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Ap\u00f3s a minha forma\u00e7\u00e3o em psicoterapia cognitivo-comportamental na Universidade de Lisboa, estudei Psicologia Experimental na Universidade de Oxford, onde tenho lecionado nos \u00faltimos vinte anos. Em 2010, comecei a investigar os efeitos das pr\u00e1ticas de medita\u00e7\u00e3o, o que me levou a escrever\u00a0The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You?<\/em>\u00a0e mais tarde a editar\u00a0The Oxford Handbook of Meditation<\/em>.

Falo internacionalmente sobre a ci\u00eancia da medita\u00e7\u00e3o e da auto-transforma\u00e7\u00e3o, e escrevi para v\u00e1rias publica\u00e7\u00f5es, como a\u00a0New Scientist<\/em>\u00a0e a BBC. Em 2017, o meu trabalho foi distinguido com o William Bier Award da American Psychological Association.

Sou tamb\u00e9m m\u00fasico e escrevi para alguns dos principais compositores e int\u00e9rpretes de Portugal, como a Cristina Branco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After training as a cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist at the University of Lisbon, I studied Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, where I have lectured for the past twenty years. 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