Publications

2026

• Phylactou P., MacRae F., Manoli A., Bouisset N., Duport A., Awan A. A., Xuhang T., van Ede F., Seminowicz D. A., & Schabrun S. M. (2026). Transcranial magnetic stimulation induced pupil dilations can serve as a cortical excitability measure. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. [Link]

• Phylactou P., Ester E. F., Papadatou-Pastou M., & Konstantinou N. (2026). Modulating corticospinal excitability with transcranial ultrasound stimulation: meta-analytic evidence of online and offline effects. Clinical Neurophysiology. [Link]

• Szekely, O., Holmes, N. P., Ashton, J., Breuer, F., Chen, H. Y., Di Chiaro, N. V., Duport, A., Frangou, P., Gwynne, L., Hassan, U., Lowe, C. J., Mathias, B., Peng, N., Pepper, J. L., Phylactou, P., Szymanska, M. A., & Tame, L. (2026). Development and Validation of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reporting Assessment Tool (TMS-RAT). Brain Stimulation. [Link]

• Duport A., Phylactou P., Diotalevi G., Arseneau D., Ngoc Minh Pham T., Lowndes A., Espin-Garcia O., Seminowicz D. A., & Schabrun S.M. (2026). Understanding Motor Adaptation in the Transition to Sustained Pain: Protocol for a Longitudinal Experimental Study. JMIR Research Protocols. [Link] 

• Papadopoulou K. A., Fragkouli K., Papakostas A., Anesiadou S., Antoniou F., Pervanidou P., Phylactou P., Vlachos F., Badcock A. N., & Papadatou-Pastou M. (2026). Can we change cerebral lateralization for written language in children at risk for dyslexia? A functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound feasibility study of two educational interventions. Royal Society Open Science.  [Link]

• Charalambous, M., Phylactou, P., & Kambanaros, M. (2026). Development and Psychometric Validation of the Cyprus Aphasia Screening Test (CAST). Brain Sciences. [Link]

2025

• Phylactou P., Papadatou-Pastou M., & Konstantinou N. (2025). The Bayesian one-sample t-Test supersedes correlation analysis as a test of validity. European Journal of Psychology Open. [Link]

• Bouisset N., Phylactou P., & Duport A. (2025). The vestibular system in pain and embodiment: cortical overlap, modulatory potential, and therapeutic perspectives. Frontiers in Neuroscience. [Link]

• Cheung C. L., & Phylactou P. (2025). Pain Expectation Effects Are Predicted by Emotion Rather Than Precision. Journal of Neuroscience. [Link]

• Huang C. H., Stewart B. W., Liu C. Y., Phylactou P., Mathur B. N., & Seminowicz, D. A. (2024). The human claustrum activates across multiple cognitive tasks. European Journal of Neuroscience. [Link]

• Charalambous M., Eftimiou S., Andreou E., Tsiakoulia M., Phylactou P., & The Aphasia Communication Team (2025). The co-creation of the functional rating of interaction engagement needs and difficulties scale (FRIENDS) with people with aphasia. Aphasiology. [Link]

• Samsouris C., Papadopoulou K. A., Badcock N. A., Vlachos F., Phylactou P., & Papadatou‐Pastou M. (2025). Cerebral Lateralization During Handwritten and Typed Word Generation: A Functional Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Study in Left‐Handers and Right‐Handers. European Journal of Neuroscience. [Link]

• Charalambous M., Phylactou P., Serafim M., Vlotinou P., Georgiou A. M., Pampoulou E., Papaioannou M., Georgiou F., & Palazis L. (2025). Cypriot Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge and Skills When Interacting With Patients With Aphasia in Clinical Settings. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. [Link]

• Pampoulou E., Kyranou M., Phylactou P., Papaioannou M., Charalambous M., Georgiou A. M.,  & Palazis, L. (2025). Exploring augmentative and alternative communication in intensive care units: nurses’ experiences, knowledge, and training preferences in Cyprus. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. [Link]

2024

• Phylactou P., Konstantinou N., & Ester E. F. (2024). Advancing working memory research through cortico-cortical transcranial magnetic stimulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. [Link]

• Phylactou P., Pham T.N.M., Narskhani N., Diya N., Seminowicz D. A., & Schabrun S. M. (2024). A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Correlation Between Resting Motor and Phosphene Thresholds. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. [Link]

• Charalambous M., Phylactou P., Antoniou E., Christodoulou M., & Kambanaros M. (2024). The Adaptation of the Communicative Effectiveness Index (CETI) into Greek: A Reliability and Validity Study. Brain Sciences. [Link]

• Georgiou A. M., Phylactou P., & Kambanaros M. (2024). The effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation for dysphagia in stroke patients: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. [Link]

• Papadopoulou K. A., Vlachos F., Badcock A. N., Phylactou P., & Papadatou-Pastou M. (2024). Exploring cerebral laterality of writing and the relationship to handedness: A functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound investigation. Laterality. [Link]

2023

• Phylactou P., Shimi A., & Konstantinou N. (2023). Causal evidence for the role of the sensory visual cortex in visual short-term memory maintenance. Royal Society Open Science. [Link]

• Phylactou P., Traikapi A., & Konstantinou N. (2023). One in four people fail to perceive phosphenes during early visual cortex transcranial magnetic stimulation. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation. [Link]

2022

• Phylactou P., Traikapi A., Papadatou-Pastou M., & Konstantinou N. (2022). Sensory Recruitment in Visual Short-Term Memory: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Sensory Visual Cortex Interference Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. [Link]  

• Traikapi A., Phylactou P., & Konstantinou N. (2022). Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex in the Gamma Band Reduces Cortical Excitability. Neurophysiologie Clinique. [Link] 

• Traikapi A., Kalli I., Kyriakou A., Stylianou E., Symeou R.T., Kardama A., Christou G., Phylactou P., & Konstantinou N. (2022). Episodic Memory Effects of Gamma Frequency Precuneus Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Randomized Multiple Baseline Study. Journal of Neuropsychology. [Link] 

• Charalambous M., Phylactou P., Kountouri A., Serafeim M., Psychogios L., Annoni J.M., & Kambanaros M. (2022). Adaptation of the Aphasia Impact Questionnaire-21 into Greek: A Reliability and Validity Study. Clinical and Translational Neuroscience. [Link]  

• Charalambous M., Phylactou P., Elriz T., Psychogios L., Annoni J.M., & Kambanaros M. (2022). Adaptation of the Scenario Test for Greek-speaking people with aphasia: A reliability and validity study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. [Link]  

• Charalambous M., Kountouris A., Phylactou P., Triantafyllidou A., Jean-Marie A., & Kambanaros M., (2022). Patient Involvement (PI) in Stroke Research. What do chronic stroke survivors, with and without aphasia, think about their involvement as research partners? A thematic analysis. Research Involvement and Engagement. [Link]  

2019

• Phylactou, P. (2019). Inside the Mind of Weightlifters: The Mental Preparation of Greek-Cypriot Olympic-Weightlifting Athletes. Journal of European Psychology Students. [Link] 

• Phylactou P., Chen S., Seminowicz D. A., & Schabrun S. M. (2024). Can we Find Evidence for the Null in a Bayesian t-Test? Not Unless we Reconsider Bayes Factor Thresholds. PsyArXiv. [Link] 

• Phylactou P. (2023). P-Values or Bayes Factors? Whichever, but not Both. PsyArXiv. [Link] 

• Phylactou P., & Konstantinou N. (2022). Bayesian T-Test Sample Size Determination: Reference Tables for Various Bayes Factor Thresholds, Effect Sizes, Sample Sizes, and Variance Assumptions. PsyArXiv. [Link]  

• Phylactou, P., Konstantinou, N., & Ester, E. F. (OSF registration). Causal Investigation Of Visual Working Memory Prioritisation In Early Visual Cortex: A Combined TMS-EEG Study. Open Science Framework. [Link]

• Phylactou, P., Holmes, N. P., Berryhill, M., Konstantinou, N.,  & Ester, E. F. (OSF registration). Investigating early visual and parietal cortex contributions to visual working memory maintenance using psychophysical transcranial magnetic stimulation. Open Science Framework. [Link]

• Phylactou, P., Seminowicz, D.A., & Schabrun, S.M. (OSF registration). Experimental Pain During Visual Working Memory: Disentangling Sensory and Attentional Processes. Open Science Framework. [Link]

• Mendriou, V., Papadopoulou, A. K., Panopoulou, I., Vlachos, F., Ocklenburg, S., Ahtam, B., Badcock, N. A., Phylactou, P., & Papadatou-Pastou, M. (Stage 1 registered report under review). Cerebral Lateralisation for Language as a Potential Biomarker for the Broad Autism Phenotype: A Functional Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Investigation. Brain and Behavior.

• Henderson, M., Phylactou, P., Shahid, S., & Schabrun, S. M. (OSF registration). Targeted Systematic Review: Sex Reporting In Experimental Pain Literature. [Embargoed] 

• Duport, A., Phylactou, P., Lowndes, A., & Schabrun, S. M. (OSF registration). Pupil diameter as a reflection of endogenous pain inhibition. Open Science Framework.

• Pagkratidou M., Cohn N., Phylactou P., Papadatou-Pastou M., & Duffy G. (in principle acceptance). Learning from comics versus non-comics material in education: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Peer-community In Registered Reports. [Link] 

• Papadopoulou K. A., Vlachos F., Pervanidou P., Anesiadou S., Antoniou F., Phylactou P., Badcock A. N., & Papadatou-Pastou M. (in principle acceptance). Registered Report: Cerebral lateralization of writing in students at risk for dyslexia using functional Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. Peer-community In Registered Reports. [Link]  

• MacRae F., & Phylactou P. (OSF registration). A meta-analytic estimation of MEP negative prevalence in individuals with stroke. Open Science Framework.  

• Phylactou P., & Iordanou K., (2023). Report on the strategies, methods, and tools to tackle societal mistrust in science. Project VERITY, ID: 101058623 of HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-44. [Link]  

• Katsounari I., Phylactou P., & Heracleous, H., (2021). No lost generation: refugee children education in Cyprus. Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe (161). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. [Link] 

• Phylactou P., Seminowicz D. A., & Schabrun S. M. (2025). Different intensities of transcranial magnetic stimulation result in dissociable pupil dilations. Journal of Vision. [Link]

• Grigoriou, S., Phylactou, P ., & Pampoulou, E. (2025). Adaptation of ASHA Quality of Communication Life Scale in Greek: Assessing Applicability for AAC Users. Short Papers Collection, AATE. [Link].

• Hadjicharalambous, V., Phylactou, P ., & Pampoulou, E. (2025). Iconicity Perceptions and the Preferences of Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder on Graphic Symbol Collections. Short Papers Collection, AAATE. [Link]

• Konstantinou N., & Phylactou P. (2024). Is Sensory Visual Cortex Required for Visual Working Memory: Insights from Meta-Analysis and Experimental Evidence. Journal of Vision. [Link]

• Phylactou P., & Konstantinou N. (2022). Visual Short-Term Memory Load Impairs Auditory Perception. Journal of Vision.  [Link]