Maria Mataró Serrat
Investigador
Research group
Research line:
Neuropsychology-Healthy aging and cerebrovascular disease
Dr. Maria Mataró Serrat graduated in Psychology in 1990 from the University of Barcelona and obtained her PhD in Neuropsychology from the University of Barcelona in 1995.
Since 2005, she has been an Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona and since 2018 she has been a Professor of Psychobiology at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology.
She was visiting professor at the New York University Langone Medical Center in 2013 and at the University of Pittsburgh in 2015 and 2017 as Fulbright visiting Scholar. She has received the ICREA Academia-2019 award.
Since 2007 she is co-coordinator of the external service of the Faculty of Psychology of Diagnosis and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
She is currently leading the research group on Neuropsychology of healthy aging and cerebrovascular disease where the neurobiological mechanisms of neuroprotective and non-pharmacological interventions are studied, such as physical exercise, mindfulness and cognitive training.
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Last Publications
- Roig-Coll F, Castells Sánchez Alba, Monté-Rubio G, Dacosta-Aguayo R, Lamonja-Vicente N, Torán-Monserrat P, Pere G, García-Molina A, Tormos JM, Alzamora MT, Stavros D, Sánchez-Ceron M, Via M, Erickson KI and Mataró-Serrat M Changes in cardiovascular health and white matter integrity with aerobic exercise, cognitive and combined training in physically inactive healthy late-middle-aged adults: the "Projecte Moviment" randomized controlled trial EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY . 124(3): 909-924.
- Dimitriadis SI, Castells Sánchez Alba, Roig-Coll F, Dacosta-Aguayo R, Lamonja-Vicente N, Torán-Monserrat P, García-Molina A, Monte-Rubio G, Stillman C, Perera A and Mataró-Serrat M Intrinsic functional brain connectivity changes following aerobic exercise, computerized cognitive training, and their combination in physically inactive healthy late-middle-aged adults: the Projecte Moviment GeroScience . 46(1): 573-596.
- Via-Garcia M, Pera G, Forés R, Costa-Garrido A, Heras A, Baena-Díez JM, Pedrosa E, Clemente I, Lamonja-Vicente N, Mataró-Serrat M, Torán-Montserrat P and Alzamora MT Genetic Variants at the 9p21.3 Locus Are Associated with Risk for Non-Compressible Artery Disease: Results from the ARTPER Study GENES . 15(1): .