PERCEPTION And ACTION

The Perception-Action team brings together scientists with different skills and research interests but with a common goal: to better understand the mechanisms underlying how our perception and action and ultimately consciousness are influenced by different sensory experiences and vice versa, and how the action-perception loop is central to our cognition.

We cover topics as diverse as visual, auditory and tactile perception, action including eye movements, object manipulation and locomotion, concept formation and perceptual representation, social cognition, and body representation. Our research populations include both adults and developmental populations (such as infants and children), and sometimes robots.

We deploy multiple techniques ranging from behavioral methods such as psychophysics, movement kinematics and eye tracking to brain imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electro/magnetoencephalography (EEG/MEG), to investigate how sensory information turns into perceptual experience and how it influences action and is in turn influenced by it.

Research topics

Theme 1 : Basic perceptual, motor and cognitive capacities at birth
– What makes newborn walking: role of visual and somesthesic stimulation.
– A general sense of quantity at birth.
– Recognition of faces at birth.
Theme 2 : Typical development
– From object perception to tool use in early infancy.
– Spatial components of numerical and ordinal information: origins and development.
– Origins of the concept of exact number.
– Effects of melatonin on infant and child development.
Theme 3 : Behavioural and cerebral plasticity after peripheral or cortical deficit
– Adaptation and plasticity of the visual system after a peripheral or a cortical lesion.
Theme 4 : The Sensorymotor Theory
– ERC Advanced Grant FEEL.

TEAM MEMBERS

Permanent researchers

Marianne Barbu-Roth, Associate Researcher, Perception and Action
room 606-04
Emmanuelle Bonnet, ATER, Perception and Action
Thérèse Collins, Professor, Perception and Action
room H431F
Andrea Desantis, CR ONERA, AR, Perception and Action
room H431A
Jacqueline Fagard, CR CNRS - Emeritus, Perception and Action
room 606-05
Louise P KIRSCH, MCF, Perception and Action, Scientific animation
room H431C
Dollyane Muret, CR CNRS, Perception and Action
Kevin O’Regan, DR. Emeritus, Perception and Action
room 606-06
Mark Wexler, DR CNRS, Perception and Action
room H431C

Visiting scientists

Support staff

Member
Viviane Huet, Assistant Engineer, IT and Technical support, Language and cognition, Perception and Action
room 613-12

Post docs and PhD students

Members
Mert CAN, PhD student, Perception and Action
Pierre COSTA, PhD student, Perception and Action
Dina Dagher, PhD student, Perception and Action
Joost DE JONG, Postdoctoral Researcher, Perception and Action
Marie Victorine Dumuids-Vernet, Postdoctoral Researcher, Perception and Action
Hanan EZ-ZAHRAOUI, PhD student, Perception and Action
Morgan Lyphout, Postdoctoral Researcher, Perception and Action
Pragya PANDEY, Postdoctoral Researcher, Perception and Action

︾ PUBLICATIONS ︾

Journal articles

2024

ref_biblio: Thérèse Collins, Emilie Zhu, Patrick Rateau. The neural representation of stereotype content. Scientific Reports, 2024, 14 (1), pp.16324. ⟨10.1038/s41598-024-67111-9⟩. ⟨hal-04813851⟩
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ref_biblio: Emily Cross, Kohinoor Darda, Ryssa Moffat, Lina Muñoz, Stacey Humphries, et al.. Mutual gaze and movement synchrony boost observers’ enjoyment and perception of togetherness when watching dance duets. Scientific Reports, 2024, 14 (1), pp.24004. ⟨10.1038/s41598-024-72659-7⟩. ⟨hal-04907918⟩
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2023

ref_biblio: Chiara Baiano, Xavier Job, Louise P Kirsch, Malika Auvray. Interoceptive abilities facilitate taking another’s spatial perspective. Scientific Reports, 2023, 13 (1), pp.10064. ⟨10.1038/s41598-023-36173-6⟩. ⟨hal-04187238⟩
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ref_biblio: Louise Catheryne Barne, Jonathan Giordano, Thérèse Collins, Andrea Desantis. Decoding Trans-Saccadic Prediction Error. Journal of Neuroscience, 2023, 43 (11), pp.1933 - 1939. ⟨10.1523/jneurosci.0563-22.2022⟩. ⟨hal-04049674v2⟩
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ref_biblio: Louise P Kirsch, Michal Tanzer, Maria Laura Filippetti, Mariana von Mohr, Aikaterini Fotopoulou. Mothers are more egocentric towards their own child’s bodily feelings. Communications Psychology, 2023, 1, ⟨10.1038/s44271-023-00038-5⟩. ⟨hal-04351375⟩
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ref_biblio: 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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ref_biblio: Eszter Somogyi, Mollie Hamilton, Lisa Chinn, Lisa Jacquey, Tobias Heed, et al.. Tactile training facilitates infants' ability to reach to targets on the body. Child Development, 2023, 94 (3), p. e154-e165. ⟨10.1111/cdev.13891⟩. ⟨hal-04368703⟩
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2022

ref_biblio: Xavier E Job, Louise P Kirsch, Malika Auvray. Spatial perspective-taking: insights from sensory impairments. Experimental Brain Research, 2022, 240, pp.27-37. ⟨10.1007/s00221-021-06221-6⟩. ⟨hal-03417342⟩
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2021

ref_biblio: Chiara Baiano, Xavier Job, Gabriella Santangelo, Malika Auvray, Louise P Kirsch. Interactions between interoception and perspective-taking: Current state of research and future directions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021, 130, pp.252-262. ⟨10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.08.007⟩. ⟨hal-03394726⟩
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ref_biblio: Alessandra Finisguerra, Luca Ticini, Louise Kirsch, Emily Cross, Sonja Kotz, et al.. Dissociating embodiment and emotional reactivity in motor responses to artworks. Cognition, 2021, 212, pp.104663. ⟨10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104663⟩. ⟨hal-03394710⟩
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ref_biblio: Xavier Job, Gabriel Arnold, Louise P Kirsch, Malika Auvray. Vision shapes tactile spatial perspective taking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2021, 150 (9), pp.1918-1925. ⟨10.1037/xge0000923⟩. ⟨hal-03447055⟩
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ref_biblio: Xavier Job, Louise Kirsch, Sandra Inard, Gabriel Arnold, Malika Auvray. Spatial perspective taking is related to social intelligence and attachment style. Personality and Individual Differences, 2021, 168, pp.109726. ⟨10.1016/j.paid.2019.109726⟩. ⟨hal-03087207⟩
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ref_biblio: Louise P Kirsch, Christoph Mathys, Christina Papadaki, Penelope Talelli, Karl Friston, et al.. Updating beliefs beyond the here-and-now: the counter-factual self in anosognosia for hemiplegia. Brain Communications, 2021, 3 (2), ⟨10.1093/braincomms/fcab098⟩. ⟨hal-03268699⟩
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ref_biblio: Lucia Ricciardi, Veronica Nisticò, Elisa Andrenelli, Joana Macedo Cunha, Benedetta Demartini, et al.. Exploring three levels of interoception in people with functional motor disorders. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2021, 86, pp.15-18. ⟨10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.03.029⟩. ⟨hal-03394701⟩
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ref_biblio: Mariana von Mohr, Louise P Kirsch, Aikaterini Fotopoulou. Social touch deprivation during COVID-19: effects on psychological wellbeing and craving interpersonal touch. Royal Society Open Science, 2021, 8, ⟨10.1098/rsos.210287⟩. ⟨hal-03937388⟩
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2020

ref_biblio: Louise P Kirsch, Xavier Job, Malika Auvray, Vincent Hayward. Harnessing Tactile Waves to Measure Skin-to-Skin Interactions. Behavior Research Methods, 2020, ⟨10.1101/2020.05.20.105817⟩. ⟨hal-03035861⟩
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ref_biblio: Louise P Kirsch, Sahba Besharati, Christina Papadaki, Laura Crucianelli, Sara Bertagnoli, et al.. Damage to the right insula disrupts the perception of affective touch. eLife, 2020, 9, pp.e47895. ⟨10.7554/eLife.47895⟩. ⟨hal-02550814⟩
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ref_biblio: Louise P Kirsch, Xavier Job, Malika Auvray. Mixing up the Senses: Sensory Substitution Is Not a Form of Artificially Induced Synaesthesia. Multisensory Research, 2020, pp.1-26. ⟨10.1163/22134808-bja10010⟩. ⟨hal-03087194⟩
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Conference papers

2024

ref_biblio: Malika Auvray, Alexandra de Lagarde, Chiara Baiano, Louise P Kirsch, Xavier Job, et al.. Taking my perspective or yours? The influence of personality traits, psychopathological traits, and interoceptive abilities. European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition, Jun 2024, Naples, Italy. ⟨hal-04771284⟩
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ref_biblio: Malika Auvray, Alexandra de Lagarde, Fabien Boucaud, Louise P Kirsch, Indira Thouvenin, et al.. Sonifying tactile interactions and their underlying emotions: experimental studies and applications in virtual reality.. 7th European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN 2024), May 2024, Ghent, Belgium. ⟨hal-04771379⟩
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ref_biblio: Alexandra de Lagarde, Fabien Boucaud, Louise P Kirsch, Indira Thouvenin, Catherine Pelachaud, et al.. Paving the way for social touch sonification: behavioral studies and applications in virtual reality. 18th European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition (EWIC 2024), Jun 2024, Naples, Italy. ⟨hal-04771298⟩
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ref_biblio: Alexandra de Lagarde, Louise P Kirsch, Mariana von Mohr, Malika Auvray. The Influence of Schizotypal Traits on Spatial and Emotional Perspective Taking. European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, May 2024, Ghent, Belgium. ⟨hal-04771387⟩
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2023

ref_biblio: Malika Auvray, Alexandra de Lagarde, Louise P Kirsch, Catherine Pelachaud. Social touch at a distance: Recognizing tactile gestures and their emotional content through auditory signals. Festival of Touch, Rochelle Ackerley, Jul 2023, Marseille, France. ⟨hal-04304892⟩
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2022

ref_biblio: Malika Auvray, Alexandra de Lagarde, Catherine Pelachaud, Louise P Kirsch. Recognizing movements and emotions when substituting social touch with auditory signals. The European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Aug 2022, Lille, France. ⟨hal-04304965⟩
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ref_biblio: Jacqueline Fagard, Jacques Py, Agnès Roby-Brami. Le rôle structurant des comités d’éthique de la recherche pour une recherche intègre et responsable : un retour d’expérience de la fédération française des CER.. 2ème Colloque International de Recherche et Action sur l’Intégrité Académique. « Les nouvelles frontières de l’intégrité », Jun 2022, Coimbra, Portugal. pp.259-273, ⟨10.56240/cmb9923⟩. ⟨hal-03869470⟩
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ref_biblio: Aruna Ramasamy, Damien Faux, Vincent Hayward, Malika Auvray, Xavier Job, et al.. Human Self-touch vs Other-Touch Resolved by Machine Learning. 13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2022, May 2022, Hambourg, Germany. pp.216-224, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-06249-0_25⟩. ⟨hal-03937431⟩
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2018

ref_biblio: Lisa Jacquey, Jacqueline Fagard, Rana Esseily, J. Kevin O'Regan. Sensorimotor contingency detection as a tool to investigate body knowledge in early infancy. The Jean Piaget Society Annual Meeting 2018, May 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ⟨hal-04368677⟩
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2017

ref_biblio: Lisa Jacquey, Jacqueline Fagard, Rana Esseily, J. Kevin O'Regan. Body know-how acquisition during the first months of life. The Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting 2017, Apr 2017, Austin, United States. ⟨hal-04368676⟩
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Preprints, Working Papers, ...

2025

ref_biblio: Louise P Kirsch, Mariana von Mohr, Athanasios Koukoutsakis, Aikaterini Fotopoulou. Vicarious touch: a potential substitute for social touch during touch deprivation. 2025. ⟨hal-04907944⟩
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