Experts in: Language acquisition
BRAMBATI, Simona Maria
Professeure titulaire
- Language
- Aging
- Neuropsychologie
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Aphasia
- Atypical dementias
- Magnetic-resonance imaging
- Cognitive neuroimaging
- Brains and semantic memory
- Memory
- Language acquisition
Dr. Brambati has a PhD in Molecular Medicine (cognitive neuropsychology profile) from the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, Italy (2006). She then completed post-doctoral studies at the Memory and Aging Center (University of California, San Francisco) (2006-2007), and the IUGM research centre. Today she is a researcher at the IUGM research centre (FRQ-S Junior 1) and a professor on loan to the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal.
GALLAGHER, Anne
Professeure titulaire
- Neuropsychologie
- Cerebral and cognitive development
- Neuroimaging
- Language
- Electrophysiology (EEG)
- Optical imaging (NIRS)
- Newborns, children and teenagers
- Congenital heart disease
- Epilepsy
- Prematurity
- Learning disorders - Learning disabilities
- Child development
- Language acquisition
My current research mainly concerns the cognitive and cerebral effects of different pediatric diseases and syndromes, such as epilepsy, infantile spasms, tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), prematurity and congenital cardiac anomalies. In the laboratory, I use neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging (optical imaging (NIRS), electroencephalography) and magnetoencephalography (MEG)) to better understand these pathologies and their impact on brain development, identify predictive markers for certain related disorders or developmental prognostics and develop pre-surgical assessment techniques suitable for use with these populations.
GAUTHIER, Bruno
Professeur agrégé
- Clinical supervision
- Neuropsychologie
- Executive Functions
- Learning disorders - Learning disabilities
- Tourette's Syndrome
- Attention deficit disorders
- Language acquisition
- Child
- Teenager
- Developmental sensory and cognitive disorders
My research program is aimed at achieving a better understanding of normal and atypical neuropsychological development among children and teenagers. More specifically, it aims to:
- Develop and validate assessment and intervention methods for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, in particular attention deficit and learning disorders (dyslexia, dyscalculia)
- Develop and validate analytical and interpretation methods for neuropsychological data
- Model cognitive processes by means of artificial neuronal networks.
MONTEMBEAULT, Maxime
Professeur associé, Chargé de cours
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.