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Andrew E. Silva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Experimental Psychology
Office: Garrison Rm 419
B.A. (2012) University of California, Irvine
M.A. (2013) University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. (2018) University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Fellow & Course Instructor (2018-2025) University of Waterloo
Research Interests
I use neuroimaging (fNIRS, fMRI), non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS, TMS), and psychophysical methods to explore how sensory and perceptual mechanisms influence, and are influenced by, broader human traits and behaviors. For example, I examine the role of visual processing in human neurodiversity. I also investigate ways of harnessing brain plasticity to improve the visual experiences of people living with eye and vision disorders.
Selected Publications
A full list of peer-reviewed publications is available here: https://orcid.org/0000-
See Google Scholar for a broader list of mixed research outputs: https://scholar.google.com/
Poppe, Tottman, Gamble, Jiang, Silva, Nguyen, Harding, Alsweiler, Thompson (2025). Neonatal nutrition is associated with brain volumes and white matter microstructure at seven years of age in infants born very preterm. JAMA Network Open, 8(1):e2456080. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.56080
Silva, Lehmann, Perikleous, Thompson (2023). The temporal dynamics of visual crowding in letter recognition: Modulating crowding with alternating flicker presentations. Journal of Vision, 23(10):18, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.10.18
Silva, Harding, Chakraborty, Dai, Gamble, McKinlay, Nivins, Shah, Thompson (2023). Associations between autism spectrum quotient and in visual integration in 9-year-old children: preliminary evidence of sex differences. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06035-1
Silva, Lyu, Leat, Khan, Labreche, Chan, Li, Woo, Woo, Cheong, Thompson (2022). A differential effect of visual cortex tDCS on reading of English and Chinese in patients with central vision loss. Brain Stimulation. 15(5), 1215-1217 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2022.08.016
Deeb, Silva, Liu (2022). Causality modulates perceptual discrimination of apparent motion stimuli. Vision Research, 201(108120). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2022.108120
Silva, Thompson, Liu (2021). Motion opponency examined throughout visual cortex with multivariate pattern analyses of fMRI data. Human Brain Mapping, 42(1), 5-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25198
Chakraborty, Tran, Silva, Giaschi, Thompson (2021). Continuous theta burst TMS of area MT+ impairs attentive motion tracking. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(9). https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15480
Silva, Barakat, Jimenez, Shams (2017). Multisensory congruency enhances explicit awareness in a sequence learning task. Multisensory Research, 30(7-8), 681-689. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-00002587
Chubb, Dickson, Dean, Fagan, Mann, Wright, Guan, Silva, Gregersen, Kowalsky (2013). Bimodal distribution of performance in discriminating major/minor modes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(4), 3067-3078. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4816546