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Alexandre Castro-Caldas

Alexandre Castro-Caldas

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
31
Citations
5272
World Ranking
11128
National Ranking
26

Alexandre Castro-Caldas publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexandre Castro-Caldas sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 128 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Alexandre Castro-Caldas D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexandre Castro-Caldas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)

Overview

Alexandre Castro-Caldas is affiliated with the Catholic University of Portugal in Portugal. Their research work primarily focuses on psychology, covering a total of thirteen publications in this main field.

Their expertise spans various subfields within psychology, including cognitive neuroscience, education, social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and clinical psychology. These subfields reflect a broad interest in both the biological and social aspects of psychological science.

The topics that Alexandre Castro-Caldas has addressed in their research include diverse music education insights, bullying, victimization, and aggression, functional brain connectivity studies, children's physical and motor development, music therapy and health, child development and digital technology, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • International Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Scientific Repository of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (The Polytechnic Institute of Porto)
  • Applied Neuropsychology Adult
  • Current Psychology

Among recent papers associated with Alexandre Castro-Caldas, the following have been published:

  • "Bullying's Negative Effect on Academic Achievement" (2020) in International Journal of Educational Psychology
  • "Disentangling Pantomime From Early Sign in a New Sign Language: Window Into Language Evolution Research" (2021) in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Amygdala activation in response to 2D and 3D emotion-inducing stimuli" (2022) in Scientific Repository of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto
  • "How Different are Girls and Boys as Bullies and Victims? Comparative Perspectives on Gender and Age in the Bullying Dynamics" (2022) in International Journal of Educational Psychology
  • "Looking for the Brain Inside the Initial Teacher Training and Outreach Books in Portugal" (2022) in Frontiers in Psychology

Alexandre Castro-Caldas often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Artemisa R. Dores
  • Fernando Barbosa
  • Joana R. Rato
  • Ana Maria Gomes
  • Mariana Costa Martins

Among distinctions, the scientist has been recognized by the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa).

Best Publications

  • Adaptação à população portuguesa da tradução do Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

    M. Guerreiro;A. A Silva;M. F. Botelho;O Leitão

  • The illiterate brain: Learning to read and write during childhood influences the functional organization of the adult brain

    A. Castro-Caldas;Karl Magnus Petersson;A. Reis;S. Stone-Elander

  • Neurobehavioral Effects of Dental Amalgam in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Timothy A. DeRouen;Michael D. Martin;Brian G. Leroux;Brenda D. Townes

  • Illiteracy: A cause for biased cognitive development

    Alexandra Reis;Alexandre Castro-Caldas

  • Language Processing Modulated by Literacy: A Network Analysis of Verbal Repetition in Literate and Illiterate Subjects

    Karl Magnus Petersson;Alexandra Reis;Simon Askelöf;Alexandre Castro-caldas

  • Subjective experience in brain-injured patients and their close relatives : A European Brain Injury Questionnaire study

    Thomas W. Teasdale;Anne-Lise Christensen;Klaus Willmes;Gérard Deloche

  • Influence of learning to read and write on the morphology of the corpus callosum.

    A. Castro-Caldas;P. Cavaleiro Miranda;I. Carmo;A. Reis

  • Literacy: A cultural influence on functional left-right differences in the inferior parietal cortex

    Karl Magnus Petersson;Carla Silva;Alexandre Castro-Caldas;Martin Ingvar;Martin Ingvar

  • Formal Schooling Influences Two- but Not Three-Dimensional Naming Skills☆

    Alexandra Reis;Alexandra Reis;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Alexandre Castro-Caldas;Martin Ingvar

  • Neuromyths in education: what is fact and what is fiction for Portuguese teachers?

    Joana Rodrigues Rato;Ana Maria Abreu;Alexandre Castro-Caldas

  • Botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of arm and hand spasticity in stroke patients

    Cristina Sampaio;Joaquim J Ferreira;Ana A Pinto;Manuela Crespo

  • The scope of preserved procedural memory in amnesia

    Sara Cavaco;Steven W. Anderson;John S. Allen;Alexandre Castro-Caldas

  • Assessment of time perception: the effect of aging.

    Miguel Coelho;Joaquim José Ferreira;Beatriz Dias;Cristina Sampaio

  • Brain specialization for language does not depend on literacy.

    António R. Damasio;A. Castro-Caldas;Jorge T. Grosso;José M. Ferro

  • Influence of educational level of non brain-damaged subjects on visual naming capacities.

    Alexandra Reis;Manuela Guerreiro;Alexandre Castro-caldas

  • Neurological outcomes in children with and without amalgam-related mercury exposure : Seven years of longitudinal observations in a randomized trial

    Martin Lauterbach;Isabel P. Martins;Alexandre Castro-Caldas;Mario Bernardo

  • Issues in design and analysis of a randomized clinical trial to assess the safety of dental amalgam restorations in children.

    Timothy A DeRouen;Brian G Leroux;Michael D Martin;Brenda D Townes

  • The Parkinson–Control study: A 1-year randomized, double-blind trial comparing piribedil (150 mg/day) with bromocriptine (25 mg/day) in early combination with levodopa in Parkinson's disease

    Alexandre Castro-Caldas;Paul Delwaide;Wolfgang Jost;Marcelo Merello

  • Aphasia following right striato-insular infarction in a left-handed child: a clinico-radiological study.

    José M. Ferro;Isabel Pavão Martins;Francisco Pinto;A. Castro-Caldas

  • Neuropsychological Aspects of Illiteracy

    A. Castro-Caldas;A. Reis;M. Guerreiro

  • Non-verbal disturbances in crossed aphasia

    A. Castro-caldas;A. Confraria;P. Poppe

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Reis
Alexandra Reis University of Algarve
Fernando Barbosa
Fernando Barbosa Universidade de São Paulo
Karl Magnus Petersson
Karl Magnus Petersson University of Algarve
Martin Ingvar
Martin Ingvar Karolinska Institute
José M. Ferro
José M. Ferro University of Lisbon
Hanna Damasio
Hanna Damasio University of Southern California
Mário R. Simões
Mário R. Simões University of Coimbra
Antonio R. Damasio
Antonio R. Damasio University of Southern California
Steven W. Anderson
Steven W. Anderson University of Iowa
Thomas W. Teasdale
Thomas W. Teasdale University of Copenhagen

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