Pr (PU-PH, MD, PhD), Team Leader, PI, Sorbonne Université, AP-HP
Pr (PU-PH, MD, PhD), Team Leader, PI, Sorbonne Université, AP-HP
Dr (MD, PhD), Team Leader, PI, INSERM
Team presentation
Consciousness, attention, visual perception and language are complex cognitive functions involving different brain areas and neural networks.
The "PICNIC - Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging" team is dedicated to the study of cognitive functions developed exclusively or predominantly in human beings. The study of patients is central to his approach. With both healthy subjects and patients, the team employs state-of-the-art behavioural and multimodal brain imaging techniques: anatomical and functional MRI, EEG, MEG, intra-cerebral recordings.
The following table shows the results of the survey.
The main lines of research of the PICNIC team are:
- Brain Mechanisms of Consciousness, and the Development of Imaging Tools to Assist in the Diagnosis of Consciousness Disorders
- Brain Mechanisms of Reading and Reading Disorders Resulting from Brain Damage
- Functions of the visual cortex in blind subjects
- Brain Mechanisms of Spatial Attention Orientation and Attention Deficit Disorders (Visuo-Spatial Neglect) Resulting from Brain Damage
- The development of methods to treat these deficits, using transcranial stimulation, rehabilitation techniques and pharmacology.
Main publications
- Hermann, B., A. Ben Salah, V. Perlbarg, M. Valente, N. Pyatigorskaia, M.O. Habert, F. Raimondo, J. Stender, D. Galanaud, A. Kas, L. Puybasset, P. Perez, S. J.D., B. Rohaut, and L. Naccache, Habituation of auditory startle reflex is a new sign of minimally conscious state. Brain, 2020. 143(7): p. 2154–2172.
- Abboud, S., & Cohen, L. (2019). Distinctive interaction between cognitive networks and the visual cortex in early blind individuals. Cerebral Cortex. Bouhali, F., Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Pinel, P., Poupon, C., Mangin, J.F., Dehaene, S., and Cohen, L. (2014). Anatomical connections of the visual word form area. The Journal of Neuroscience 34, 15402-15414.
- Demertzi A*, Tagliazucchi E*, Dehaene, S., Deco, G, Barttfeld, P., Raimondo, F., Rohaut, B., Schiff, N.D., Owen, A.M., Laureys S., Naccache, L., Sitt J.D. Human consciousness is supported by temporally evolving brain processes. Science Advances (2019).
- Lunven, M., Thiebaut De Schotten, M., Bourlon, C., Duret, C., Migliaccio, R., Rode, G., and Bartolomeo, P. (2015). White matter lesional predictors of chronic visual neglect: a longitudinal study. Brain 138, 746-760.
Team members
Pr (PU-PH, MD, PhD), Team Leader, PI, Sorbonne Université, AP-HP
Pr (PU-PH, MD, PhD), Team Leader, PI, Sorbonne Université, AP-HP
Dr (MD, PhD), Team Leader, PI, INSERM
MD, PhD, DR2, PI, INSERM
Project Sponsor, PI, Sorbonne Université, AP-HP
