Her research focuses on cognitive neuroscience, with a particular interest in attention and memory processes, especially working memory, sustained attention, and vigilance mechanisms (arousal and executive). She combines electrophysiological measures (EEG/ERP) with non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (TMS, tDCS, tACS). In addition, she participates in research lines examining the impact of circadian rhythms on cognitive performance and in applied studies involving simulated driving contexts, as well as experiments aimed at understanding basic cognitive processes. She collaborates with prestigious international research groups, including the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (Dortmund, Germany) and the University of Michigan (USA).
EDUCATION
Lucía B. Palmero Jara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Basic Psychology at the University of Valencia. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Valencia (2018), where she received the Extraordinary Award for Academic Excellence. She completed a Master’s Degree in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Granada (2019) and obtained her PhD in Psychology from the University of Murcia (2023) with cum laude distinction, International Mention, and the Extraordinary Doctoral Award.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Endogenous Theta as a Function of Task Load and Working Memory Capacity: Revisiting the Role of Slower Frequencies in Theta–Gamma Coupling M Tortajada, J Rodríguez-Larios, V Martínez-Pérez, LB Palmero, ... Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-17 , 2026 2026
The role of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the interplay between metacontrol and mind-wandering. Evidence from a HD-tDCS study V Martínez-Pérez, LB Palmero, G Campoy, L Colzato, B Hommel, ... 2026
The interplay between metacontrol and mind-wandering. Evidence from an HD-tDCS study V Martínez-Pérez, M Tortajada, L Palmero, G Campoy, L Colzato, ... Authorea Preprints , 2025 2025
Distinguishing between temporary and permanent removal in verbal working memory. M Tortajada, V Martínez-Pérez, LB Palmero, LJ Fuentes, G Campoy Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Supplementary material for the paper" The DRM illusion in short-term memory: Opposite effects of retention interval on true and false recognition" G Campoy, MD Linde, EA Hidalgo, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, ... Supplementary material for the paper" The DRM illusion in short-term memory … , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Decoding load or selection in visuospatial working memory? M Tortajada, JJ Fahrenfort, A Sandoval‐Lentisco, V Martínez‐Pérez, ... Psychophysiology 61 (10), e14636 , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Propiedades psicométricas de la adaptación española de la Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (S-CIPS) A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes, ... Anales de Psicología 40 (1), 38-43 , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Circadian modulation of the time course of automatic and controlled semantic processing LB Palmero, M Tortajada, V Martínez-Pérez, A Sandoval-Lentisco, ... Chronobiology International 41 (3), 378-392 , 2024 2024 Citations: 4
Testing the modulation of self-related automatic and others-related controlled processing by chronotype and time-of-day LB Palmero, V Martínez-Pérez, M Tortajada, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes Consciousness and Cognition 118, 103633 , 2024 2024 Citations: 5
Self-prioritization effect in the attentional blink paradigm: Attention-based or familiarity-based effect? V Martínez-Pérez, A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, ... Consciousness and Cognition 117, 103607 , 2024 2024 Citations: 10
Psychometric properties of the spanish Clance Impostor Scale (S-CIPS) A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes, ... Ann Psychol 40 (1), 38-43 , 2024 2024 Citations: 8
Decoding load or selection? M Tortajada, J Fahrenfort, A Sandoval-Lentisco, V Martínez-Pérez, ... OSF , 2023 2023
Vigilance decrement and mind-wandering in sustained attention tasks: Two sides of the same coin? V Martínez-Pérez, A Andreu, A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, ... Frontiers in neuroscience 17, 1122406 , 2023 2023 Citations: 32
Vigilance Decrement and Mind-Wandering: Two Sides of the Same Coin? V Martínez-Pérez, A Andreu, A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, ... 2022
Mid-luteal phase progesterone effects on vigilance tasks are modulated by women’s chronotype LB Palmero, V Martínez-Pérez, M Tortajada, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes Psychoneuroendocrinology 140, 105722 , 2022 2022 Citations: 15
Effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation over right-DLPFC on vigilance tasks depend on the arousal level V Martínez-Pérez, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes Scientific Reports 12 (1), 547 , 2022 2022 Citations: 30
El rol causal de las oscilaciones alpha y theta sobre la atención sostenida: Un estudio con estimulación eléctrica transcraneal por corriente alterna (tACS) VM Pérez, LBP Jara, M Tortajada, GC Menéndez, LJF Melero III Congreso Interdisciplinar de Jóvenes Investigadores 23 y 24 de … , 2022 2022
Profundizando en la relación entre ciclo menstrual y vigilancia: modulación por parte del cronotipo LBP Jara, VM Pérez, M Tortajada, GC Menéndez, LJF Melero III Congreso Interdisciplinar de Jóvenes Investigadores 23 y 24 de … , 2022 2022
La actualización de la memoria de trabajo teniendo en cuenta sus distintos estados de activación M Tortajada, VM Pérez, LBP Jara, AS Lentisco, LJF Melero, ... III Congreso Interdisciplinar de Jóvenes Investigadores 23 y 24 de … , 2022 2022
El rol causal de las oscilaciones alpha y theta sobre la atención sostenida. Un estudio con estimulación eléctrica transcraneal por corriente alterna (tACS). V Martínez-Pérez, LB Palmero, M Tortajada, G Campoy, L Fuentes ASOCIACIÓN DE JÓVENES INVESTIGADORES DE LA UMU 306, 86 , 2022 2022
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Propensity to intentional and unintentional mind-wandering differs in arousal and executive vigilance tasks V Martínez-Pérez, D Baños, A Andreu, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, ... PLoS one 16 (10), e0258734 , 2021 2021 Citations: 44
The role of chronotype in the interaction between the alerting and the executive control networks V Martínez-Pérez, LB Palmero, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes Scientific Reports 10 (1), 11901 , 2020 2020 Citations: 44
Vigilance decrement and mind-wandering in sustained attention tasks: Two sides of the same coin? V Martínez-Pérez, A Andreu, A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, ... Frontiers in neuroscience 17, 1122406 , 2023 2023 Citations: 32
Examining the dorsolateral and ventromedial prefrontal cortex involvement in the self-attention network: A randomized, sham-controlled, parallel group, double-blind, and … V Martínez-Pérez, G Campoy, LB Palmero, LJ Fuentes Frontiers in Neuroscience 14, 683 , 2020 2020 Citations: 31
Effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation over right-DLPFC on vigilance tasks depend on the arousal level V Martínez-Pérez, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes Scientific Reports 12 (1), 547 , 2022 2022 Citations: 30
Mid-luteal phase progesterone effects on vigilance tasks are modulated by women’s chronotype LB Palmero, V Martínez-Pérez, M Tortajada, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes Psychoneuroendocrinology 140, 105722 , 2022 2022 Citations: 15
Self-prioritization effect in the attentional blink paradigm: Attention-based or familiarity-based effect? V Martínez-Pérez, A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, ... Consciousness and Cognition 117, 103607 , 2024 2024 Citations: 10
Psychometric properties of the spanish Clance Impostor Scale (S-CIPS) A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes, ... Ann Psychol 40 (1), 38-43 , 2024 2024 Citations: 8
Testing the modulation of self-related automatic and others-related controlled processing by chronotype and time-of-day LB Palmero, V Martínez-Pérez, M Tortajada, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes Consciousness and Cognition 118, 103633 , 2024 2024 Citations: 5
Circadian modulation of the time course of automatic and controlled semantic processing LB Palmero, M Tortajada, V Martínez-Pérez, A Sandoval-Lentisco, ... Chronobiology International 41 (3), 378-392 , 2024 2024 Citations: 4
Decoding load or selection in visuospatial working memory? M Tortajada, JJ Fahrenfort, A Sandoval‐Lentisco, V Martínez‐Pérez, ... Psychophysiology 61 (10), e14636 , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Propiedades psicométricas de la adaptación española de la Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (S-CIPS) A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, G Campoy, LJ Fuentes, ... Anales de Psicología 40 (1), 38-43 , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Distinguishing between temporary and permanent removal in verbal working memory. M Tortajada, V Martínez-Pérez, LB Palmero, LJ Fuentes, G Campoy Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Supplementary material for the paper" The DRM illusion in short-term memory: Opposite effects of retention interval on true and false recognition" G Campoy, MD Linde, EA Hidalgo, M Tortajada, LB Palmero, ... Supplementary material for the paper" The DRM illusion in short-term memory … , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Endogenous Theta as a Function of Task Load and Working Memory Capacity: Revisiting the Role of Slower Frequencies in Theta–Gamma Coupling M Tortajada, J Rodríguez-Larios, V Martínez-Pérez, LB Palmero, ... Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-17 , 2026 2026
The role of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the interplay between metacontrol and mind-wandering. Evidence from a HD-tDCS study V Martínez-Pérez, LB Palmero, G Campoy, L Colzato, B Hommel, ... 2026
The interplay between metacontrol and mind-wandering. Evidence from an HD-tDCS study V Martínez-Pérez, M Tortajada, L Palmero, G Campoy, L Colzato, ... Authorea Preprints , 2025 2025
Decoding load or selection? M Tortajada, J Fahrenfort, A Sandoval-Lentisco, V Martínez-Pérez, ... OSF , 2023 2023
Vigilance Decrement and Mind-Wandering: Two Sides of the Same Coin? V Martínez-Pérez, A Andreu, A Sandoval-Lentisco, M Tortajada, ... 2022
El rol causal de las oscilaciones alpha y theta sobre la atención sostenida: Un estudio con estimulación eléctrica transcraneal por corriente alterna (tACS) VM Pérez, LBP Jara, M Tortajada, GC Menéndez, LJF Melero III Congreso Interdisciplinar de Jóvenes Investigadores 23 y 24 de … , 2022 2022