Adélaïde de HEERING, Ph.D.
http://psych.mcmaster.ca/Adelaide_de_Heering/Adelaide_de_Heering/Home.html
Institut de Recherche en Sciences Psychologiques (IPSY)
Voice: +32 10 47 40 91
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education
Fax: +32 10 47 37 74
Université catholique de Louvain
Place du Cardinal Mercier, 10
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
BELGIUM
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
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Postdoctoral Fellow (Oct. 2011 – Sept. 2015)
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Mandat de chargé de recherches FNRS. Supervisor: Pr. B. Rossion, Ph.D., Face
Categorization Lab, Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education,
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Setting up, development and management of the “Face Baby Lab”
(www.facecategorizationlab.net/facebabylab), Faculté de Psychologie et des
Sciences de l’Education, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium (example of
press release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku067L2mq4I).
Scientific visit to and collaboration (10/2014 – 12/2014) with the “Baby Lab”,
Equipe “Mémoire et Développement” (Pr. O. Pascalis, Ph.D.), Université Pierre
Mendes France, Grenoble, France.
Scientific visit to and collaboration (11/2012 – 01/2013) with the “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.
Scientific visit to and collaboration (02/2012 – 04/2012) with the “Centre de
Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition” (Pr. F. Lepore, Ph.D.), Université
de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Oct. 2009 – Sept. 2011)
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NSERC Postdoctoral fellowship. Supervisor: Pr. D. Maurer, Ph.D., Department
of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada. Topic: Face processing in children, adults and cataractreversal patients.
Ph.D. Fellow (Oct. 2004 – Sept. 2009)
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Mandat d’aspirant au FNRS. Supervisor: Pr. B.Rossion, Ph.D., Face
Categorization Lab, 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.
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Scientific visit to and collaboration (03/2006 – 06/2006) with the Infant Cognitive
Lab (Pr. F. Simion, Ph.D), Facultà di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Padova,
Padova, Italy.
Complementary Master Degree (Oct. 2003– Sept. 2004)
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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 child case of cerebral palsy.
Master Degree (1998– 2003)
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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.
Scientific visit to and collaboration (09/2001 – 01/2002) with the “Laboratoire de
Psychologie de la Perception” (Pr. S. de Schonen, Ph.D.), Institut de Psychologie,
Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
RESEARCH
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Research Interests
Development – infants – experience – vision – faces.
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Articles Published in International Referreed Journals
de Heering, A., & Rossion, B. (2015). Rapid Categorization of Natural Face Images in the
Infant Right Hemisphere. Elife.
de Heering, A., Bracovic, A., & Maurer, D. (2013). Starting School Improves Preschoolers’
Ability to Discriminate Child Faces. Ecological Psychology, 26, 16-29.
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,
56, 96-108.
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 Survives 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. (2010). La boîte à outils du développementaliste: Comment comprendre le
monde visuel des enfants? Enfance, 2, 131-142.
de Heering, A., & Rossion, B. (2008). Prolonged visual experience in adulthood modulates
perceptual face processes. PlosOne, 3: 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.
H-index: 8 (Mars 2015; source Google scholar)
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Articles Submitted In/In Preparation for International Referreed Journals
Collignon, O., Dormal*, G., de Heering*, A., Lepore, F., Lewis, T., & Maurer, D. (submitted).
A short postnatal period of visual deprivation triggers long-lasting crossmodal
reorganization of the occipital cortex in humans.
Nishimura, M., de Heering, A., Maurer, D., Jeffery, L., & Rhodes, G. (submitted). Reduced
adaptability, but no fundamental disruption, of norm-based face-coding
mechanisms following early visual deprivation.
de Heering, A., Dollion, N., Godard, O., Goffaux, V., & Baudouin, J-Y. (in preparation). Threemonth-old infants’ sensitivity to horizontal information within faces.
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Oral Communications – Talks
de Heering, A. (2015). Face Categorization in 4- to 6-month-old infants as evidenced by fast
periodic visual stimulation. ESCOP, Paphos, Cyprus.
de Heering, A. (2015). Face Categorization in 4- to 6-month-old infants as evidenced by fast
periodic visual stimulation. CVRS, Praha, Czech Republic.
de Heering, A. (2015). Face Categorization in 4- to 6-month-old infants as evidenced by fast
periodic visual stimulation. Psychologie und Gehirn, Frankfurt, Germany.
de Heering, A. (2015). La capacité des nourrissons à traiter les visages à la lumière des
potentiels évoqués stationnaires. Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
de Heering, A. (2014). La capacité des nourrissons à traiter les visages à la lumière des
potentiels évoqués stationnaires. EMACS, University of Luxemburg,
Luxemburg.
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de Heering, A. (2014). La capacité des nourrissons à traiter les visages à la lumière des
potentiels évoqués stationnaires. Centre du goût et de l’alimentation, Dijon,
France.
de Heering, A. (2014). Face Categorization in 4- to 6-month-old infants as evidenced by fast
periodic visual stimulation. European Conference on Visual Perception,
Belgrade, Serbia.
de Heering, A. (2014). Face Categorization in 4- to 6-month-old infants as evidenced by fast
periodic visual stimulation. International Society on Infant Studies Conference,
Berlin, Germany.
de Heering, A. (2014). Face Categorization in 4- to 6-month-old infants as evidenced by fast
periodic visual stimulation. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium.
de Heering, A. (2014). Face Categorization in 4- to 6-month-old infants as evidenced by fast
periodic visual stimulation. Vision Science Society Conference, St-Petersburg,
USA.
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.
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-la-Neuve, 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 otherrace effect. Belgian Association for Psychological Science, Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium.
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Written Communications - Posters
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de Heering, A., Dollion, N., Godard, O., Durand, K., Goffaux, V., & Baudouin, J.Y. (2015).
Three-month-old infants’ sensitivity to horizontal information within faces.
Vision Science Society Conference, St-Petersburg, USA.
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.
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.
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.
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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, Sint 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 facesensitive responses in occipito-temporal cortex during childhood
prosopagnosia. Human Brain Mapping Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
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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, European Conference on Visual Perception 2006 conference, SintPetersbourg, Russia.
Early Career Investigator Award, International Conference on Infant Studies 2006,
Kyoto, Japan.
Young Researcher Award, European Science Fondation Research Conference: Brain
Development and Cognition in Human Infants, From Action to Cognition 2005,
Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy.
Main Scientific Collaborators
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.
Ad-hoc Reviewer
Acta Psychologica, Biology Letters, Child Development, Cognitive Development,
Cognitive Neuropsychology, Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental Science,
Frontiers in Psychology, Infant and Child Development, International Journal of
Behavioral Development, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of
Experimental Child Psychology, Journal of Vision, Neuropsychology, Perception,
PlosOne, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Social Cognition, Visual
Cognition.
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Memberships
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Vision Science Society (VSS)
European Conference for Vision Science Society (ECVP)
Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS)
The Interdisciplinary working Group on Research in the field of Autism (GIRRA)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Invited Lecturer
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Techniques and paradigms used to study vision in newborns, infants and children.
Lecture (2 hours) to 3rd year students in « Psychologie de la petite enfance » (Pr. N.
Nader-Grosbois). Faculty of Psychology, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium,
February 2015.
Les périodes sensibles/critiques de développement. Lecture (1.5 hours) to 3rd year
students in « Psychologie Cognitive » (Pr. Ch. Schiltz). EMACS, University of
Luxemburg, Luxemburg, December 2014.
Les modèles du développement cérébral, périodes critiques de développement et
méthodes d’étude de l’individu en développement. Lecture (8 hours) to 3rd year
students in « Neuropsychologie de l’enfant » (Pr. M.P. Noël). Faculté de Psychologie
et des Sciences de l’Education, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, February
2014.
Développement et plasticité du système de reconnaissace des visages. Lecture (4
hours) to 5th year students in « 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. Lecture (2 hours) to 3rd year students in « 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. Lecture (1.5 hours)
to 3rd year students in « Psychologie Cognitive » (Pr. Ch. Schiltz). EMACS, University
of Luxemburg, Luxemburg, November 2011.
Techniques and paradigms used to study vision in newborns, infants and children.
Lecture (2 hours) to 3rd year students in « 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.
Lecture (1.5 hours) to 3rd year students in « Psychologie Cognitive » (Pr. Ch.
Schiltz). EMACS, University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg, March 2009.
Techniques and paradigms used to study vision in newborns, infants and children.
Lecture (2 hours) to 3rd year students in « 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.
Lecture (1.5 hours) to 3rd year students in « Psychologie Cognitive » (Professor Ch.
Schiltz). EMACS, University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg, October 2007.
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Ph.D. Thesis Supervision
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Stefanie Peykarjou: member of the thesis committee
Undergraduate Thesis Individual Supervision
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Ana Bracovic : Face Recognition in Pre-Schooler Children. McMaster University,
Canada, 2010-2011.
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.
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Volunteer and Undergraduate Group Supervision
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Face recognition of cataract-reversal patients and of adults with normal vision
(2009-2011), Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster
University, Canada.
Neuropsychological testing and evaluation battery (2005-2009), Faculté de
Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, Université catholique de Louvain,
Belgium.
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Others
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Undergraduate student management during their research/clinical training period
in Psychology (1998-2004)
Conference organization (Expert Meeting on Face Perception, 2008)
Symposium organization (19th Conference of the ESCOP, 2015)
Setting up, development and management of the “Face Baby Lab”
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TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
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Newborn and Infant Testing
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Visual-paired and habituation paradigms
Eye-tracker (Applied Science Laboratories, Tobii Eye Tracker) and eye movement
analyses (The Observer, Custom Software)
Steady-state visual evoked potentials (Biosemi, Letswave 5)
Children and Adult Testing
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Behavioural techniques
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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
Basic 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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