Paulo Roberto dos Santos Ferreira

Graduated in Psychology from the Federal University of São Carlos (2003) and earned a PhD in Philosophy and Methodology of Science from the same university (2010), with subsequent post-doctoral training (2011). Currently serving as Associate Professor III at the Federal University of Grande Dourados. My research focuses on Behavioral and Cognitive Processes, with particular emphasis on visual and auditory perception, object and face recognition, learning and forgetting, language comprehension and rules, problem-solving and creative thinking, as well as social and emotional perception. My interests also extend to Experimental Behavior Analysis, Verbal and symbolic behavior, History of Psychology, Philosophy of Radical Behaviorism, and interpretation of cultural contingencies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)