RESEARCHERS

Carlos Manuel Marques da Silva completed his PhD in Sport Sciences in 2009 at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. He also completed a Master's in Sport Psychology in 1999 at the Universidade de Lisboa, and obtained a Sport Sciences Degree in 1994 from the same university. He is a member of the scientific Council at Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, serving as a Coordinator Teacher and he is the actual Coordinator of the sports training department. He is also Researcher with 45 published articles in journals, 1 book section and 3 books. Silva has supervised 27 MSc dissertations and co-supervised 5, while also engaging as a Co-Principal Investigator in 2 projects, Principal Investigator in 2 projects, and Researcher in 4 projects. His work focuses on Sport Sciences, particularly in Sport psychology. Throughout his professional engagements, he has collaborated with 209 co-authors on scientific papers. His common themes include attention, Body Image, Psychological Skills, youth, Questionnaire Validation, Evaluation, reaction time, EMG, goal achievement, Psychological Training, Sport, information processing, decision time, Role Definition, Group Cohesion, Mental Imagery, Biofeedback, EEG and more.