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Dr Nastassja LOPES FISCHER
Co-Principal Investigator
Dr Nastassja Lopes Fischer is an Education Research Scientist at the National Institute of Education and a Co-Principal Investigator for the CLIC School Workgroup. She joined CLIC in July 2021 as a Research Fellow and became co-PI in 2026. Dr. Fischer's current research area includes the understanding of cognitive abilities (e.g., cognitive flexibility) involved in creative and inventive thinking during adolescence, and how it contributes to better learning. She has an extensive background using cognitive testing and neuroimaging methods (e.g., EEG) to study social media behavior, students’ social skills and creative and executive function abilities.
Singapore - NTU
Researchers
CLIC
Research Interest
Key Publications
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Yu, Junhong, and Nastassja Lopes Fischer. 2022. “Age‐specificity and Generalization of Behavior‐associated Structural and Functional Networks and Their Relevance to Behavioral Domains.” Human Brain Mapping 43 (8): 2405–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25759.
Fischer NL, Peres R and Fiorani M (2018) Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Theta Oscillations Associated With Information Sharing Intention. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 12:166. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00166
Souza, G.G.L., Mendonça-de-Souza, A.C.F., Duarte, A.F.A. et al. Blunted cardiac reactivity to psychological stress associated with higher trait anxiety: a study in peacekeepers. BMC Neurosci 16, 81 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-015-0216-9
Gabriela Guerra Leal Souza, Ludmila Naves Magalhães, Thiago Amorim Ribeiro Da Cruz, Ana Carolina Ferraz Mendonça-De-Souza, Antônio Fernando A. Duarte, Nastassja L. Fischer, Wanderson F. Souza, Evandro Da Silva F. Coutinho, Jaime Vila, Sonia Gleiser, Ivan Figueira & Eliane Volchan (2013) Resting vagal control and resilience as predictors of cardiovascular allostasis in peacekeepers, Stress, 16:4, 377-383, DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2013.767326
A. C. F. Mendonça-de-Souza, G. G. L. Souza, A. Vieira, N. L. Fischer, W. F. Souza, V. M. Rumjanek, I. Figueira, M. V. Mendlowicz & E. Volchan (2007) Negative affect as a predisposing factor for cortisol release after an acute stress—the impact of unpleasant priming, Stress, 10:4, 362-367, DOI: 10.1080/10253890701379999