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Adélaïde de HEERING, Ph.D.
Face Categorization Lab/Face Baby Lab
Institut de Recherche en Sciences Psychologiques (IPSY)
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education
Université catholique de Louvain
Place du Cardinal Mercier, 10
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
BELGIUM
Phone: +32 10 47 40 91
Fax : +32 10 47 37 74
E-mail : [email protected]
Web:http://psych.mcmaster.ca/Adelaide_de_Heering/Adelaide_de_Heering/Ho
me.html
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Neuroplasticity; development; experience; vision; faces.
SCIENTIFIC DISTINCTIONS
Exceptionally Good Reviewer Award 2012 dedicated by Anthony Norcia (University
of Stanford, USA), Editorial Board Member of Journal of Vision.
Best Poster Award, NIPS International Symposium 2012: Face Perception and
Recognition, Okazaki, Japan.
Travel Award, ECVP 2006 conference, Saint-Petersbourg, Russia.
Early Career Investigator Award, International Conference on Infant Studies 2006,
Kyoto, Japan.
Travel and Lodging Award, ESF Research Conference: Brain Development and
Cognition in Human Infants, From Action to Cognition 2005, Acquafredda di
Maratea, Italy.
CURRENT POSITION
2011 – Present Post-doctoral Fellow (Mandat de chargé de recherches FNRS)
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
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Setting up and development of the “Face Baby Lab”
(www.facecategorizationlab.net/facebabylab),
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
EDUCATION
2009 – 2011
Post-doctoral Fellow (NSERC)
Supervisor: Pr. D. Maurer, Ph.D
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Canada
Topic: Face processing in children, adults and cataract-reversal
patients
2004 – 2009
Ph.D. in Psychology (FNRS)
Supervisor: Pr. B.Rossion, Ph.D
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Ph.D. Thesis: The onset, the development and the plasticity of
the face recognition system: a holistic perspective
2003 – 2004
Complementary master degree (DEA) in Psychology
Supervisors: Pr. B.Rossion, Ph.D ; Pr. S. de Schonen, Ph.D.
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Topic: Face recognition in a case of cerebral palsy
1998 – 2003
Master degree in Psychology (Magna Cum Laude)
Supervisors: Pr. R.Bruyer, Ph.D ; Pr. S. de Schonen, Ph.D.
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Undergraduate thesis: Investigation and rehabilitation of a case of
developmental prosopagnosia
STAY ABROAD
11/2012 – 01/2013
Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation
Equipe
“Ethologie
développementale
et
psychologie cognitive” (Pr. J.Y. Baudouin, Ph.D.)
Université de Bourgogne
Dijon, France
02/2012 – 04/2012
Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et
Cognition (Pr. F. Lepore, Ph.D.)
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Université de Montréal
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
09/2009 – 08/2011
Visual Developmental Lab (Pr. D. Maurer, Ph.D.)
Dept. of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
03/2006 – 06/2006
Infant Cognitive Lab (Pr. F. Simion, Ph.D)
Facultà di Psicologia
Università degli Studi di Padova
Padova, Italy
09/2001 – 01/2002
Laboratoire de Psychologie de la Perception
(Pr. S. de Schonen, Ph.D.)
Institut de Psychologie
Université Paris Descartes
Paris, France
RESEARCH
1.
International Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals
H-index: 7 (September 2013; source Google scholar)
de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. (2013). The Effects of Spatial Frequency on
Perceptual Learning of Inverted Faces. Vision Research, 86, 107-114.
de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. (2012). Face memory deficits in patients deprived
of early visual inputs by bilateral congenital cataracts. Developmental
Psychobiology: DOI 10.1002/dev.21094
de Heering, A., & Schiltz, C. (2012). Sensitivity to spacing information increases
more for the eye region than for the mouth region during childhood.
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37, 166-171.
de Heering, A., Wallis, J., & Maurer, D. (2012). The Composite Face Effect
Resists Abnormal Asymmetric Distortions. Perception, 41, 707-716.
de Heering, A., Aljuhanay, A., Rossion, B., & Pascalis, O. (2012). Early Deafness
Increases the Face Inversion Effect and Does not Modulate the Composite
Face Effect. Frontiers in Perception Science, 3: 124.
de Heering, A., Rossion, B., & Maurer, D. (2012). Developmental Changes in
Face Recognition During Childhood: Evidence from Upright and Inverted
Faces. Cognitive Development, 27, 17-27.
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Kuefner, D., de Heering, A., Jacques, C., Palmero-Soler, E., & Rossion, B.
(2010). Early visually evoked electrophysiological responses over the human
brain (P1, N170) show stable patterns of face-sensitivity from 4 years to
adulthood. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 3-67.
de Heering, A., de Liedekerke, C., Deboni, M., & Rossion, B. (2010). The role of
experience during childhood in shaping the other-race face effect.
Developmental Science, 13, 181-187.
de Heering, A., & Rossion, B. (2008). Prolonged visual experience in adulthood
modulates perceptual face processes. PlosOne, 3(5): e2317.
de Heering, A., Rossion, B., Turati, C., & Simion, F. (2008). Holistic face
processing can be independent of gaze behavior: Evidence from the face
composite effect. Journal of Neuropsychology, 2, 183-195.
de Heering, A., Turati, C., Rossion, B., Bulf, H., Goffaux, V., & Simion, F. (2008).
Newborns' face recognition is based on spatial frequencies below 0.5 cycles
per degree. Cognition, 106, 444-454.
de Heering , A., Houthuys, S., & Rossion, B. (2007). Holistic face processing is
mature at 4 years of age: evidence from the composite face effect. Journal of
Experimental Child Psychology, 96, 57-70.
2.
International Publications without Peer-review
de Heering, A. (2010). La boîte à outils du développementaliste: Comment
comprendre le monde visuel des enfants? Enfance, 2, 131-142.
3.
Manuscript under Review
de Heering, A., Bracovic, A., & Maurer, D. Preschooler Children’s Ability to
Recognize Upright and Inverted Faces Before and After Starting School.
Ecological Psychology.
4.
Oral Communications – Talks
de Heering, A. (2013). Fine-grained individual face discrimination as evidenced
by fast periodic visual stimulation. Belgian Association for Psychological
Science, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
de Heering, A. (2013). L’importance de l’expérience visuelle dans la mise en
place du système de reconnaissance des visages. Laboratoire de Psychologie
et Neurocognition, Université Pierre Mendes, Grenoble, France.
de Heering, A. (2012). Fine-grained individual face discrimination as evidenced
by fast periodic visual stimulation. IoNS Ph.D. Day, Brussels, Belgium.
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de Heering, A. (2012). Fine-grained individual face discrimination as evidenced
by fast periodic visual stimulation. ECVP 2012 Conference, Alghero, Italy.
de Heering, A. (2012). The acquisition of expertise in face recognition during
typical and atypical development. ICP 2012 Conference, Cape Town, South
Africa.
de Heering, A. (2012). L’importance de l’expérience visuelle dans la mise en
place du système de reconnaissance des visages. Faculté de Psychologie et
des Sciences de l’Education, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-laNeuve, Belgique.
de Heering, A. (2012). L’importance de l’expérience visuelle dans la mise en
place du système de reconnaissance des visages. Centre de Recherche
Fernand-Seguin, Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada.
de Heering, A. (2012). L’importance de l’expérience visuelle dans la mise en
place du système de reconnaissance des visages. CERNEC, Université de
Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
de Heering, A. (2012). L’importance de l’expérience visuelle dans la mise en
place du système de reconnaissance des visages. Université de Bourgogne,
Dijon, France.
de Heering, A. (2008). Development and plasticity of the face recognition
system. Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, & Behaviour, McMaster
University, Hamilton, Canada.
de Heering, A. (2008). Development and plasticity of the face recognition
system. Department of Psychology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield,
United Kingdom.
de Heering, A. (2007). The role of experience during childhood in the reversal
of the other-race effect. Belgian Association for Psychological Science,
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
5.
Written Communications - Posters
de Heering, A., Liu-Shuang, J., Norcia, A.M., & Rossion, B. (2013). Fine-grained
face discrimination as evidenced by fast periodic visual stimulation.
Neuropsychology Workshop, Leuven, Belgium.
de Heering, A., Liu-Shuang, J., Norcia, A.M., & Rossion, B. (2013). Fine-grained
face discrimination as evidenced by fast periodic visual stimulation. Vision
Science Society Conference, Naples, USA.
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de Heering, A., Liu-Shuang, J., Norcia, A.M., & Rossion, B. (2012). Fine-grained
face discrimination as evidenced by fast periodic visual stimulation. NIPS
Conference, Okazaki, Japan.
de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. (2012). The Prosopagnosic Profile of Patients
Deprived of Early Vision by Bilateral Congenital Cataracts. Vision Science
Society Conference, Naples, USA.
de Heering, A., Rossion, B., & Pascalis, O. (2011). Early deafness increases the
face inversion effect and does not modulate the composite face effect.
Person perception workshop, Jena, Germany.
de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. (2011). Perceptual learning of inverted faces
across different spatial frequency bands. International Conference on Visual
Plasticity, Toronto, Canada.
de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. (2011). Perceptual learning of inverted faces
across different spatial frequency bands. Vision Science Society Conference,
Naples, USA.
de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. (2011). Perceptual learning of inverted faces
across different spatial frequency bands. Cognitive Neuroscience
Conference, San Francisco, USA.
de Heering, A., Rossion, B., & Maurer, D. (2011). Developmental changes in
face recognition during childhood: evidence from upright and inverted faces.
SRCD Biennial Meeting Conference, Montreal, Canada.
de Heering, A., Rossion, B., & Maurer, D. (2010). Developmental changes in
face recognition during childhood: evidence from upright and inverted faces.
Vision Science Society Conference, Naples, USA.
de Heering, A., Rossion, B., & Maurer, D. (2010). Developmental changes in
face recognition during childhood: evidence from upright and inverted faces.
Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, Montreal, Canada.
de Heering, A., & Rossion, B. (2009). Prolonged visual experience in adulthood
modulates perceptual face processes. Conference on Neurocognitive
Development, Berkeley, California, USA.
de Heering, A., de Liedekerke, C., Deboni, M., & Rossion, B. (2009). The role of
experience during childhood in the reversal of the other-race effect. Vision
Science Society Conference, Naples, USA.
de Heering, A., & Rossion, B. (2008). Prolonged visual experience in adulthood
modulates perceptual face processes. Vision Science Society Conference,
Naples, USA.
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de Heering, A., Turati, C., Rossion, B., & Simion, F. (2007). Holistic face
processing can be independent of gaze behavior: Evidence from the face
composite effect. Vision Science Society Conference, Sarasota, USA.
de Heering, A., de Liedekerke, C., Deboni, M., & Rossion, B. (2007). The role of
experience during childhood in the reversal of the other-race effect. SRCD
Biennial Meeting Conference, Boston, USA.
de Heering, A., Turati, C., Rossion, B., Bulf, H., Goffaux, V., & Simion, F. (2006).
Newborns' face recognition is based on low-spatial frequencies.
International Society on Infant Studies Conference, Kyoto, Japan.
de Heering, A., Turati, C., Rossion, B., Bulf, H., Goffaux, V., & Simion, F. (2006).
Newborns' face recognition is based on low-spatial frequencies. European
Conference on Visual Perception, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
de Heering, A., Turati, C., Rossion, B., Bulf, H., Goffaux, V., & Simion, F. (2005).
Newborns' face recognition is based on low-spatial frequencies. Brain
Development and Cognition in Human Infants Conference , Acquafredda di
Maratea, Italy.
de Heering, A., de Schonen, S., Schiltz, C., Sorger, B., & Rossion, B. (2004).
Abnormal face-sensitive responses in occipito-temporal cortex during
childhood prosopagnosia. Human Brain Mapping Conference, Budapest,
Hungary.
6. Main Scientific Collaborators
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Pr. Bruno Rossion, Face Categorization Lab, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Pr. Daphne Maurer, Visual Development Lab, McMaster University, Hamilton,
Canada.
Pr. Olivier Collignon, CIMeC, University of Trento, Trento, Italie.
Pr. Jean-Yves Baudouin, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation,
Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
Pr. Olivier Pascalis, Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition, Université
de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
Pr. Christine Schiltz, Educational Measurement and Applied Cognitive Science,
Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
7. Ad-hoc Reviewer
Acta Psychologica, Biology Letters, Child Development, Cognitive
Development, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Developmental Science, Infant and
Child Development, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Journal
of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,
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Journal of Vision, Neuropsychology, Quarterly Journal of Experimental
Psychology, Perception, PlosOne, Social Cognition.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1.
Invited Lecturer for Master Degrees
« Développement et plasticité du système de reconnaissace des visages » (4
hours). Lecture: Questions approfondies de Neurosciences (Pr. B. Rossion).
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, Université catholique
de Louvain, Belgium, February 2013.
« Développement de la vision dans le cas d’une privation visuelle précoce : le
cas des patients cataractes » (2 hours). Lecture : Neuropsychologie de
l’enfant (Pr. M.P. Noël). Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de
l’Education, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, February 2012.
« Development of vision in cases of bilateral congenital cataract » (1.5 hours).
Lecture : Psychologie Cognitive (Pr. Ch. Schiltz). EMACS, University of
Luxemburg, Luxemburg, November 2011.
« Techniques and paradigms used to study vision in newborns, infants and
children » (2 hours). Lecture : Neuropsychologie de l’enfant (Pr. M.P. Noël).
Faculty of Psychology, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, February
2009.
« Techniques and paradigms used to study vision in newborns, infants and
children » (1.5 hours). Lecture : Psychologie Cognitive (Pr. Ch. Schiltz).
EMACS, University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg, March 2009.
« Techniques and paradigms used to study vision in newborns, infants and
children » (2 hours). Lecture : Neuropsychologie de l’enfant (Pr. M.P. Noël).
Faculty of Psychology, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, February
2008.
« Techniques and paradigms used to study vision in newborns, infants and
children » (1.5 hours). Lecture : Psychologie Cognitive (Professor Ch. Schiltz).
EMACS, University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg, October 2007.
2.
Undergraduate Thesis Supervision
Ana Bracovic : Face Recognition in Pre-Schooler Children. McMaster
University, Canada, 2010-2011.
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Ingrid Scholzen : Plasticity of Face Recognition Abilities in Deaf Adults.
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2008-2009.
Arnaud Lanthier : Development of Face Recognition Abilities Between 6 and 16
Years of Age. Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2007-2008.
Malorie Deboni : Configural Face Processing in 4-year-old Children by Means
of Simple and Attractive Tasks. Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium,
2006-2007.
Claire de Liedekerke : Development of the Other-Race Effect. Université
catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2005-2006.
3.
Volunteers and Undergraduate Supervision
2009-2011
Face recognition of cataract-reversal patients and of
adults with normal vision
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
McMaster University, Canada
2005-2009
Use of neuropsychological tools
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
1.
Testing
Newborns - Infants
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Visual-paired preference paradigm
Habituation paradigm
Steady-state visual evoked potentials (Biosemi, Letswave 5)
Children - Adults
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2.
Behavioural techniques
Eye-tracker (Applied Science Laboratories)
Event-related potentials (ANT, Biosemi) – Attendance to Steve Luck’s Mini
ERP Boot Camp (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, August 2013)
Steady-state visual evoked potentials (Biosemi, Letswave 5)
Hardwares/softwares
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Operating system: OSX, Windows
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Programming: Matlab
Graphics: Photoshop
Stimulation: E-prime, Superlab
Statistics: SPSS
Language Skills
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Fluent: French, English, Russian
Basic: Dutch, Italian
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