Dr. Pia Rämä

Journal articles

2026

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Andrea Helo, Thierry Nazzi, Pierre Hallé, Pia Rämä. Emerging attunement to native phonotactics in French-learning infants: A developmental event-related potential study. Brain and Language, 2026, 281, pp.105819. ⟨10.1016/j.bandl.2026.105819⟩. ⟨hal-05717010⟩

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Clarissa Montgomery, Juliette Le Guellec, Bahia Guellaï, Pia Rämä. You again? 14-month-olds show neural signatures of lexical-semantic activation for novel instead of familiar voices. Brain and Language, 2026, 279, pp.105786. ⟨10.1016/j.bandl.2026.105786⟩. ⟨hal-05657800⟩

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2024

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Clarissa Montgomery, Bahia Guellaï, Pia Rämä. Is That You I Hear? Speaker Familiarity Modulates Neural Signatures of Lexical-semantic Activation in 18-month-old Infants. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2024, 36 (9), pp.1963-1976. ⟨10.1162/jocn_a_02218⟩. ⟨hal-04767165⟩

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Pia Rämä, Cydney Chiball, Yumisay Rukoz. Lexical-semantic activation in French-Spanish or French-English bilingual toddlers: An event-related potential (ERP) investigation. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2024, 72, pp.101214. ⟨10.1016/j.jneuroling.2024.101214⟩. ⟨hal-04767172⟩

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Lucas Raynal, Evelyne Clément, Louise Goyet, Pia Rämä, Emmanuel Sander. Neural correlates of unconventional verb extensions reveal preschoolers’ analogical abilities. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2024, 246, pp.105984. ⟨10.1016/j.jecp.2024.105984⟩. ⟨hal-04625739⟩

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2023

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Delphine Potdevin, Parvaneh Adibpour, Clémentine Garric, Eszter Somogyi, Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, et al.. Brain Lateralization for Language, Vocabulary Development and Handedness at 18 Months. Symmetry, 2023, 15 (5), pp.989. ⟨10.3390/sym15050989⟩. ⟨hal-04290757⟩

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2022

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Oytun Aygün, Pia Rämä. Brain signatures of native and non-native words in French-learning 24-month-olds: The effect of vocabulary skills. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2022, 62, pp.101055. ⟨10.1016/j.jneuroling.2021.101055⟩. ⟨hal-03662912⟩

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Gisella Decarli, Pia Rämä, Lionel Granjon, Ludovica Veggiotti, Maria Dolores de Hevia. Electrophysiological Evidence for A Number–Action Mapping in Infancy. Brain Sciences, 2022, 12 (11), pp.1480. ⟨10.3390/brainsci12111480⟩. ⟨hal-03848143⟩

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Andrea Helo, Ernesto Guerra, Carmen Julia Coloma, Paulina Aravena-Bravo, Pia Rämä. Do Children With Developmental Language Disorder Activate Scene Knowledge to Guide Visual Attention? Effect of Object-Scene Inconsistencies on Gaze Allocation. Frontiers in Psychology, 2022, 12, ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2021.796459⟩. ⟨cea-03859714⟩

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2021

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Andrea Helo, Ernesto Guerra, Carmen Julia Coloma, María Antonia Reyes, Pia Rämä. Objects Shape Activation during Spoken Word Recognition in Preschoolers with Typical and Atypical Language Development: An Eye-tracking Study. Language Learning and Development, 2021, pp.1-28. ⟨10.1080/15475441.2021.1977643⟩. ⟨hal-03443156⟩

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2018

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Onkar Krishna, Andrea Helo, Pia Rämä, Kiyoharu Aizawa. Gaze distribution analysis and saliency prediction across age groups.. PLoS ONE, 2018. ⟨hal-02413839⟩

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Pia Rämä, Alina Leminen, Satu Koskenoja-Vainikka, Miika Leminen, Kimmo Alho, et al.. Effect of language experience on selective auditory attention: An event-related potential study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2018, 127 (1), pp.38-45. ⟨10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.03.007⟩. ⟨hal-05511639⟩

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Pia Rämä, Louah Sirri, Louise Goyet. Event-related potentials associated with cognitive mechanisms underlying lexical-semantic processing in monolingual and bilingual 18-month-old children. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2018, 47, pp.123-130. ⟨10.1016/j.jneuroling.2018.04.012⟩. ⟨hal-02413780⟩

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2017

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A. Helo, N. Azaiez, Pia Rämä. Word Processing in Scene Context: An Event-Related Potential Study in Young Children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 2017, 42 (7-8), pp.482-494. ⟨10.1080/87565641.2017.1396604⟩. ⟨hal-05511640⟩

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Andrea Helo, Sandrien van Ommen, Sebastian Pannasch, Lucile Danteny-Dordoigne, Pia Rämä. Influence of semantic consistency and perceptual features on visual attention during scene viewing in toddlers. Infant Behavior and Development, 2017, 49, pp.248-266. ⟨10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.09.008⟩. ⟨hal-05511681⟩

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Olivier Le Meur, Antoine Coutrot, Zhi Liu, Pia Rämä, Adrien Le Roch, et al.. Visual Attention Saccadic Models Learn to Emulate Gaze Patterns From Childhood to Adulthood. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2017, 26 (10), pp.4777 - 4789. ⟨10.1109/TIP.2017.2722238⟩. ⟨hal-01650322⟩

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2016

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Andrea Helo, Pia Rämä, Sebastian Pannasch, David Méary. Eye movement patterns and visual attention during scene viewing in 3- to 12-month-olds.. Visual Neuroscience, 2016, 33, pp.E014. ⟨10.1017/S0952523816000110⟩. ⟨hal-01569887⟩

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2015

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Louah Sirri, Pia Rämä. Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying semantic priming during language acquisition. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2015, 35, pp.1-12. ⟨10.1016/j.jneuroling.2015.01.003⟩. ⟨hal-05511683⟩

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2014

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Jacqueline Fagard, Louah Sirri, Pia Rämä. Effect of handedness on the occurrence of semantic N400 priming effect in 18- and 24-month-old children. Frontiers in Psychology, 2014, 5, ⟨10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00355⟩. ⟨hal-05511686⟩

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Andrea Helo, Sebastian Pannasch, Louah Sirri, Pia Rämä. The maturation of eye movement behavior: Scene viewing characteristics in children and adults. Vision Research, 2014, 103, pp.83-91. ⟨10.1016/j.visres.2014.08.006⟩. ⟨hal-05511685⟩

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2013

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Pia Rämä, Louah Sirri, Josette Serres. Development of lexical–semantic language system: N400 priming effect for spoken words in 18- and 24-month old children. Brain and Language, 2013, 125 (1), pp.1-10. ⟨10.1016/j.bandl.2013.01.009⟩. ⟨hal-05511687⟩

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2012

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Pia Rämä, Kristiina Relander-Syrjänen, Synnöve Carlson, Oili Salonen, Teija Kujala. Attention and semantic processing during speech: An fMRI study. Brain and Language, 2012, 122 (2), pp.114-119. ⟨10.1016/j.bandl.2012.04.018⟩. ⟨hal-05511690⟩

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2010

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Pia Rämä, Kristiina Relander-Syrjänen, Juha Öhman, Aki Laakso, Risto Näätänen, et al.. Semantic processing in comatose patients with intact temporal lobes as reflected by the N400 event-related potential. Neuroscience Letters, 2010, 474 (2), pp.88-92. ⟨10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.012⟩. ⟨hal-05511696⟩

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Pia Rämä, Thierry Baccino. Eye fixation–related potentials (EFRPs) during object identification. Visual Neuroscience, 2010, 27 (5-6), pp.187-192. ⟨10.1017/s0952523810000283⟩. ⟨hal-05511695⟩

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2009

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Kristiina Relander, Pia Rämä, Teija Kujala. Word Semantics Is Processed Even without Attentional Effort. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2009, 21 (8), pp.1511-1522. ⟨10.1162/jocn.2009.21127⟩. ⟨hal-05511699⟩

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Kristiina Relander, Pia Rämä. Separate neural processes for retrieval of voice identity and word content in working memory. Brain Research, 2009, 1252, pp.143-151. ⟨10.1016/j.brainres.2008.11.050⟩. ⟨hal-05534737⟩

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Maikku Toivonen, Pia Rämä. N400 during recognition of voice identity and vocal affect. NeuroReport, 2009, 20 (14), pp.1245-1249. ⟨10.1097/wnr.0b013e32832ff26f⟩. ⟨hal-05511698⟩

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2007

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Pia Rämä. Domain-dependent activation during spatial and nonspatial auditory working memory. Cognitive Processing, 2007, 9 (1), pp.29-34. ⟨10.1007/s10339-007-0182-y⟩. ⟨hal-05534729⟩

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2005

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Pia Rämä, Susan Courtney. Functional topography of working memory for face or voice identity. NeuroImage, 2005, 24 (1), pp.224-234. ⟨10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.08.024⟩. ⟨hal-05534727⟩

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2004

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Antti Pertovaara, Ilkka Linnankoski, Denis Artchakov, Pia Rämä, Synnöve Carlson. A potential aphrodisiac for female macaques. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2004, 79 (1), pp.137-141. ⟨10.1016/j.pbb.2004.06.009⟩. ⟨hal-05534716⟩

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Pia Rämä, A Poremba, Jb Sala, L Yee, M Malloy, et al.. Dissociable Functional Cortical Topographies for Working Memory Maintenance of Voice Identity and Location. Cerebral Cortex, 2004, 14 (7), pp.768-780. ⟨10.1093/cercor/bhh037⟩. ⟨hal-05534725⟩

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2003

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Joseph Sala, Pia Rämä, Susan Courtney. Functional topography of a distributed neural system for spatial and nonspatial information maintenance in working memory. Neuropsychologia, 2003, 41 (3), pp.341-356. ⟨10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00166-5⟩. ⟨hal-05534722⟩

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2001

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Pia Rämä, J. Sala, J. Gillen, J. Pekar, S. Courtney. Dissociation of the neural systems for working memory maintenance of verbal and nonspatial visual information. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 2001, 1 (2), pp.161-171. ⟨10.3758/cabn.1.2.161⟩. ⟨hal-05534575⟩

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Pia Rämä, Sami Martinkauppi, Ilkka Linnankoski, Juha Koivisto, Hannu Aronen, et al.. Working Memory of Identification of Emotional Vocal Expressions: An fMRI Study. NeuroImage, 2001, 13 (6), pp.1090-1101. ⟨10.1006/nimg.2001.0777⟩. ⟨hal-05534577⟩

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2000

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Pia Rämä, Liisa Paavilainen, Irina Anourova, Kimmo Alho, Kalevi Reinikainen, et al.. Modulation of slow brain potentials by working memory load in spatial and nonspatial auditory tasks. Neuropsychologia, 2000, 38 (7), pp.913-922. ⟨10.1016/s0028-3932(00)00019-1⟩. ⟨hal-05534569⟩

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1999

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Irina Anourova, Pia Rämä, Kimmo Alho, Salla Koivusalo, Jaakko Kahnari, et al.. Selective interference reveals dissociation between auditory memory for location and pitch. NeuroReport, 1999, 10 (17), pp.3543-3547. ⟨10.1097/00001756-199911260-00015⟩. ⟨hal-05516995⟩

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1998

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Virve Vuontela, Pia Rämä, Antti Raninen, Hannu Aronen, Synnöve Carlson. Distribution of cortical activation during visuospatial n-back tasks as revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging. Cerebral Cortex, 1998, 10 (11), pp.2235-2240. ⟨10.1097/00001756-199908020-00002⟩. ⟨hal-02413666⟩

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1997

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Synnöve Carlson, Pia Rämä, Heikki Tanila, Ilkka Linnankoski, Heikki Mansikka. Dissociation of Mnemonic Coding and Other Functional Neuronal Processing in the Monkey Prefrontal Cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 1997, 77 (2), pp.761-774. ⟨10.1152/jn.1997.77.2.761⟩. ⟨hal-05516979⟩

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Synnöve Carlson, Pia Rämä, Denis Artchakov, Ilkka Linnankoski. Effects of music and white noise on working memory performance in monkeys. NeuroReport, 1997, 8 (13), pp.2853-2856. ⟨10.1097/00001756-199709080-00010⟩. ⟨hal-05407828⟩

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Pia Rämä, Ilkka Linnankoski, Synnöve Carlson. The Effects of Alpha-2 Agonist, Medetomidine and its Antagonist, Atipamezole on Reaction and Movement Times in a Visual Choice Reaction Time Task in Monkeys. Brain Research Bulletin, 1997, 44 (2), pp.171-175. ⟨10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00108-1⟩. ⟨hal-05407829⟩

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Pia Rämä, Kari Kesseli, Kalevi Reinikainen, Jouni Kekoni, Heikki Hämäläinen, et al.. Visuospatial mnemonic load modulates event-related slow potentials. NeuroReport, 1997, 8 (4), pp.871-876. ⟨10.1097/00001756-199703030-00011⟩. ⟨hal-05516981⟩

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1996

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Pia Rämä, Ilkka Linnankoski, Heikki Tanila, Antti Pertovaara, Synnöve Carlson. Medetomidine, atipamezole, and guanfacine in delayed response performance of aged monkeys. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 1996, 55 (3), pp.415-422. ⟨10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00111-6⟩. ⟨hal-05407826⟩

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Heikki Tanila, Pia Rämä, Synnöve Carlson. The effects of prefrontal intracortical microinjections of an alpha-2 agonist, alpha-2 antagonist and lidocaine on the delayed alternation performance of aged rats. Brain Research Bulletin, 1996, 40 (2), pp.117-119. ⟨10.1016/0361-9230(96)00026-3⟩. ⟨hal-05407824⟩

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1995

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Pia Rämä, Synnöve Carlson, Jouni Kekoni, Heikki Hämäläinen. A spatial oculomotor memory-task performance produces a task-related slow shift in human electroencephalography. Electroencephalography and clinical neurophysiology, 1995, 94 (5), pp.371-380. ⟨10.1016/0013-4694(94)00289-W⟩. ⟨hal-05407822⟩

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1992

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S Carlson, H Tanila, Pia Rämä, E Mecke, A Pertovaara. Effect of medetomidine, an alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist and atipamezole, an alpha-2 antagonist on spatial memory performance in adult and aged rats.. Behavioral and neural biology, 1992, 58, pp.113-119. ⟨10.1016/0163-1047(92)90327-Z⟩. ⟨hal-05407817⟩

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Conference papers

2025

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Camille Rioux, Pia Rämä, Elodie Farineaux, Lionel Granjon, Olivier Mascaro, et al.. The neuro-cognitive bases of food categorization in the infant brain. GDR - French Babylab, Oct 2025, Paris, France. ⟨hal-05347393⟩

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2021

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Lucas Raynal, Evelyne Clément, Pia Rämä, Emmanuel Sander, Louise Goyet. Early Analogical Extensions: An ERP Study on Preschoolers' Semantic Approximations. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2021, Virtual meeting, France. ⟨hal-03443188⟩

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Lucas Raynal, Evelyne Clément, Pia Rämä, Emmanuel Sander, Louise Le Levier Goyet. Early Analogical Extensions: An ERP Study on Preschoolers' Semantic Approximations. 43rd annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Jun 2021, Vienne (virtual), Austria. ⟨hal-03266957⟩

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Lucas Raynal, Evelyne Clément, Pia Rämä, Emmanuel Sander, Louise Goyet. Early analogical extensions: An ERP Study on preschoolers'semantic approxinmations. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Jul 2021, Vienna, Austria. ⟨hal-03409631⟩

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2018

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Andrea Helo, Olivier Le Meur, Antoine Coutrot, Zhi Liu, Pia Rämä, et al.. Age-dependent saccadic models. International Congress of Infant Studies, Jul 2018, Philadelphia, United States. ⟨hal-02354752⟩

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Lucas Raynal, Evelyne Clément, Emmanuel Sander, Louise Le Levier Goyet, Marianne Habib, et al.. Developmental trajectory of verbal approximations’ comprehension, an event-related potential (ERP) study.. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science. 24 May- 27 May 2018, Dubrovnik, Croat, 2018, Dubrovnik, Croatia. ⟨hal-03439624⟩

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2017

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Olivier Le Meur, Antoine Coutrot, Zhi Liu, Pia Rämä, Adrien Le Roch, et al.. Your gaze betrays your age. 25th European Signal Processing Conference - EUSIPCO, Aug 2017, Kos, Greece. ⟨hal-01651125⟩

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Olivier Le Meur, Antoine Coutrot, Adrien Le Roch, Andrea Helo, Pia Rämä, et al.. Age-dependent saccadic models for predicting eye movements. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing - ICIP 2017, Sep 2017, Shanghai, China. ⟨hal-01651151⟩

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Other publications

2024

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Clarissa Montgomery, Pia Rämä. Speaker familiarity and lexical-semantic processing in bi- and multilingual toddlers. 2024, ⟨10.17605/OSF.IO/CG8XW⟩. ⟨hal-04767181⟩

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2023

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Clarissa Montgomery, Juliette Le Guellec, Bahia Guellaï, Pia Rämä. Effects of speaker familiarity on lexical-semantic processing in 14-month-old monolingual infants. 2023, ⟨10.17605/OSF.IO/S3AVN⟩. ⟨hal-04767192⟩

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Poster communications

2024

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Camille Rioux, Pia Rämä, Lionel Granjon, Olivier Mascaro, Stefanie Peykarjou. Neural bases of food categorization in adults and 9 to 12 month old infants using a fast periodic visual stimulation paradigm. Annual meeting of the International Congress of Infant Studies, Jul 2024, Glasgow, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-05348108⟩

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2020

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Andrea Helo, Léo-Lyuki Nishibayashi, Louise Le Levier Goyet, Thierry Nazzi, Pierre Hallé, et al.. An exploration of early phonotactic repair by French-learning infants using ERPs. The current study explores when and how infants' brains attune to the phonotactic constraints of their native language to achieve phonotactic repair.. Conference: International Congress of Infant Studies 2020, Jul 2020, Virtual Congress, France. ⟨hal-03439450⟩

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Reports

2023

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Pia Rämä. Language acquisition in early years of childhood: the role of family and pre-primary education. Thematic Report commissioned for the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education. Unesco. 2023. ⟨hal-05717077⟩

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Preprints, Working Papers, ...

2025

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Camille Rioux, Pia Rämä, Elodie Farineaux, Lionel Granjon, Olivier Mascaro, et al.. So much variety, so much to eat : The neuro-cognitive bases of food categorization in infancy. 2025. ⟨hal-05341138⟩

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