Carolina Martuscelli Bori

Carolina Martuscelli Bori was a Brazilian psychologist and researcher in experimental psychology who helped establish psychology as a scientific and academic field in Brazil. After studying pedagogy at the University of São Paulo, she pursued graduate training in the United States and later earned her doctorate at USP. She also played a major role in professional regulation and psychological education, and became the first woman to preside over the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science, serving from 1986 to 1989.