Gabriel Byczynski, PhD

Gabriel Byczynski, PhD

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Neuroscientist studying motor function and stroke

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portfolio

March 2024

Awarded the Judges Choice poster award at the School of Psychology Symposium 2024

March 2024

Chaired symposium on current research in human cognition at the School of Psychology Research Symposium.

Sept 2023

Awarded the Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholar Award to support my work on the effect of nerve stimulation on motor learning

March 2023

Awarded the peoples choice poster award at the School of Psychology Symposium 2023

April 2025

Awarded PhD in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin

publications

Modulating motor learning with brain stimulation: Stage-specific perspectives for transcranial and transcutaneous delivery

Published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 2023

We discuss the use of transcranial direct current stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation, and peripheral nerve stimulation to modulate motor learning.

Recommended citation: Byczynski, G., Vanneste, S (2023). "Modulating motor learning with brain stimulation: Stage-specific perspectives for transcranial and transcutaneous delivery." Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 125, 110766.
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Cognitive control, bedtime patterns, and testing time in female adolescent students: behavioral and neuro-electrophysiological correlates

Published in Frontiers in Public Health, 2023

Stroop interference influenced accuracy on Monday and Wednesday similarly, with better performance in the afternoon.

Recommended citation: DAngiulli, A., Byczynski, G., Yeh, W-H., Garrett, G., Goldfield, G., Devenyi, P, Devenyi, T., Leisman, G. (2023). "Cognitive control, bedtime patterns, and testing time in female adolescent students: behavioral and neuro-electrophysiological correlates." Frontiers in Public Health. 11, 1022731.
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The use of non-invasive brain stimulation in auditory perceptual learning: A review

Published in Hearing Research, 2023

This review discusses the application of non-invasive brain stimulation methods in auditory perceptual learning by discussing the mechanisms, current evidence and challenges, and future directions.

Recommended citation: Grootjans, Y., Byczynski, G., Vanneste, S. (2023). "The use of non-invasive brain stimulation in auditory perceptual learning: A review." Hearing Research. 439, 108881.
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More Evidence That Ensemble Music Training Influences Children’s Neurobehavioral Correlates of Auditory Executive Attention

Published in Brain Sciences, 2023

OrKidstra children had faster RTs and larger ERP amplitudes to the Go tone. Specifically, compared to their comparison counterparts, they showed more negative-going polarities bilaterally for N1-N2 and LP signatures across the scalp and larger P300s in parietal and right temporal electrodes; some enhancements were lateralized (i.e., left frontal, and right central and parietal electrodes).

Recommended citation: Schibli, K., Hirsch, T., Byczynski, G., DAngiulli, A. (2023). "More Evidence That Ensemble Music Training Influences Children’s Neurobehavioral Correlates of Auditory Executive Attention." Brain Sciences. 13(5).
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Brief Myofascial Intervention Modulates Visual Event-Related Potential Response to Emotional Photographic Contents: A Pilot Study

Published in Vision, 2023

We conclude that brief myofascial intervention supports other research in the field, finding that physical touch and massage techniques can alter cognition and perception.

Recommended citation: Byczynski, G., DAngiulli, A (2023). "Brief Myofascial Intervention Modulates Visual Event-Related Potential Response to Emotional Photographic Contents: A Pilot Study." Vision. 7(4).
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Frontal P300 asymmetry and congruence judgment: Retroactive switching is impaired during school day mornings in female adolescents

Published in Current Research in Neurobiology, 2024

Investigating frontal EEG asymmetry as a possible biomarker of cognitive control abilities is especially important in ecological contexts such as school and work.

Recommended citation: Byczynski, G., DAngiulli, A (2024). "Frontal P300 asymmetry and congruence judgment: Retroactive switching is impaired during school day mornings in female adolescents." Current Research in Neurobiology. 6, 100128.
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Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory System

Published in Textbook of Tinnitus, 2nd Ed., 2024

In addition to anatomy, this section also discusses functional aspects of the auditory nervous system including a background of animal studies of auditory function, frequency selectivity, and neural connectivity.

Recommended citation: Byczynski, G., Vanneste, S., Møller, A. (2024). "Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory System." In: Schlee, W., Langguth, B., De Ridder, D., Vanneste, S., Kleinjung, T., Møller, A.R. (eds) Textbook of Tinnitus. Springer

Feasibility of deep learning to predict tinnitus patient outcomes

Published in Intelligence-Based Medicine, 2024

The current study is a first look at the feasibility of using deep learning modelling on patient reported data to predict treatment outcomes in individuals with tinnitus, and highlights what features are most beneficial for clinical decision making.

Recommended citation: Adcock, K., Byczynski, G., Meade, E., Leong, S.L., Gault, R., Lim, H., Vanneste, S (2024). "Feasibility of deep learning to predict tinnitus patient outcomes." Intelligence-Based Medicine. 100141.
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Switching tinnitus on or off: An initial investigation into the role of the pregenual and rostral to dorsal anterior cingulate cortices

Published in NeuroImage, 2024

Tinnitus onset is associated with increased theta activity in the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex and decreased theta functional connectivity between the pregenual anterior cingulate cortex and the auditory cortex.

Recommended citation: Vanneste, S., Byczynski, G., Verplancke, T., Ost, J., Song, J-J., De Ridder, D. (2024). "Switching tinnitus on or off: An initial investigation into the role of the pregenual and rostral to dorsal anterior cingulate cortices." NeuroImage. 297, 120713.
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An overview of the effects and mechanisms of transcranial stimulation frequency on motor learning

Published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2024

Here we provide a short overview of the main stimulation frequencies used in motor learning modulation (e.g., alpha, beta, and gamma), and discuss the effect and proposed mechanisms of these studies.

Recommended citation: McNally, M., Byczynski, G., Vanneste, S (2024). "An overview of the effects and mechanisms of transcranial stimulation frequency on motor learning." Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 21(1), 157.
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Comment on: Frontal HD-tACS enhances behavioral and EEG biomarkers of vigilance in continuous attention task

Published in Brain Stimulation, 2024

We caution that in absence of a sham or placebo-controlling groups or more direct mechanistic approaches, it is difficult to conclude that peripheral mechanisms are not at play based strictly on non-specific arousal.

Recommended citation: Byczynski, G., Arulchelvan, E., Vanneste, S. (2024). "Comment on: Frontal HD-tACS enhances behavioral and EEG biomarkers of vigilance in continuous attention task." Brain Stimulation.
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Neural signatures of online and offline motor learning: An ALE meta-analysis

Published in Imaging Neuroscience, 2025

Using coordinate-based meta-analysis methods and independent review, 1,777 studies were returned from three databases. 38 studies investigating motor task learning met the inclusion criteria, were allocated as either online or offline learning based on their scanning placement, and revealed both unique and overlapping regional activation/deactivation patterns.

Recommended citation: Byczynski, G., Arulchelvan, E., Grootjans, Y., Scarlat, I.M., Brady, S., Kamdar, S., Vanneste, S (2025). "Neural signatures of online and offline motor learning: An ALE meta-analysis." Imaging Neuroscience.
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Occipital Nerve Stimulation Selectively Modulates Top-down Inhibitory Control

Published in Brain Stimulation, 2025

We chose to pursue a series of two experiments which investigate if attentional control can be modulated using NITESGON. Two pathways of modulation, either via top-down goal directed processes or bottom-up stimulus driven processes, could be selectively modulated via the peripheral nerve through subcortical activity.

Recommended citation: Byczynski, G., Farrely, R., Dempsey, E., Scarlat, I-M., Vanneste, S (2025). "Occipital nerve stimulation selectively modulates top-down inhibitory control." Brain Stimulation. 18, 1, 97-99.
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talks

teaching

Primary Academic Skills

Seminars, Trinity College Dublin, Psychology, 2023

Seminars discussing academic skills and the development of critical theory and analysis.

Advanced Psychology and Theoretical Issues

Seminars, Trinity College Dublin, Psychology, 2023

4th year undergraduate course aimed to reflect on the core areas of cognitive, developmental, social and biological psychology. Seminars covered 4 separate sub-topics focused on AI, human development, brain modulation, medical ethics, and experimental psychology.