Mariana Penteado Nucci received her degree in Physical Therapy from Universidade Santa Cecília in 2000. She completed her specialization in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy at Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (HCFMRPUSP) from 2001 to 2003, supported by a FUNDAP scholarship. She then pursued a Ph.D. in Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMUSP), completing it in 2014, with a focus on the neuroimaging analysis of cognitive functions in drowning victims. Currently, she is a Scientific Researcher VI at the Laboratory of Medical Investigation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (LIM 44) at the Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (HCFMUSP). Her research primarily focuses on analyzing neurophysiological aspects of cognitive functions such as attention, memory, and language using functional, structural, and metabolic neuroimaging techniques in both clinical populations and volunteers.