ALEXSANDRO MEDEIROS DO NASCIMENTO (Org.)
Lecturer of the Graduate Program in Cognitive Psychology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the Federal University of Pernambuco, obtained in 2008 under the supervision of Prof. Antonio Roazzi. He also completed his post-graduate studies at the same university in the Graduate Program in Cognitive Psychology (2009-2010). He has developed a theoretical framework in Self-Awareness studies – the Phenomenal Self-Awareness Theory – and a methodological approach to the study of self-conscious states – the Phenomenological-Cognitive of Self-Conscious States Interview (EFEA). In 2011, he founded and is the current Coordinator of the Laboratory for Studies of Self-Awareness, Consciousness, High-Order Cognition and Self (LACCOS), at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. He works mainly on research into the following topics: Self-awareness; Consciousness; Altered States of Consciousness, Self and Reality; Construction of phenomenal tools in 1st person in the research of phenomenal consciousness; Quantitative Phenomenology; Self, Mysticism and Anomalous Cognition; Psychoactives, psychedelia/psychonautism and entheogens (Ayahuasca, Jurema, Mushrooms); Cognitive studies of Death and Religion; Mental Representation and Mental Images; Epistemology of Psychology; Dialogue Religion versus Science in contemporary times; Self, Health, Sexuality and Cognition; Corporeality and Cognition, with an emphasis on Eating Disorders, Morbid Obesity and Bariatric Surgery from a cognitive perspective.
ANTONIO ROAZZI (Org.)
(D.Phil Oxon) Full Professor of the Graduate Program in Cognitive Psychology, Federal University of Pernambuco. Doctor (D. Phil.) in Psychology of Cognitive Development by the University of Oxford, obtained in 1988 under the guidance of Prof. Peter E. Bryant (supervisor) and Prof. Donald Broadbent (Adviser). He also holds a degree in “Dottore” in Applied Psychology from the Universitá degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza.” He has been a visiting professor at the University of London, University of Oxford, Istituto di Scienze and Tecnologie della Cognizione, ISTC (Rome, Italy), and Universitá degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”. He was a member of CAPES, ENEM, and FACEPE Evaluation Committees. His research interests have been based on Facet Theory and its multidimensional approaches to explore methods and techniques of knowledge production that allow them to generate valuable knowledge for the prediction and/or control of complex phenomena. Lately, he has been working mainly on the following topics: self-awareness and expanded states of consciousness, attachment, mental logic, nudging and decision-making, theory of mind, risk perception, urban violence, and the environmental component, highlighting the cognitive, social, and imagery processes of its inhabitants, among others.
ALAIN MORIN
Doctorate, Université Laval (1986-1992)
Department of Psychology, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada
ALEXANDRA MARQUES PINTO
Centre for Research in Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
ALEXSANDRO MEDEIROS DO NASCIMENTO
PhD in Cognitive Psychology
Department of Psychology – Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Coordinator of the Laboratory of Studies of Self-Awareness, Consciousness, High Order Cognition and Self (LACCOS / UFPE)
ANA MARIA ROCHA
Catholic University of Angola, Luanda, Angola
ANDRÉ OLIVEIRA DE ASSIS NÚÑEZ
Brazilian Army
PhD student in the Graduate Program in Cognitive Psychology – Department of Psychology – Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
ANTONIO ROAZZI
D.Phil Oxon, Department of Psychology – Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
CALVIN PETRUCELLI
Undergraduate student (Psychology)
Department of Psychology, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN, USA
CLÉSSIA FERNANDES DE BRITO SANTIAGO
Federal University of Paraíba
PhD student in Business Administration at Federal University of Paraíba
FAMIRA RACY
Independent Researcher, MA Psychology, Calgary, Canada
KEVIN ASSIS
Undergraduate student (Psychology)
Department of Psychology, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN, USA
KEVIN L. LADD
PhD (Psychology)
Department of Psychology, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN, USA
Editor-in-Chief, Archive for the Psychology of Religion
Former president of APA Division 36
LAMARTINE JOAQUIM DA SILVA FILHO
Undergraduate student of the Psychology Course – Department of Psychology – Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
LUCAS NONATO SOUZA E SILVA
Master in Cognitive Psychology
Member of the Laboratory of Studies of Self-Awareness, Consciousness, High Order Cognition and Self (LACCOS / UFPE)
LUIZ GUILHERME DE OLIVEIRA LEAL
Master’s student in the Graduate Program in Cognitive Psychology – Department of Psychology – Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
MANUEL A. DALA
Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies and Research, Faculty of Human Sciences, Catholic University of Angola
MARIJAINE RODRIGUES DE LIMA FREIRE
PhD in Cognitive Psychology
Member of the Laboratory of Studies of Self-Awareness, Consciousness, High Order Cognition and Self (LACCOS / UFPE)
RODRIGO OLIVEIRA DAMASCENO
PhD in Cognitive Psychology
Docente at Faculdade Irecê (FAI), Irecê, Brazil
Member of the Laboratory of Studies of Self-Awareness, Consciousness, High Order Cognition and Self (LACCOS / UFPE)
SABRINA ARAÚJO FEITOZA FERNANDES ROCHA
PhD in Cognitive Psychology
Lecturer at Centro Universitário Estácio do Recife, Recife, Brazil
Member of the Laboratory of Studies of Self-Awareness, Consciousness, High Order Cognition and Self (LACCOS / UFPE)
VANESSA BEZERRA CORNÉLIO MARTINS
Master in Cognitive Psychology
Member of the Laboratory of Studies of Self-Awareness, Consciousness, High Order Cognition and Self (LACCOS / UFPE)
VERÔNICA BARROS DE FONTE SILVA
Master in Cognitive Psychology
Member of the Laboratory of Studies of Self-Awareness, Consciousness, High Order Cognition and Self (LACCOS / UFPE)
WILHELM WACHHOLZ
PhD in Theology, History and Theology, PPG-EST (2000)
Professor and Dean of Faculdades EST, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil