Short bio
After a masters degree in Cognitive Science (Cogmaster) in Paris (France), I completed my PhD in Toulouse (France) under the supervision of Leila Reddy and Rufin VanRullen on the flexibility of perceptual representations. I investigated behavioral and neural consequences of short and long-term learning on visual perception, the neural dynamics of visual processing, and the neural representations of visual objects.
Following my PhD I went on investigating how we flexibly use such mental/neural representations for goal-oriented behavior, and cases in which these processes fail. Through a collaboration with Laura Dugué, at the INCC (Paris) I studied behavioral and neural markers of attentional deployment and re-orientation. I then held a post-doctoral position at the Neuroergonomcs & Human Factors lab at ISAE-Supaéro (french Institute of Space and Aeronautics) investigating methods to monitor attentional resources, cross-modal attentional allocation and mental workload with Frederic Dehais and Raphaëlle Roy.
I currently hold a post-doctoral position at the Department of Experimental Psychology of Ghent University (Belgium). I work with Tom Verguts, Durk Talsma and Nico Boehler on cognitive control. Through computational modelling, and behavioral and neuroimaging experiments I investigate the mechanisms through which we can quickly implement a novel instruction by discarding distractors, selecting task-relevant information, and binding stimuli and responses to perform the instructed task.
Academic Experience
Year | Position | Location | Topic | Mentor(s) |
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2018-21 | Postdoctoral researcher | Ghent Univ. (BE) | Investigating flexibility of cognitive control: developing and testing computational models cognitive control adaptation to task demands. | Tom Verguts, Durk Talsma & Nico Boehler |
2017-18 | Postdoctoral researcher | ISAE-Supaéro (FR) | Monitoring attentional allocation in real-world settings. | Frederic Dehais & Raphaëlle Roy |
2012-16 | PhD Student | CerCo lab (Toulouse Univ., FR) | Effect of learning, at different timescales, on perceptual processes and neural representations of visual objects. | Leila Reddy & Rufin VanRullen |
2012 (8 months) | M.Sc. intern | Neurospin Institute (FR) | Modelling extrastriate fMRI responses to natural stimuli. | Bertrand Thirion & Alexandre Gramfort |
2011 (8 months) | Research assistant | VISTA Lab (Stanford Univ., USA) | Modelling color tuning in visual cortex using fMRI. | Kendrick Kay, Jonathan Winawer & Brian Wandell |
Education
Year | Diploma | Location | Specialization |
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2009-12 | M.Sc. in Cognitive Science (CogMaster) | École Normale Supérieure (ENS Ulm), EHESS, Paris University | Modelling major |
2008-09 | B.Sc. in Bioinformatics | Paris Diderot University (Paris 7) | Neuroscience major |
2006-08 | DUT (Technical University Diploma) in Computer Science | IUT Orsay (Paris 11) | Bioinformatics |