Head : Rufin VANRULLEN
Our team focuses on the dynamic (fluctuating) nature of sensory perception, attention and higher cognitive functions. How do these functions unfold from moment to moment? How is a percept, or a thought, constructed upon its immediate perceptual history? Do perceptual and attentional fluctuations also take place on an even faster timescale, entrained by cortical oscillations? At the other end of the spectrum, what can we learn from fluctuations caused by individual differences in sensory and cognitive functions? These questions are addressed using a unique multi-scale approach, from in-vivo intracellular recordings and optical imaging to human EEG and fMRI.
Key words
electrophysiology, integrative neuroscience, multistability, synesthesia, oscillations, perceptual cycles, meditation, mind-wandering
Permanent research staff
- Arnaud DELORME
- Jean-Michel HUPE
- Lionel NOWAK
- Rufin VANRULLEN
Research support
- Zoé MASSIDA
- Callum BIGGS O’MAY
Post-Doctoral fellows
- Andrea ALAMA
- M
- ilad MOZAFARI
Doctoral students
- Romain BIELAWSKI
- Cédric CANNARD
- Bhavin CHOKSI
- Samson CHOTA
- Benjamin DEVILLERS
- Canhuang LUO
- Zhaoyang PANG
- Mohit VAISHNAV
- Aimen ZERROUG
Representative publications
- Brandmeyer T., Delorme A. (2016) Reduced mind wandering in experienced meditators and associated EEG correlates. Exp Brain Res. Nov 4.
- Grandchamp, R., Delorme, A. (2016) The Brainarium: An Interactive Immersive Tool for Brain Education, Art, and Neurotherapy, Journal of Computational Inteligence, dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4204385
VanRullen, R. (2016). Perceptual cycles. Trends Cogn Sci, 20(10), 723-735 - McLelland, D. & VanRullen, R. (2016). Theta-gamma coding meets communication-through-coherence: neuronal oscillatory multiplexing theories reconciled. PLOS Comput Biol, 12(10)
- Dugué, L., McLelland, D., Lajous, M. & VanRullen, R. (2015). Attention searches nonuniformly in space and in time. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 112(49), 15214-15219
- Hupé, J.M. & Dojat, M. (2015). A critical review of the neuroimaging literature on synesthesia. Front. Hum. Neurosci 9, 103. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00103.
- Hupé, J.M. (2015). Statistical inferences under the Null hypothesis: common mistakes and pitfalls in neuroimaging studies. Front Neurosci 9, 18. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015
- Nowak, L. G., Rosay, B., Czégé, D. and Fonta, C. (2015) Tetramisole and levamisole suppress neuronal activity independently from their inhibitory action on tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase in mouse cortex. In: Subcellular Biochemistry 76 “Neuronal Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase (TNAP)”, Caroline Fonta & László Négyessy (eds), Springer, pp. 239-281.
- Castagnola, V., Descamps, E., Lecestre, A., Dahan, L., Remaud, J., Nowak, L. G. and Bergaud, C. (2015) Parylene-based flexible neural probes with PEDOT coated surface for brain stimulation and recording. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 67, 450-457.
- Huguet, G., Rinzel, J. & Hupé J.M. (2014). Noise and adaptation in multistable perception: Noise drives when to switch, adaptation determines percept choice. Journal of Vision 14: 19, 11-24.
- Durand, J. B., Girard, P., Barone, P., Bullier, J. and Nowak, L. G. (2012) Effects of contrast and contrast adaptation on static receptive field features in macaque area V1. Journal of Neurophysiology 108, 2033-2050