizations. These studies establish therapeutic pathways for improving infant wellbeing through targeted vocal interventions during critical developmental windows.
