Research Topics
Social cognition and its modulations
Social cognition refers to an umbrella of behaviors and beliefs that shape individuals’ everyday lives. In our lab, we are interested to social pain and social beliefs in healthy and neurological populations (epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, and brain tumor). To this aim, we adopt a multi-method approach, including intracranial electroencelography, lesion mapping analysis, per-operative mapping, and behavior.
Language
The voluntary control of oral spoken language is traditionally considered to be a uniquely human ability even if it relies on a brain anatomy that is essentially non-unique. In our lab we are interested in the investigation of the missing key in the brain that contributes in supporting complex speech functions, specifically, inner speech: the subjective experience of verbalization in the absence of overt articulation or sign.
Long-term recovery in brain tumors during development
Following a pediatric brain tumor surgery , different factors can be responsible for the disparities ain children (e.g., age at the tumor resection; tumor location; tumor volume; tumor type, cognitive status). In this line of reaserch, we aim at better understanding the predictive factors for recovery in children.
Collaborations
Lara Bardi (Gent University, Belgium)
Jordan Grafman (Northwestern University, USA)
Céline Amiez (SBRI, Lyon)
Fundings
Our work is currently funded by various associations:
