Claire Kabdebon is a developmental neuroscientist at CRPN, which she joined in 2023 as CNRS researcher. Her work explores the neural underpinnings of human learning, with a special focus on language acquisition. Using electroencephalography, she investigates how the developing brain discovers and encodes the sounds and structure of language. She was recently awarded with a […]

Some members of ILCB’s directory board planning 2026 projects and activities over lunch at the recent New Year board meeting.

Nicolas Claidiere is a CNRS Research Director at CRPN, where he co-leads the development and phylogeny research group (DePhy) and directs the Primate Cognition and Behaviour platform. His research lies at the intersection between psychology, animal behaviour, and evolutionary biology, with a focus on understanding how social behaviour emerges, spreads, and evolves. Using a comparative […]

Aline Frey (MdC, CRPN) has been awarded the price “Prix Chercheurs en Actes” in the category “Elementary School” for her ongoing project “Chant et Ecriture Créative au Quotidien” conducted with Gisèle Traversa (School Teacher), Stéphanie Miolan (School Principal), Nathalie Bonnardel (professor, PsyClé), and Cédric Hubert (PhD Student, CRPN & PsyClé). Congratulations to all from ILCB!

Prof. Friedemann Pulvermüller of the Freie Universität Berlin unexpectedly passed away a few weeks ago. Friedemann was a towering figure in the neurobiology of language and a much respected and appreciated collaborator of our Institute. Friedemann’s research embodied the true spirit of our Institute, by seamlessly merging the fields of linguistics, psychology, and neuroscience to […]

Simon Thibault, a cognitive neuroscientist, has been awarded an ILCB postdoctoral fellowship to work in the MeMoPsy team under the mentorship of Dr. Rey (CRPN) and Dr. Chotiga Pattamadilok (LPL). His project investigates sequence learning by exploring the mechanism of chunking across different modalities – e.g., visuo-phonological or visuo-motor. Simon Thibault completed his PhD in cognitive […]

Olga Kepinska, a linguist and a cognitive neuroscientist, has been recruited as CNRS researcher at Laboratoire Parole et Langage, starting this Fall. Olga’s research explores individual differences in (second) language acquisition from a neurocognitive perspective, notably the impact of complex environments on brain development and on language skills. Olga also investigates language typology, its relation […]

Elisa Gavard recently completed her PhD in cognitive psychology at Aix-Marseille Université, having conducted her research at the Centre de Recherche en Psychologie et Neurosciences (CRPN, CNRS/AMU). Elisa studied the role of semantic and syntactic prediction, and statistical learning in typical and atypical reading. She explored how predictive mechanisms support reading aloud, particularly in university students with developmental dyslexia […]

Dr. Monica Barbir has joined ILCB after obtaining a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on her project “GLAL” (Grammar Learning Across Languages) at the Laboratoire d’Informatique et Systèmes (LIS) with Dr. Abdellah Fourtassi. She investigates how humans learn languages across the lifespan. Specifically, she is interested in the dynamic interactions between cognition and […]

Dr. Philippe Albouy has just been awarded the 2025 IMERA/ILCB chair, starting next September. Philippe Albouy is an associate professor at the psychology department of Laval University (Québec city, Canada), regular researcher at CERVO Brain Research Centre, CHU de Québec research Center (Quebec city, Canada), BRAMS (Montreal, Canada) and is a FRQ-S Junior 2 Scholar […]