I completed my Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Coimbra in 2016, specializing in Clinical Informatics and Bioinformatics.
My thesis explored different methods for analyzing brain connectivity and critically applied them to real-time fMRI neurofeedback data. The work provided foundational experience in connectivity estimation, experimental design, and the challenges of online brain-state decoding.
Thesis details
- Title: Brain connectivity analysis for real-time fMRI neurofeedback experiments
- Year: 2016
- Institution: University of Coimbra
- Supervisor: Prof. Miguel Castelo-Branco
Key outcomes
- • Survey and comparison of functional and effective connectivity methods
- • Application to sample neurofeedback datasets
- • Insights into the practical limitations of connectivity-based feedback
This thesis laid groundwork for PhD work (completed Jan 2026) using music as a neurofeedback signal. Read the PhD thesis