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Simon Thibault

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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 neuroscience under the mentorship of Dr. Brozzoli and Dr. Roy at the University of Lyon in France. He characterized functional homologies between tool use and language, demonstrating that the ability to process complex syntactic structures in language and the ability to use a tool are linked. Training one ability improves the other one. In 2022, Simon joined Thomas Jefferson University and the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (in Pennsylvania, USA) to work under the mentorship of Drs. Aaron L. Wong and Laurel J. Buxbaum to investigate deficits in using tools and producing action sequences following left hemisphere stroke.

Motor Resonance during Linguistic Processing as Shown by EEG in a Naturalistic VR Environment

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Visualization of an EEG experiment involving a “Go/NoGo” task conducted as part of a study on the effect of pre-motor activity on the processing of action words. The experiment was conducted in a fully immersive virtual reality (VR) environment.

Ana Zappa, Deirdre Bolger, Jean-Marie Pergandi, et al.
2019. Brain and Cognition 134 : 44–57.

On the Development of Breathing and Vocalization in a Prelinguistic Child: A Case Study

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Breathing plays a fundamental role in speech production of human adults. The capacity of controlling breathing develops over the first year of life, a critical period for babbling. We tracked one infant from about 7 to 9 months of age, measuring breathing and vocalization during spontaneous interactions with the mother. Analysis of the acoustic (waveform, spectrogram) and respiratory (thoracic volume changes) signals showed a maturation of breathing control, with exhalation phases getting longer and more adult-like over time. The relation between vocalization and respiration also shifted, with phonation occurring more often during inhalation at about 7 months and during exhalation at about 9 months. Thus, breathing is a rhythmic frame that should be integrated into models of speech acquisition.

Fuchs, Susanne, Marianne Jover, Aude Noiray, and Caterina Petrone.
2025. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, July 10, 1–15  —  @HAL