Experts in: Autism
COURCHESNE, Valérie
Professeure adjointe
PERETZ, Isabelle
Professeure titulaire
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Neuroimaging
- Amusia
- Brain and music
- Musical cognition
- Emotions
- Musique et Langage
- Cerebral and cognitive development
- Affect mentalization
- Language
- Language acquisition
- Memory
- Autism
- Cognitive neuroimaging
- Electrophysiology (EEG)
- Magnetic-resonance imaging
My field of research is cognitive neuropsychology. The approach is characterized by the study of the effects of brain lesions on cognitive functions. I am interested in musical perception and recognition; emotions; language; prosody; and memory. These functions all have a link with musical cognition, which remains my main field of interest. Aside from brain lesions, we also work with neurologically healthy adults or those with a specific congenital disorder (autism, congenital amusia). Lastly, we use various exploration techniques including, currently, event-related potential (ERP) responses, neuroimaging by magnetic resonance and electrodermal responses. Our team has access to two laboratories: one in the psychology department, in the GRENE research centre, and the other at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. I receive financial support for my research work from the NSERC and the CIHR (MRC) and from the FCAR and FRSQ.