Jason da Silva Castanheira

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Below is a list of selected paper I’ve published with some cool people. Please email me if anything is behind a paywall.

2026

Baracchini, G., Zhou, Y., Silva Castanheira, J. da, Hansen, J. Y., Fenerci, C., Setton, R., Rieck, J. R., Turner, G. R., Grady, C. L., Misic, B., Nomi, J. S., Uddin, L. Q., & Spreng, R. N. (2026). The biological role of local and global fMRI BOLD signal variability in multiscale human brain organization. Nature Communications, 17(1), 2189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68700-0
Bock, E. A., Fesi, J. D., Silva Castenheira, J. da, Baillet, S., & Mendola, J. D. (2023). Distinct dorsal and ventral streams for binocular rivalry dominance and suppression revealed by magnetoencephalography. European Journal of Neuroscience, 57(8), 1317–1334. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15955
How attention simplifies mental representations for planning. (2026). eLife, 14, RP108034. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.108034.3
Landry, M., Silva Castanheira, J. da, & Jerbi, K. (2023). Differential and overlapping effects between exogenous and endogenous attention shape perceptual facilitation during visual processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 35(8), 1279–1300. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02015
Landry, M., Silva Castanheira, J. da, Sackur, J., & Raz, A. (2021). Investigating how the modularity of visuospatial attention shapes conscious perception using type i and type II signal detection theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47(3), 402–422. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000810
Mokri, E., Landry, M., Silva Castanheira, J. da, & Mendola, J. D. (2026). Neural markers of interocular grouping during binocular rivalry with <span style=“font-variant:small-caps;”>MEG</span>. Human Brain Mapping, 47(10), e70589. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70589
Mokri, E., Silva Castanheira, J. da, Baillet, S., & Mendola, J. D. (2025). Alpha oscillations mediate inhibitory control and perceptual transitions during binocular rivalry. iScience, 28(9), 113383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113383
Mokri, E., Silva Castanheira, J. da, Laldin, S., Landry, M., & Mendola, J. D. (2023). Effects of interocular grouping demands on binocular rivalry. Journal of Vision, 23(10), 15. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.10.15
Silva Castanheira, J. da, Wiesman, A. I., Taylor, M. J., & Baillet, S. (2025). The lifespan evolution of individualized neurophysiological traits. Cell Reports, 44(12), 116657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116657

2025

Landry, M., Silva Castanheira, J. da, Raz, A., Baillet, S., & Sackur, J. (2024). A lateralized alpha-band marker of the interference of exogenous attention over endogenous attention. Cerebral Cortex, 34(1), bhad457. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad457
Silva Castanheira, J. da, Poli, J., Hansen, J. Y., Misic, B., & Baillet, S. (2025). Genetic foundations of interindividual neurophysiological variability. Science Advances, 11(30), eads7544. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads7544

2024

Silva Castanheira, J. da, Wiesman, A. I., Hansen, J. Y., Misic, B., Baillet, S., Breitner, J., Poirier, J., Bellec, P., Bohbot, V., & Chakravarty, M. (2024). The neurophysiological brain-fingerprint of parkinson’s disease. EBioMedicine, 105. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(24)00236-6/fulltext
Wiesman, A. I., Silva Castanheira, J. da, Fon, E. A., Baillet, S., PREVENT‐AD Research Group, & Quebec Parkinson Network. (2024). Alterations of cortical structure and neurophysiology in parkinson’s disease are aligned with neurochemical systems. Annals of Neurology, ana.26871. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26871

2023

Wiesman, A. I., Silva Castanheira, J. da, Degroot, C., Fon, E. A., Baillet, S., & Network, Q. P. (2023). Adverse and compensatory neurophysiological slowing in parkinson’s disease. Progress in Neurobiology, 231, 102538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2023.102538

2022

Duclos, C., Maschke, C., Mahdid, Y., Berkun, K., Silva Castanheira, J. da, Tarnal, V., Picton, P., Vanini, G., Golmirzaie, G., Janke, E., Avidan, M. S., Kelz, M. B., Liuzzi, L., Brookes, M. J., Mashour, G. A., & Blain-Moraes, S. (2021). Differential classification of states of consciousness using envelope- and phase-based functional connectivity. NeuroImage, 237, 118171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118171
Silva Castanheira, J. da, Orozco Perez, H. D., Misic, B., & Baillet, S. (2021). Brief segments of neurophysiological activity enable individual differentiation. Nature Communications, 12(1), 5713. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25895-8
Wiesman, A. I., Silva Castanheira, J. da, & Baillet, S. (2022). Stability of spectral estimates in resting-state magnetoencephalography: Recommendations for minimal data duration with neuroanatomical specificity. NeuroImage, 247, 118823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118823
Wilson, L. E., Silva Castanheira, J. da, & Baillet, S. (2022). Time-resolved parameterization of aperiodic and periodic brain activity. eLife, 11, e77348. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77348