DESTAQUES

de Araújo, M. F. F., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2025). Knowledge about organic production and consumption: educational implications for soil health and planetary sustainability. Revista Práxis, 18(31). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3790

05/09/25 - "Por que razão o seu cérebro odeia o fim das férias?"

15/03/25 - "Eu, o meu cérebro e o emplastro digital"

07/01/25 - "Proteger a segurança nacional sem sacrificar a internacionalização do ensino superior"

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ARTIGOS CIENTÍFICOS

de Araújo, M. F. F., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2025). Knowledge about organic production and consumption: educational implications for soil health and planetary sustainability. Revista Práxis, 18(31). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3790

Oliveira-Silva, P.. et al. (2025). Identification of Depressing Tweets using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning: Application of Grey Relational Grades. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences

Batista, P., Ribeiro, P., Moreno, A., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2024). Education for Sustainability: The role of Education and Neurosciences. Mind, Brain and Education.

Domingues, R., Batista, P., Pintado, M., Oliveira-Silva, P., & Rodrigues, P. M. (2023). Evaluation of the responsiveness pattern to caffeine through a smart data-driven ECG non-linear multi-band analysis. Heliyon, Vol 10, Issue 11, e31721, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31721

Penalba-Sánchez, L., Silva, G., Crook-Rumsey, M., Sumich, A., Rodrigues, P. M., Oliveira-Silva, P., & Cifre, I. (2024). Classification of Sleep Quality and Aging as a Function of Brain Complexity: A Multiband Non-Linear EEG Analysis. Sensors, 24(9), 2811.

Moreno, A.F., Karanika-Murray, M., Batista, P., Hill, R., Vilalta, S. R., Karanika-Murray, M., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2024). Resilience Training Programs with Police Forces: A Systematic Review. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. 1-26 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-023-09633-y

Penalba-Sánchez, L., Di Gregorio, E., Claro, R., Pinto, M., Pinto, E., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2024). Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Role of Locus of Control in the Transition from Environmental Concerns to Organic Product Consumption in North Portugal, a SmartPLS Study. Sustainability, 16, 1405. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041405

Oliveira, A., McPherson, G., Mota Ribeiro, L., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2024). Can Motivation and intentions of Parental Support predict musical achievement before the commencement of musical studies at the elementary school level? International Journal of Music Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/025576142311514

Batista, P., Cunha, S., Ribeiro, T., Borges, S. Baptista-Silva, S., Oliveira-Silva, P. & Pintado (2024). Fucoidans: Exploring its neuroprotective mechanisms and therapeutic applications in brain disorders. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 104300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2023.104300

Cunha, S. A., Borges, S., Baptista-Silva, S., Ribeiro, T., Oliveira-Silva, P., Pintado, M., & Batista, P. (2024): Astaxanthin impact on brain: health potential and market perspective, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2023.2232866 

Moura, N., Dias, P., Veríssimo, L., Oliveira-Silva, P. & Serra, S. (2024). Solo music performance assessment criteria: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1467434.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1467434

Oliveira-Silva, P. et al. (2023). Nodes of the default mode network implicated in the quality of empathic responses: A clinical perspective of the empathic response. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 23(1), 100319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100319 

Penalba-Sánchez, L., Di-Gregorio, E., Claro, R., Pinto, M., Pinto, E., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2023). Understanding the motives behind the consumption of organic products in North Portugal: A focus group study. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, 1316634. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1316634

Ribeiro, P. R., Batista, P., Mendes-Palma, F., Pintado, M., & Oliveira-Silva, P.  (2023). Consumers’ Engagement and Perspectives on Sustainable Textile Consumption. Sustainability, 15(22), 15812.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215812

Góis, M., Batista, P., Araújo, M., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2023). Perceptions of Probiotics and Kombucha Consumption in Relation to Emotion Regulation: An Exploratory Study Comparing Portugal and Brazil. Beverages, 9(3), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages9030061

Batista, Patrícia, Maria Rodrigues Penas, Catarina Vila-Real, Manuela Pintado, & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2023). Kombucha: Challenges for Health and Mental Health. Foods, 12, 18: 3378. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12183378

Batista, P., Pintado, M. & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2023). Overview about Oral Films in Mental Disorders. Pharmaceuticals, 16, 1063. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16081063

Batista, P., Meneses, B., Beatriz-Vaz, A., Pereira, A., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine: Psychological impact in a Portuguese sample: COVID-19 vaccine: Psychological impact in a Portuguese sample. Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 36. https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2023.14049

Penalba, L., Oliveira-Silva, P., Sumich, A. L., & Cifre, I. (2023). Increased Functional connectivity patterns in mild Alzheimer's Disease: A rsfMRI study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14, 1479. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.1037347  Q1

Machado, B.C.; Pinto, E.; Silva, M.; Veiga, E.; Sá, C.; Kuhz, S.; Oliveira-Silva, P.; Pimenta, A.; Gomes, A.; Almeida, A.; et al. (2002). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental and physical health and overall wellbeing of university students in Portugal. PLoS ONE 2022, 10, 312. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285317

Moura, N., Fonseca, P., Goethel, M., Oliveira-Silva, P., Vilas-Boas, J.P. & Serra, S. (2023). The impact of visual display of human motion on observers. Plos One. 18(3), e0281755. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281755

Batista, P., Afonso, A., Monteiro, M. J., Pintado, M., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2023). Coffee Consumption during the COVID Pandemic in a Portuguese Sample: An Online Exploratory Study. Foods, 12(2), 421.https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12020421 

Oliveira, A., McPherson, G., Mota Ribeiro, L., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2023). Musical achievement during a lockdown: The parental support miracle. Research Studies in Music Education, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X211033794

Oliveira-Silva, P. et al. (accepted). Nodes of the default mode network implicated in the quality of empathic responses: A clinical perspective of the empathic response. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology.

Dias, P., Serra, S., Coimbra, D., Veríssimo, L., Oliveira-Silva, P. (2022). Music Performance Anxiety Inventory for Adolescents: Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version. Advances in Cognitive Psychology.

Batista, P., Penas, M., Pintado, M., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2022). Kombucha: perceptions and future prospects. Foods. 11, no. 13 (2022): 1977. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11131977

Silva, G., Alves, M., Cunha, R., Bispo, B. C., Oliveira-Silva, P., & Rodrigues, P. M. (2022). Early detection of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases using multiband nonlinear EEG analysis. Psychology & Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1037/pne0000287

Batista, P., Rodrigues, P. M., Ferreira, M., Moreno, A., Silva, G., Alves, M., ... & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2022). Validation of Psychophysiological Measures for Caffeine Oral Films Characterization by Machine Learning Approaches. Bioengineering, 9(3), 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9030114

Batista P., Pinho L., Lopes M., Afonso A., Oliveira-Silva P., Pereira A. (2022). Anxiety and Coping stress strategies in researcher during COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health: 1020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.850376

Costa, C. R. D., Soares, J. M., Oliveira-Silva, P., Sampaio, A., & Coutinho, J. F. (2022). Interplay between the salience and the default mode network in a social-cognitive task toward a close other. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.718400

Dias, P., Veríssimo, L., Figueiredo, N., Oliveira-Silva, P., Serra, S., & Coimbra, D. (2022). Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory: Contribution for the Portuguese Validation. Behavioral Sciences, 12(2), 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12020018

Coscueta, E. R., Batista, P., Gomes, J. E. G., da Silva, R., & Pintado, M. M. (2022). Screening of Novel Bioactive Peptides from Goat Casein: In Silico to In Vitro Validation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(5), 2439. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052439

Oliveira, A., Ribeiro, F. S., Ribeiro, L. M., McPherson, G., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2021). Disentangling motivation within instrumental music learning: a systematic review. Music Education Research, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2020.1866517

Oliveira, A., McPherson, G., Mota Ribeiro, L., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2021). Musical achievement during a lockdown: The parental support miracle. Research Studies in Music Education, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X211033794

Coutinho, J., Pereira, A., Oliveira‐Silva, P., Meier, D., Lourenço, V., & Tschacher, W. (2021). When our hearts beat together: Cardiac synchrony as an entry point to understand dyadic co‐regulation in couples. Psychophysiology, 58(3), e13739. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13739

Batista, P., Oliveira-Silva, P., Heym, N., & Pintado, M. E. (2021). Neuropsychophysiological measurements as a tool for neuromodulator oral films evaluation. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 13(3), 1051-1062. https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.03.130

Pereira, A., Duque, V., Santos, B. Gomes, R., Batista, P., Fagulha, M. Vaz, A. (2021). Ansiedade e Medos face ao COVID-19 em estudantes do ensino superior. In Livro de Atas do Simpósio Internacional de Psicologia da Educação: Passado, Presente e Futuro. UA Editora - Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro. ISBN 978-972-789-715-5. https://doi.org/10.48528/9r7c-q311

Batista P., Castro P., Madureira A. R., Sarmento B., Pintado M. (2021). Preparation, characterization and evaluation of guar films impregnated with relaxing peptide loaded into chitosan microparticles, Applied Sciences, 11(2): 9849

Amado J., Neves Amado J., Batista P., Vieira M. (2021). Lifestyles in young university students: application of the “Fantastic”, Brazilian Journal of Global Health.
Batista P., Duque V., Vaz A. L., Pereira A. (2021). Anxiety impact during COVI-19: a systematic review. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 15:320-325; https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.12730

Oliveira, A., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (June/2020). A arte do Ensino e o ensino da Arte. Público Online Publico.pt. https://www.publico.pt/2020/06/13/impar/opiniao/arte-ensino-ensino-arte-1920336.

Esménio, S., Soares, M., Oliveira-Silva, P., Gonçalves, Ó. F., Friston, K., & Coutinho, J. F. (2020). Changes in the effective connectivity of the social brain when making inferences about close others versus the self. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 151.

Oliveira-Silva, P. (February/2020). Vamos responsabilizar os “jovens aldeões”. Público Online Publico.pt. https://www.publico.pt/2020/02/17/impar/opiniao/vamos-responsabilizar-jovens-aldeoes-1904470.

Esménio, S., Soares, J. M., Oliveira-Silva, P., Zeidman, P., Razi, A., Gonçalves, Ó. F., ... & Coutinho, J. (2019). Using resting-state DMN effective connectivity to characterize the neurofunctional architecture of empathy. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 2603. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38801-6

Esménio. S., Soares, J. M., Oliveira-Silva, P., Gonçalves, Ó. F., & Coutinho, J. (2019). Brain circuits involved in understanding our own and others internal states in the context of Romantic Relationships. Social Neuroscience, 14(6), 729-738. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2019.1586758.

Ribeiro, F. S., Santos, F. H., Albuquerque, P. B., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2019). Emotional induction through music: Measuring cardiac and electrodermal responses of emotional states and its persistence. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 451. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00451.

Oliveira-Silva, P. (June/2018). MusicalMente: O que nos pode ensinar a Psicologia sobre a música? Marketeer Kids, 04, 86-89. https://kidsmarketeer.pt/musicalmente-o-que-nos-pode-ensinar-a-psicologia-sobre-a-musica/

Oliveira-Silva, P. (September/2018). Neurociências e Educação: Como o cérebro aprende? Marketeer Kids, 05, 78-80. https://kidsmarketeer.pt/neurociencias-e-educacao-como-o-cerebro-aprende/

Coutinho, J., Oliveira‐Silva, P., Fernandes, E., Gonçalves, O. F., Correia, D., Perrone McGovern, K., & Tschacher, W. (2018). Psychophysiological Synchrony During Verbal Interaction in Romantic Relationships. Family process. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12371

Oliveira-Silva, P., Maia, L., Coutinho, J., Frank, B., Soares, J. M., Sampaio, A., & Gonçalves, Ó. F. (2018). Empathy by default: correlates in the brain at rest. Psicothema. 30: 1, 97-103. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2016.366

Cruz, S., Ferreira-Santos, F., Oliveira-Silva, P., Ribeiro, E., Gonçalves, F., & Sampaio, A. (2018). Vagal modulation of 1-month-old infants to auditory stimuli is associated with self-regulatory behavior. Social Development. 00: 1- 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12270

Oliveira-Silva, P. (2018). Olhar a Educação a partir das Neurociências. In J. Machado, J. M. Alves (Orgs.), Conhecimento e Ação: transformar contextos e processos educativos (pp. 112-118). Porto: Universidade Católica Editora. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26335 2017 Em. https://repositorio.ucp.pt/bitstream/10400.14/26335/1/Conhecimento-e-Acao-112-118.pdf

Coutinho, J., Oliveira-Silva, P., Mesquita, A. R., Barbosa, M., Perrone-McGovern, K. M., & Gonçalves, O. F. (2017). Psychophysiological Reactivity in Couples During a Marital Interaction Task. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-017-9380-2

Gonçalves, Ó. F., Rêgo, G., Oliveira-Silva, P., Leite, J., Carvalho, S., Fregni, F., ... & Boggio, P. S. (2017). Mind wandering and the attention network system. Acta Psychologica, 172, 49-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.11.008

Gonçalves, Ó. F., Rêgo, G., Oliveira-Silva, P., Leite, J., Carvalho, S., Fregni, F., ... & Boggio, P. S. (2017). Is the Relationship Between Mind Wandering and Attention Culture-Specific? Psychology & Neuroscience, 10(2), 132-143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pne0000083

Coutinho, J., Beiramar, A., Silva, C., Alberto, L., Lima, V., Grace, R., Oliveira-Silva, P., Gonçalves, Ó. F., & Sampaio, A. (2015). Evidências de validade da versão portuguesa do Índice de Reatividade Interpessoal para Casais. Avaliação Psicológica, 14 (3), 309-317. https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2015.1403.02

Perrone-McGovern, K. M., Oliveira-Silva, P., Simon-Dack, S., Lefdahl-Davis, E., Adams, D., McConnell, J., Howell, D., Hess, R., Davis, A., & Gonçalves, O. F. (2014). Effects of Empathy and Conflict Resolution Strategies on Psychophysiological Arousal and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 39, 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-013-9237-2

Coutinho, J., Oliveira-Silva, P., & Decety, J. (2014). Neurosciences, Empathy, and Healthy Interpersonal Relationships: Recent Findings and Implications for Counseling Psychology. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61 (4), 541-548. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000021

Coutinho J., Gonçalves O. F., Maia L., Vasconcelos, C., Perrone-McGovern K., Simon-Dack S., Hernandez K., Oliveira-Silva P., Mesquita A. & Sampaio A (2014). Differential Activation of the Default Mode Network in Jet Lagged Individuals. Cronobiology International, 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/07420528.2014.955187

Gonçalves, O. F., Sampaio, A., Mesquita, A., Petrosyan, A., Pinheiro, A., Carvalho, S., Leite, J., Coutinho, J., Osório, A., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2014). A psicologia como neurociência cognitiva: Implicações para a compreensão dos processos básicos e suas aplicações. Analise Psicologica, 32, 3-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.14417/ap.836

Oliveira-Silva, P., & Gonçalves, O. F. (2011). Responding empathically: a question of heart, not a question of skin. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 36, 201-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10484-011-9161-2

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ARTIGOS DE OPINIÃO

 

05/09/25 - "Por que razão o seu cérebro odeia o fim das férias?"

15/03/25 - "Eu, o meu cérebro e o emplastro digital"

07/01/25 - "Proteger a segurança nacional sem sacrificar a internacionalização do ensino superior"

Oliveira-Silva, P. (January, 2025). Proteger a segurança nacional sem sacrificar a internacionalização do ensino superior. Público Online Publico.pt. ttps://www.publico.pt/2025/01/07/opiniao/opiniao/proteger-seguranca-nacional-sacrificar-internacionalizacao-ensino-superior-2117832

Rodrigues Ribeiro, P., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (April, 2024). O que se veste no futuro? Como a França planeia desestimular o consumo insustentável. Público Online Publico.pt. https://observador.pt/opiniao/o-que-se-veste-no-futuro-como-a-franca-planeia-desestimular-o-consumo-insustentavel/ 

Rodrigues Ribeiro, P., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (March, 2024). E não é que aqui chegámos, Aristóteles! Público Online Publico.pt. https://www.publico.pt/2024/03/19/tecnologia/opiniao/nao-aqui-chegamos-aristoteles-2084108 

Mendes-Palma, F., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (September, 2023). Sons da mudança: E se tocássemos a um ritmo diferente? https://www.publico.pt/2023/09/05/impar/opiniao/sons-mudanca-tocassemos-ritmo-diferente-2062258 

Oliveira, A., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (June/2020). A arte do Ensino e o ensino da Arte. Público Online Publico.pt. https://www.publico.pt/2020/06/13/impar/opiniao/arte-ensino-ensino-arte-1920336.

Oliveira-Silva, P. (February/2020). Vamos responsabilizar os “jovens aldeões”. Público Online Publico.pt. https://www.publico.pt/2020/02/17/impar/opiniao/vamos-responsabilizar-jovens-aldeoes-1904470.

Oliveira-Silva, P. (June/2018). MusicalMente: O que nos pode ensinar a Psicologia sobre a música? Marketeer Kids, 04, 86-89. https://kidsmarketeer.pt/musicalmente-o-que-nos-pode-ensinar-a-psicologia-sobre-a-musica/ 

Oliveira-Silva, P. (September/2018). Neurociências e Educação: Como o cérebro aprende? Marketeer Kids, 05, 78-80. https://kidsmarketeer.pt/neurociencias-e-educacao-como-o-cerebro-aprende/

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ARTIGOS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO

 

ANO 2025

llah, W., Oliveira-Silva, P., Nawaz, M., Zulqarnain, R. M., Siddique, I., & Sallah, M. (2025). Identification of depressing tweets using natural language processing and machine learning: Application of grey relational grades. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 18(1), 101299.

 

ANO 2024

Batista, P., Ribeiro, P., Moreno, A., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2024). Education for Sustainability: The role of Education and Neurosciences. Mind, Brain and Education.

Domingues, R., Batista, P., Pintado, M., Oliveira-Silva, P., & Rodrigues, P. M. (2023). Evaluation of the responsiveness pattern to caffeine through a smart data-driven ECG non-linear multi-band analysis. Heliyon, Vol 10, Issue 11, e31721, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31721 Open Access

Penalba-Sánchez, L., Silva, G., Crook-Rumsey, M., Sumich, A., Rodrigues, P. M., Oliveira-Silva, P., & Cifre, I. (2024). Classification of Sleep Quality and Aging as a Function of Brain Complexity: A Multiband Non-Linear EEG Analysis. Sensors, 24(9), 2811.

Moreno, A.F., Karanika-Murray, M., Batista, P., Hill, R., Vilalta, S. R., Karanika-Murray, M., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2024). Resilience Training Programs with Police Forces: A Systematic Review. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. 1-26 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-023-09633-y

Penalba-Sánchez, L., Di Gregorio, E., Claro, R., Pinto, M., Pinto, E., & Oliveira-Silva, P. (2024). Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Role of Locus of Control in the Transition from Environmental Concerns to Organic Product Consumption in North Portugal, a SmartPLS Study. Sustainability, 16, 1405. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041405

 

ANO 2023