João Pereira

PhD Candidate - Biomedical Engineering @ UC

Biomedical Engineer

GitHub \ ORCiD \ Google Scholar \ CiênciaVitae

Contacts

Office: Sala Multimodal at ICNAS, Piso 1

Discord username: joaopereira#1829

Email: jpereira [at] uc.pt

Twitter: @jafpereira93

Current project(s)

PhD Project : Inducing Neuroplasticity in Stroke : A Connectivity-based Neurofeedback Approach using Functional Near-infreared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Keywords

fMRI
fNIRS
Connectivity
Neurofeedback

Background

MSc in Biomedical Engineering - University of Coimbra

Selected publications

Pereira, J., Direito, B., Sayal, A., Ferreira, C., & Castelo-Branco, M. (2019). Self-modulation of premotor cortex interhemispheric connectivity in a real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback study using an adaptive approach. Brain connectivity, 9(9), 662-672. link
Direito, B., Ramos, M., Pereira, J., Sayal, A., Sousa, T., & Castelo-Branco, M. (2020). Directly exploring the neural correlates of feedback-related reward saliency and valence during real-time fMRI-based Neurofeedback. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 625.link
Fernandes, T. T., Direito, B., Sayal, A., Pereira, J., Andrade, A., & Castelo-Branco, M. (2020). The boundaries of state-space Granger causality analysis applied to BOLD simulated data: A comparative modelling and simulation approach. Journal of neuroscience methods, 341, 108758.link