Olga Laporta Hoyos
Investigador post-doc
Research group
Research line:
Neuropsychology-cerebral palsy
The researcher Olga Laporta graduated in Psychology in 2012 from the University of Barcelona and obtained a PhD in Medicine and Translational Research from the University of Barcelona in 2018. In 2014, she completed a Master's Degree in Neurosciences from the University of Barcelona and in 2018 she completed the Master's degree in Psychological Intervention in Development and Education by the National University of distance education.
Between 2016 and 2017, she carried out two doctoral research visits at the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Center (QCPRRC) and the e-Health Research Center of CSIRO in Birsbane, Australia.
During the course of his doctoral thesis she carried out the corresponding teaching activities.
She is currently working at the Catalan Association for Integration and Human Development as a psychologist carrying out assessment, intervention and clinical research tasks.
Professional network profiles
Last Publications
- Caldú X, Reid LB, Pannek K, Fripp J, Ballester J, Leiva D, Boyd RN, Pueyo R and Laporta O Tractography of sensorimotor pathways in dyskinetic cerebral palsy: Association with motor function. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology . 11(10): 2609-2622.
- García-Galant M, Blasco M, Moral-Salicrú P, Soldevilla J, Ballester J, Laporta O, Caldú X, Miralbell J, Xenia Alonso, Toro-Tamargo E, Meléndez-Plumed M, Gimeno F, Leiva D, Boyd RN and Pueyo R Understanding social cognition in children with cerebral palsy: exploring the relationship with executive functions and the intervention outcomes in a randomized controlled trial. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS . 183(9): 3997-4008.
- García-Galant M, Blasco M, Laporta O, Berenguer-González A, Moral-Salicrú P, Ballester J, Caldú X, Miralbell J, Xenia Alonso, Medina J, Elsa Povedano Bulló, Leiva D, Boyd RN and Pueyo R A randomized controlled trial of a home-based computerized executive function intervention for children with cerebral palsy EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS . 182(10): 4351-4363.