Learning words form learner-directed registers When addressing language learners, adult L1 speakers modify their speech. The speech used with infants (infant-directed speech; IDS) and foreign-language learners (foreigner-directed speech; FDS) has been found to have...
Studying cognitive processes in non-verbal subjects Summary In this rapid overview of my studies along years, I will illustrate how field observations have led me to investigating perception, brain functioning/plasticity and social cognition. I will try and...
Computing our sense of control Summary Human beings are agents, and through our actions we can shape the world around us. But to interact with our surroundings, agents like us need to discover the causal structure of the environments we inhabit – learning what we can...
The brain mechanisms of invisible presences: From basic neuroscience and technology to translational neuroscience in Parkinson’s disease Summary Although hallucinations are important and frequent symptoms in major psychiatric and neurological diseases, little is known...
Sensorimotor Interactions Elicit Rapid Predictive Signals in Auditory Cortex Summary The precise control of intricate sounds in human speech and animal vocalizations necessitates the coordination of motor and sensory neural processes. To achieve this, predictive...
