I am a PhD student at The Strange Lab, interested in the neurological basis underlying memory function, with a focus on episodic memory in super-agers (people aged 80+ with episodic memory at least as good as that of healthy people 20-30 years younger). The main goal of my project is to provide a comprehensive characterization of the brain and phenotype of super-agers that may protect against age-associated memory loss.
I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Biomedicine at the Fluminense Federal University, and my MSc degree in Psychiatry and Mental Health at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with a dissertation on self-awareness in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and their ability to recognize deficits. Also, I worked at IDOR as a research assistant, investigating the neural bases of human affiliative emotions.
Education
PhD Program in Neuroscience
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
MSc in Psychiatry and Mental Health
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brasil
BSc in Biomedicine
Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Brasil –
International Exchange: neurochemistry and molecular neurobiology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Peer-reviewed publications
• Latgé-Tovar S, Bertrand E, Piolino P, & Mograbi DC. The use of virtual reality as a perspective-taking manipulation to improve self-awareness in Alzheimer’s disease. Front Aging Neurosci. (2024).
• Bortolini T, Laport MC, Latgé-Tovar S, Fischer R, Zahn R, de Oliveira-Souza R, Moll J. The extended neural architecture of human attachment: An fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis of affiliative studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. (2024).
• Latgé-Tovar S, Bertrand E, Cosentino S, Dourado MCN, Laks J, Landeira-Fernandez J, Morris RG, & Mograbi DC. Self- and Other-Evaluation in Alzheimer’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. (2022).
• Latgé-Tovar, S, Bertrand, E, Morris, RG, Landeira-Fernandez, J, & Mograbi, DC. Mood-congruent memory in healthy adults: a systematic review. Psicologia Clínica. (2022).