Amanda Chagas Pereira, PT, M.S.
Education:
2024-date: Ph.D. student, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
2021: M.S., in Rehabilitation Science and Physical-Functional Performance, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
2018: B.S in Physical Therapy, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.​
Research Interests:
EMG, Motor learning, Motor Control in healthy individuals and neurological conditions.
Professional Experience:
2024-Present: Teaching Assistant, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, USA
2019-2023: Home-care Physical Therapist Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
2019-2022: Physical Therapist at Intensive Care Unit and ward Albert Sabin Hospital, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
2015 –2017: Teaching Assistant Physiology applied to Physical Therapy II, Department of Physiology - Institute of Biological Sciences
2014: Anatomy for Physical Therapy I, Department of Anatomy - Institute of Biological Sciences
2014: Histology and Embryology XIII, Department of Morphology - Institute of Biological Sciences
Research Assistant 2016 – 2018: Department of Physiology, Institute of Biological Sciences
Recent Publications:
Chagas AMA, Faria IA, Saunier G, Bittencourt-Navarrete RE, Nogueira-Campos AA. Implicit action prediction constrains observed biological action reconstruction. Helyon, 2021.