Curriculum Vitae
Pedro Santos Pinto Gamito
Address: Rua Prof. Barbosa Sueiro nº5 2ºB, 1600 Lisbon, Portugal
Email: [email protected]
Birthday: 29th October 1971
Nationality: Portuguese
http://copelabs.ulusofona.pt
http://labpsicom.ulusofona.pt
http://eyetracking.ulusofona.pt
Professional Activity
 From 2013. Associate Director of the Cognitive and People-centric Laboratories, Lisbon,
Portugal.
 From 2012. Full Professor. University Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon,
Portugal.
 From 2010. Director of the MSc on Psychotherapy, Cognitive Rehabilitation and
Cybertherapy
 From 2010. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Eye Tracking, Visual Cognition and
Emotion
 From 2010. Chair of the International Conference on Eye Tracking, Visual Cognition and
Emotion
 From 2006. Associate Professor. University Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias,
Lisbon, Portugal.
 2006-2011. Invited Professor of IT on the BSc(Hons.) on Real Estate Management. ESAI,
Lisbon, Portugal.
 2005-2006. Invited Professor on a MSc on Graphic Expression, Color and Image. Open
University, Lisbon, Portugal.
 2005-2006. Professor of IT on a MSc on Architectural Planning and Urban Environment.
University Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal.
 2005-2010. Director of the Psychology Experimental Laboratory. University Lusofona de
Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal.
 From 2004. Director of the Psychology Computational Laboratory. University Lusofona
de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal.
 2003-2005. Assistant Professor of Applied Informatics and of Statistics. Faculty of
Psychology. University Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal.
Qualifications
 2012. Aggregation in Rehabilitation. Technical University of Lisbon. Portugal.
 2002. PhD in IT. Research Centre for the Built and Human Environment (6*/6* rated),
The University of Salford, UK. Awarded with the Portuguese Science and Technology
Foundation Scholarship.
 1998. M.Sc. in Soil and Water Engineering. The University of Évora, Évora, Portugal.
Awarded with the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation Scholarship.
 1996. BSc (Hons): in Landscape Engineering na Universidade de Évora.
Editorial and Referee activity
 Trials Journal
 Journal of Medical Internet Research
 Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Eye Tracking, Visual Cognition and Emotion
 Journal of Cyberpsychology, Behaviour and Social Networking
 Journal of Cybertherapy and Rehabilitation
 Military Medicine
 Proceedings of the International Conference Series on Disability, Virtual Reality and
Associated Technologies
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International Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Lopes, P., Oliveira, J., Gamito, P., Trigo, H., Sargento, P. & Silva, A.P. (submitted).
Frontal lobe dysfunction in heroin addicts: Evidence from an emotional Stroop colournaming task. Iberian Journal of Clinical and Forensic Neuroscience
2. Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Baptista, A. Morais, D., Lopes, P., Rosa, P., Santos, N. (in press)
Elicit nicotine craving with virtual smoking cues. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 13 (1),
43-48. [IF 1,842 - 2012 Thomson Reuters]
3. Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Lopes, P., Brito, R., Morais, D., Silva, D., Silva, A., Rebelo, S.,
Bastos, A. & Deus, A. (in press). Executive functioning in addicts following health
mobile cognitive stimulation: Evidence from alcohol and heroin patients. Journal of
Medical Internet Research. [IF 4.7 - 2012 Thomson Reuters]
4. Gamito, P.; Oliveira, J.; Lopes, P.; Brito, R.; Morais, D.; Cristovao, S.; Cacoete, C.;
Henriques, C.; Silva, D.; Silva, A.; Rebelo, S.; Bastos, M.; Deus, A. (2013). Executive
functioning in addicts following health mobile cognitive stimulation Evidence from
alcohol and heroin patients. IEEE 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing
Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth). pp.385,388, 5-8 May, Venice, Italy.
5. Gamito P, Oliveira J, Lopes P, Morais D, Brito R, Saraiva T, Bastos M, Cristóvão S,
Caçôete C, & Picareli F., A. (2013). Assessment of frontal brain functions in alcoholics
following a health mobile cognitive stimulation approach. In B. Wiederhold & G. Riva
(eds). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 191, 110-115.
6. Gamito P, Oliveira J, Baptista A, Lopes P, Morais D, Saraiva T, Rosa P, Santos N. &
Soares F, SottoMayor, C., & Barata, A. (2012). Nicotine Craving: ERPs correlates after
VR exposure to smoking cues. In B. Wiederhold & G. Riva (eds). Studies in Health
\Technology and Informatics, 181, 78-82.
7. Gamito, P. & Laforest, M. (in press). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Virtual Reality
- Psychological and Neurocognitive Interventions. Virtual Reality. Technologies for
Health and Clinical Applications, edited by P. Sharkey. Springer.
8. Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Santos, N., Pacheco, J., Morais, D., Saraiva. T., Soares, F.,
SottoMayor, C., & Barata, A. (2013). Virtual exercises to promote cognitive recovery
in stroke patients: The comparison between HMD vs. screen exposure methods.
International Journal on Disability and Human Development. DeGruyter.
9. Oliveira, J., Perea, M.V., Ladera, V., Gamito, P. (2013). The roles of word concreteness
and cognitive load on interhemispheric processes of recognition, Laterality: Asymmetries
of Body. Brain and Cognition. [IF 1,384 - 2011 Thomson Reuters]
10. Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Morais, D., Rosa, P., Saraiva. T., (2011). NeuAR – a look into
AR applications in the neurosciences area. In A. Nee & S. Ong (eds). Augmented Reality.
INTECH. 131 – 154.
11. Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Pacheco, J., Morais, D., Saraiva. T., Lacerda. R., Baptista, A.,
Santos, N., Soares, F., Gamito, L. Rosa, P. (2011). Traumatic Brain Injury memory
training: a Virtual Reality online solution. International Journal on Disability and Human
Development, 10 (2), 309-315. [IF 0,3 – 5 year IF Thomson Reuters]
12. Gamito P, Oliveira J, Baptista A, Pereira E, Morais D, Saraiva T, Santos N. & Soares F.
(2011). Virtual reality exposure on nicotine craving. In B. Wiederhold & G. Riva (eds)
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 167, 63-8.
13. Ferreira, P., Rita, P., Morais, D., Rosa, P., Oliveira, J., Gamito, P., Santos, N., Soares, F.,
Sottomayor, C. (2011). Grabbing attention while reading website pages: the influence of
verbal emotional cues in advertising. Journal of Eye Tracking Visual Cognition and
Emotion, 1, 64-68.
14. Oliveira, J., Gamito, P., Perea, MV, Ladera, V., Morais, D., Rosa, P., Saraiva, T. (2011).
Hemispheric asymmetries in recognition memory for negative and neutral words. Journal
of Eye Tracking Visual Cognition and Emotion, 1, 13-21.
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15. Rosa, P., Gamito, G., Oliveira, J., Morais, D. Saraiva, T. (2011). Attentional orienting to
biologically fear-relevant stimuli: data from eye tracking using the continual alternation
flicker paradigm. Journal of Eye Tracking Visual Cognition and Emotion. 1, 22-29.
16. Gamito P., Oliveira J, Morais D., Rosa P, Saraiva T. (2011). Serious Games for Serious
problems: from Ludicus to Therapeuticus. In Kim JJ. (Ed.) Virtual Reality. InTech,
Publishing. 527-548
17. Oliveira J, Perea MV, Ladera V, Gamito P. (2011). Hemispheric asymmetry in
recognition memory: Effects of retention level on the recognition of Portuguese words.
International Journal of Psychology, 46(2), 119-126. [IF 1,067 - 2011 Thomson Reuters]
18. Gamito, P. Oliveira, J., Morais, D., Rosa, P. (2010). PTSD Elderly War Veterans: A
clinical Controlled Study. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 13 (1), 43-48. [IF 1,842 - 2012
Thomson Reuters]
19. Gamito, P., Oliveira,, Morais, D., Saraiva. T., Baptista, A., Santos, N., Soares, F. Rosa, P.
(2010). Training presence: the importance of virtual reality experience on the “sense of
being there”. Stud Health Technol Inform. 154, 128-133.
20. Lopes P., Prieto G., Delgado, A., Gamito P. & Trigo, H. (2010). Rasch-Modeling the
Portuguese SOCRATES in a clinical sample. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 24, (2),
355–359. [IF 2,321 - 2012 Thomson Reuters]
21. Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Morais, D., Oliveira, S., Duarte, N., Saraiva, T., Pombal, M. and
Rosa, P. (2009). Virtual reality therapy controlled study for war veterans with PTSD.
Preliminary results in B. Wiederhold e G. Riva (Eds). Annual Review of Cybertherapy
and Telemedicine 2009 – Advanced Technologies in the Behavioral, Social and
Neurosciences, 144 , 269-272.
22. Morais, D., Saraiva, T., Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Santos, N., Batista, A. e Correia, A.
(2009). Presence in Virtual Reality Scenarios: the importance of viewpoint and of linear
or non-linear narrative in S. Richir e A. Shirai (Eds). VRIC’09 –Laval Virtual – Book of
Proceedings of the 11th Virtual Reality International Conference. Laval: IEEE Books,
209-216.
23. Gamito, P., Saraiva, T., Oliveira, J., Morais, D., Rosa, P., Pombal, M., Gamito, L. & Leal,
A. 2008. Physiological Assessment of Motor Vehicle Accident Posttraunatic Stress
Disorder patient during Virtual Reality Exposure – A Clinical Case Study. Journal of
Cybertherapy and Rehabilitation. Vol 1 Issue 3, Fall 2008 (258-267)
24. Lopes, R., Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Miranda, L., Sousa, J. Leal, A. 2008. Changes in
electroencephalographic spike activity of patients with focal epilepsy through modulation
of the sensory motor rhythm in a brain-computer interface. Proceedings of The Seventh
International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies with
ArtAbilitation. 8th to 11th September 2008 - Maia & Porto, Portugal
25. Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Santos, P., Morais, D., Saraiva, T., Pombal, M &, Mota, B. 2008.
Presence, immersion and cybersickness assessment through a test anxiety virtual
environment. (Eds.) Wiederhold et al. Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine,
6, 86-91.
26. Saraiva,T., Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Morais, D., Pombal, M. Gamito, L., Anastácio, M.
2007. VR exposure: reducing acute stress disorder derived from motor vehicle accidents.
(Eds.) Wiederhold et al. Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine, 5, 199-206.
27. Gamito P., Oliveira J., Morais D., Saraiva T., Rosa J., Leal A., Pacheco J., Ribeiro C.,
Neto D., Pablo C., Gamito L., Anastácio M. 2007. War PTSD: a VR pre-trial case study.
(Eds.) Wiederhold et al. Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine, 5, 191-198.
28. Arayici Y., Hamilton, A., Gamito, P., 2007. Modelling 3D Scanned data to Visualise and
Analyse the Built Environment for Regeneration. Journal of Surveying and Built
Environment, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
29. Gamito, P., Morais, D., Oliveira, J. Anastácio, M. 2006. Presence: Head Mounted Display
vs. Translucid Screen. (Eds.) Wiederhold et al. Annual Review of Cybertherapy and
Telemedicine, Vol. 4. Interactive Media Institute.
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30. Gamito, P., Ribeiro, C., Oliveira, J., Morais, D., Saraiva, T., Pombal, Pacheco, J. 2006.
Presence in a Virtual War Scenario – a Posttraumatic Stress Disorder exploratory case
study. Proceedings of the 8th Virtual Reality International Conference, Laval, France.
ISBN 2-9515730-5-7.
31. Gamito, P., Pacheco, J., Ribeiro, C., Pablo, C., Saraiva, T. 2005. Virtual War PTSD – a
methodological thread. (Eds.) Wiederhold et al. Annual Review of Cybertherapy and
Telemedicine, 3, 173-178. Interactive Media Institute. ISSN 1554-8716.
32. Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., Gamito, P. 2005. Built environment reverse and forward
prototyping. Proceedings of SCRI Symposium, University of Salford, Greater
Manchester, April 12th 2005.
33. Gamito, P., Caetano, B. Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., 2005. 3D laser scanner technology:
building data integration system.(Eds.) Bartlolo et al. Virtual Modelling and Rapid
Prototyping – Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping. Taylor & Francis
Group. ISBN 0415390621
34. Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., Gamito, P., Albergaria, G. 2004. The Scope in the
INTELCITIES Project for the Use of the 3D Laser Scanner. Proceedings of the Seventh
International Conference on Computational Structures Technology and The Fourth
International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology Lisbon, Portugal, 79 September 2004.ISBN 0-948749-93-8
35. Gamito, P. 2003. Escolha da técnica mais eficaz para a prevenção da erosão em taludes
utilizando um sistema de apoio à decisão. Revista de Ciências Agrárias. Vol. XXV, nº
3&4 ISSN 0871-018X.
36. Gamito, P., Hamilton, A. 2002. Bioengineering and biotechnical engineering - a
transdisciplinary approach. Proceedings of the 33rd International Erosion Control
Association Conference. Orlando, Florida, EUA. ISSN 1092-2806.
37. Gamito, P. 2002. Soil Bioengineering: Prototyping a new conceptual framework. PhD
Thesis. The University of Salford, Salford, UK.
38. Gamito, P., Hamilton, A. 2001. Using a DSS to address the problem of choosing the best
soil erosion management practices. Proceedings of the International Postgraduate
Research in the Building and Human Environment Conference. The University of
Salford, Salford, UK. ISBN 1-900491-84-2.
39. Gamito, P., Hamilton, A. Thomas, A. 2001. Virtual Soil Bioengineering. Proceedings of
the 32nd International Erosion Control Association Conference – Unearth a world of
opportunities. Las Vegas, EUA.
40. Gamito, P., Hamilton, A. 2001. A Soil Bioengineering Decision Support System.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and
Cybernetics. Baden-Baden, Germany. ISBN 1-894613-17-1.
41. Gamito, P. Hamilton, A. 2000. Towards a Virtual Soil Bioengineering. Proceedings of the
Bizarre Fruit Conference. The University of Salford, Salford, UK.
42. Gamito, P., Hamilton, A. 2000. Soil erosion estimation using the USLE KLS factors.
Proceedings of the Third International Congress of the European Society for Soil
Conservation – Man and Soil at the Third Millennium. Valência, Espanha. ISBN 8487776-46-8.
International presentations
1. Gamito P. 2013. Assessment of frontal brain functions in alcoholics following a health
mobile cognitive stimulation approach. 18th Annual CyberPsychology & Cybertherapy
Conference. Bruxelas. Bélgica. 30-2 July.
2. Gamito, P. 2013. Executive functioning in addicts following health mobile cognitive
stimulation. Evidence from alcohol and heroin patients. Workshop Rehab 2013. Venice.
Italy. 5 May 2013.
3. Gamito, P. 2012. KEYNOTE. “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” Conjectures on
the cyber way of treating. Tercer Foro Internacional de Enseñanza Virtual y
Ciberpsicologia. Mexico City. Mexico. 8, 9 y 10 de Noviembre 2012.
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4. Gamito, P. 2012. Virtual exercises to promote cognitive recovery in stroke patients: The
comparison between HMD vs. screen exposure methods. 9th International Conference on
Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. Laval, France.
5. Gamito, P. 2012. Nicotine Craving: ERPs correlates after VR exposure to smoking
cues.17th Annual CyberPsychology & Cybertherapy Conference. Bruxelas. Bélgica.
6. Gamito, P. 2011. Virtual Reality Exposure on Nicotine Craving. 16th Cybertherapy
International Conference, Otava, Canada.
7. Gamito, P. 2011. The contribution of a VR-based programme in cognitive rehabilitation
following stroke. International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation. Zurique, Suiça.
8. Gamito, P. 2010. Training presence: the importance of virtual reality experience on the
“sense of being there. 15th Cybertherapy International Conference, Seoul, Coreia do Sul.
9. Gamito, P. 2010. Traumatic Brain Injury memory training: a Virtual Reality online
solution. International Conference Series on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated
Technologies. Valeparaiso, Chile
10. Gamito, P. 2010. Eye gazing at erotic images. Does sex still counts for? 1st International
Conference on Eye Tracking, Visual Cognition and Emotion. Lisbon, Portugal.
11. Gamito, P. 2009. Presence in Virtual Reality Scenarios: the importance of viewpoint and
of linear or non-linear narrative. 11th Virtual Reality International Conference. Laval,
França.
12. Gamito, P.2009. Virtual reality therapy controlled study for war veterans with PTSD.
Preliminary results. 14th Cybertherapy International Conference, Lago Magiore, Itália.
13. Gamito, P. 2008. Presence, Immersion and Cybersickness Assessment through a Test
Anxiety Virtual Environment. 13th Cybertherapy International Conference, San Diego,
EUA.
14. Gamito, P. 2007. VR exposure: reducing acute stress disorder derived from motor vehicle
accidents. 12th Cybertherapy International Conference, Washington, EUA.
15. Gamito, P. 2006. Virtual Reality Exposure: assessment of a war veteran with PTSD. 36º
Congresso Annual da European Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies –
Patient and Therapist Criativity in Psychotherapy, Paris, França.
16. Gamito, P. 2006. Tratando desordenes de ansiedad con realidad virtual. Itchaluaca.
México
17. Gamito, P. 2006. Presence: Head Mounted Display vs. Translucid Screen. 11th
Cybertherapy Conference, Otava, Canadá.
18. Gamito, P. 2005. Virtual Panic – introducing a methodology for investigating the use of
VR in the treatment of panic disorders on clinical populations. XXXVI Annual Congress
of the European Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies – Patient and
Therapist Criativity in Psychotherapy. Salónica, Grécia.
19. Gamito, P. 2005. Virtual War PTSD – a methodological thread. 11th Cybertherapy
International Conference, Basileia, Suiça.
20. Gamito, P. 2005. Flight without Fear: A methodological approach. IX Congresso Latini
Dies | Vivere una Società a Rischio. Milão, Itália.
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