Neuroscience of Cognition and Consciousness
Neuroscience of Cognition and Consciousness
Our lab explores the neural dynamics of cognition and consciousness by integrating methods from cognitive psychology and neuroscience. We use a multidisciplinary approach to better understand how the brain gives rise to mental processes and subjective experiences.
Mathieu Landry, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, École de Psychologie at Université Laval
Jérémy Brunel, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Under Review
da Silva Castanheira, J., Landry, M., Fleming, S. (under review). Recommendations for quantifying rhythmic and arrhythmic components of brain activity.
Oswald, V., Landry, M., Abdelhedi, H., Lippé, S., Robaey, P, Jerbi, K. (under review). Intrinsic Neural Oscillations Predict Verbal Learning Performance and Encoding Strategy Use.
Brunel, J., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Delage, J., Jerbi, K., Rainville, P., Ogez, D., Landry, M. (under review). Refining the Construct of Direct Verbal Suggestibility: Evidence for a Hybrid Dimensional–Typological Latent Structure.
Landry, M., da Silva Castanheira, J., Boisvert, C., Rousseaux, F., J., Sackur, J., Raz, A., Ogez, D., Rainville, P., & Jerbi, K. (under review). Aperiodic neural activity as a central feature of hypnotic susceptibility outside of hypnosis.
Lien vers prépublication : https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.16.567097v1
Published
Rousseaux, F., Giguère, E., Landry, M., Piché, M., Augier, P., Simon, J., … Rainville, P., Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (Accepted). Comparison of experimental pain modulation by hypnosis, virtual reality and virtual reality hypnosis in healthy individuals. Journal of Pain.
Brunel, J., Delord, S., Landry, M., & Mathey, S., (2025). Modulation of attentional bias by hypnosis: Disentangling the effect of induction and suggestion. Consciousness and Cognition, 136, 103948.
Guay, S., Landry, M., Rigoulot, S., Boller, B. (2025). A systematic review and a meta-analysis of age-related differences in inhibitory control on the flanker task. Experimental Aging Research, pp.1-36.
Cardinal, É., Augier, P., Giguère, É., Landry, M., Lemay, S., Véronneau, J., ... & Ogez, D. (2024). Combining Hypnosis and Virtual Reality: A Qualitative Investigation of User Experience During an Experimental Pain Study. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 1-11.
Landry, M., da Silva Castanheira, J., Rousseaux, F., Rainville, P., Ogez, D., & Jerbi, K. (2024). Ongoing dynamics of peak alpha frequency characterize hypnotic induction in highly hypnotic-susceptible individuals. Brain Sciences, 14(9).
Cardinal, E., Bilodeau, K., Lebeau, J., Guiné, J., …, Landry, M., Ogez, D. (2024). Cultivating comfort: Examining participant satisfaction with hypnotic communication training in pain management. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2973-2987.
Ogez, D., Landry, M., Caron-Trahan, R., Jusseaux, A., …, Richebé, P., & Rainville, P. (2024). Make me more comfortable: Effects of a hypnosis session on pain perception in chronic pain patients. Frontiers in Psychology. 15, 1362208.
Landry, M., da Silva Castanheira, J., Raz, A., Baillet, S., & Sackur, J. (2023). A lateralized alpha-band marker of the interference of exogenous attention over endogenous attention. Cerebral Cortex, 34(1).
Caron-Trahan, R., …, Landry, M., Urbanowicz, R., Rainville, P., Richebé, P., & Ogez, D. (2023). Practicing self-hypnosis to reduce chronic pain: A qualitative exploratory study of HYlaDO. British Journal of Pain, 20494637231200324.
Mokri, E., da Silva Castanheira, J., Laldin, S., Landry, M., & Mendola, J. D. (2023). Effects of interocular grouping demands on binocular rivalry. Journal of Vision, 23(10), 15-15.
Thölke, P., Mantilla Ramos, Y. J., Abdelhedi, H., Maschke, C., Dehgan, A., Harel, Y., Kemtur, A., Berrada, L. M., Sahraoui, M., Young, T., Pépin, A. B., Khantour, C. E., Landry, M., Pascarella, A., Hadid, V., Combrisson, E., O’Byrne, J., & Jerbi, K. (2023). Class imbalance should not throw you off balance: Choosing the right classifiers and performance metrics for brain decoding with imbalanced data. NeuroImage, 277, 120253.
Landry, M., da Silva Castanheira, J., & Jerbi, K. (2023). Differential and overlapping effects between exogenous and endogenous attention shape perceptual facilitation during visual processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 35(8), 1279-3000.
Bissonnette, J., Dumont, E., Pinard, A.-M., Landry, M., Rainville, P., & Ogez, D. (2022). Hypnosis and music interventions for anxiety, pain, sleep and well-being in palliative care: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, bmjspcare-2022-003551.
Thériault, R., Landry, M., & Raz, A. (2022). The Rubber Hand Illusion: Top-down attention modulates embodiment. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(11), 2129–2148.
Landry, M., da Silva Castanheira, J., Milton, D., & Raz, A. (2022). Suggestion alters Stroop automaticity: Hypnotic alexia through a proactive lens. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 9(2), 159-171.
Landry, M., da Silva Castanheira, J., Sackur, J., & Raz, A. (2021). Investigating how the modularity of visuospatial attention shapes conscious perception using type 1 and type 2 signal detection theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 47(3), 402-422.
Landry, M., da Silva Castanheira, J., Sackur, J., & Raz, A. (2021). Difficult turned easy: Suggestions render a challenging visual task simple. Psychological Science, 32(1), 39-49.
Landry, M., Stendel, M., Landry, M., & Raz, A. (2018). Hypnosis in palliative care: From clinical insights to the science of self-regulation. Annals of Palliative Medicine, 7(1), 125-135.
Landry, M., Lifshitz, M., & Raz, A. (2017). Brain correlates of hypnosis: A systematic and meta-analytic exploration. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 81, 75-98.
Landry, M., & Raz, A. (2016). Heightened states of attention: From mental performance to altered states of consciousness and contemplative practices. Intellectica, 66, 139-159.
Olson, J., Landry, M., Appourchaux, K., & Raz, A. (2016). Simulated thought insertion: Influencing the sense of agency using deception and magic. Consciousness & Cognition, 43, 11-26.
Landry, M., & Raz, A. (2015). Hypnosis and imaging of the living human brain. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 57(3), 285-313.
Ristic, J., & Landry, M. (2014). Combining attention: a novel way of conceptualizing the links between attention, sensory processing, and behavior. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 1-14.
Landry, M., Appourchaux, K., & Raz, A. (2014). Elucidating unconscious processing with instrumental hypnosis. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 785.
Ristic, J., Landry, M., & Kingstone, A. (2012). Automated symbolic orienting: the missing link. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 560.
Book Chapters
Brunel, J., Rainville, P., Landry, M. (in press). Hypnotic suggestibility and the neural dynamics of hypnotic responding. Terhune, D., Jamieson, G., De Pascalis, V. (Eds.), Advances and future directions in the clinical and cognitive neuroscience of hypnosis. Serial International Review in Neurobiology. Amsterdam : Elsevier.
Landry, M., & Rainville, P. (2024). Beyond the neural signature of hypnosis: Neuroimaging studies support a multifaceted view of hypnotic phenomena. J. Linden, I. Sugerman, G. de Benedittis, K. Varga (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis. London: Taylor & Francis.
Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Bicego, A. Y., Grégoire, C., Marie, N., Rousseaux, F., Landry, M., Nyssen, A.-S., & Faymonville, M.-E. (sous presse). Hypnose et recherche en neurosciences. Y. Halfon (Eds), Manuel d'hypnose pour les professions de la santé (Maloine). Paris, France : Maloine.
Landry, M., & Raz, A. (2016). Neurophysiology of hypnosis. G. Elkins (Ed.), The Clinician’s Guide to Medical and Psychological Hypnosis: Foundations, Systems, Applications and Professional Issues. New York: Springer.
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