Team "Language, music and motor control"

The aim of our research is to study the spatio-temporal dynamics of spoken and written language and music perception and production in normal adults and children, as well as in patients with specific disorders in the perception, cognition or production of language and music (dyslexia, degenerative or infectious pathologies)..

Methods

Methods from experimental and clinical psychology (neuropsychology) are used conjointly with methods from cognitive neuroscience : quantified EEG, Evoked Potentials, MEG, fMRI and Neurospectroscopy.

Main research domains

• Language and music. The aim is to study different levels of processing in language (with a specific emphasis on prosody) and music, in order to build up a neurofonctional model of the cognitive computations that are specific or common to both domains. We also study the influence of musical training on different aspects of language processing in both adults and children. Finally, we are interested in the general problem of how we come to attribute meaning to sounds. (M. Aramaki, D. Schon, S. Moreno, M. Besson)
• Reading and writing. At a theoretical level, the aim is to better understand the neural mechanisms involved in the perception and production of written alphabetic characters. To this end we used both behavioral and fMRI methods. At a more applied level, we study the perceptivo-motor links created while learning to write. A pedagogical tool, designed to facilitate learning to write by hand for very young children, or for dyslexic and dysgraphic children, is being developped. (JL. Velay & M. Longcamp).
• Dyslexia. The aim is to elaborate remediation protocols for dyslexic children. We are currently testing the hypothesis that dyslexic children have difficulties integrating auditory information when such information is embedded in complex auditory signals such as language. We are also interested to determine whether the problems encountered by dyslexic children differ as a function of the linguistic characteristics of languages such as French, Spanish and Portugese. (A Santos, M. Besson & M. Habib).
• Fonctional exploration of patients with cognitive disorders. The aim is to improve data processing procedures for clinical spectroscopy, as well as the experimental protocols used in the neurophysiological and neurochemical exploration of patients with cognitive deficits in diverse infectious pathologies, whether traumatic or neurodegenerative, when MRI does not reveal any specific lesions. (M.P. Milon, P.Michotey, M. Besson, J. Vion-Dury)
• Epistemology and philosophy of mind. The aim is to call into question the paradigms used in cognitive sciences as well as in clinical neuroscience and diagnostic in neurology.( J. Vion-Dury, D. Schön).

International collaborations

Collaborations exist since several years with Univ. of California, San Diego and the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig. Other more recent collaborations have been established thanks to a « Human Frontier Science Program «, HFSP, with Drs R. Kolinsky (Univ. Libre of Bruxelles), I. Peretz (Univ. of MontrÈal) et K. Alter (Univ. of Newcastle).

Financing

LM2 benefits from several grants from the CNRS, the Université de la Méditerranée, the French Ministry of Research (ACI) and HFSP.

Members

Statutaires
Mitsuko Aramaki	Chercheur	04.91.16.43.10			e-mail
Mireille Besson	Chercheur	04 91 16 43 05			e-mail
Michel Habib	PH				e-mail
Marieke Longcamp	Maître de conférence				e-mail
Daniele Schön	Chercheur	04 91 16 41 30	Bat N	www	e-mail
Jean-Luc Velay	Chercheur	04 91 16 42 39	Bat N'		e-mail
Jean Vion-Dury	Maître de conférence-PH	04 91 38 39 22	Timone	www	e-mail
Etudiants
Deirdre Bolger	Post doctorant	04.91.16.45.81			e-mail
Michel Cermolacce	Doctorant		Timone
Julie Chobert	Doctorant	04.91.16.41.13			e-mail
Clément François	Doctorant	04.91.16.41.13			e-mail
Aurélie Laguarrigue	Doctorant		Toulouse
Yohana Leveque	Doctorant
Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi	Doctorant		Timone	www	e-mail

Publications

You'll find below the main publications of the team: The full list is available Publications section.

• Jaffard, M; Loncamp, M; Velay, J.L; Anton, J.L; Roth, M; Nazarian, B; Boulinguez, P (2008), « Proactive inhibitory control of movement assessed by event-related fMRI », Neuroimage, 42(3) 1196–1206
• Longcamp, M; Boucard, C; Gilhodes, J.C; Nazarian, B; Anton, J.L; Roth, M; Velay, J.L (2008), « Learning through hand- or type-writing influences visual recognition of new graphic shapes: behavioral and functional imaging evidences », Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(5) 802-15
• Olivier, G; Velay, J.L (2008), « Visual objects can potentiate a grasping neural simulation which interferes with manual response execution », Acta Psychologica , (in press)
• Schön, D; Boyer, M; Moreno, S; Besson, M; Peretz, I; Kolinsky, R (2008), « Songs as an aid for language acquisition », Cognition , 975–983 PDF
• Besson, M; Schön, D; Moreno, S; Santos, A; Magne, C (2007), « Influence of musical exprtise and musical training on pitch processing in music and language  », Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 25, 1-12 PDF
• Jaffard, M; Benraïss, A; Loncamp, M; Velay, J.L; Boulinguez, P (2007), « Cueing methods biases in visual detection studies », Brain Research, 1179, 106-18
• Magne, C; Astésano, C; Aramaki, M; Ystad, S; Kronland-Martinet, R ; Besson, M (2007), « Influence of syllabic lengthening on semantic processing in spoken French: Behavioural and electrophysiological evidence », Cerebral Cortex: Advance access, published January 30, 2007, PDF
• Marques, C; Moreno, S; Castro, S.L; Besson, M (2007), « Musicians detect pitch violation in a foreign language better than non-musicians: behavioural and electrophysiological evidence.  », Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 1453-1463 PDF
• Santos, A; Joly-Pottuz, B; Moreno, S; Habib, M; Besson, M (2007), « Behavioural and Event-related Potentials evidence for pitch discrimination in dyslexic children : Improvement after intensive phonic intervention », Neuropsychologia, 45, 1080-1090 PDF
• Velay, J.L; Longcamp, M (2007), « Besser von Hand », Gehirn und Geist, N° 3, 14-18.
• Vion-Dury, J.C (2007), « Entre mécanisation et incarnation. Réflexions sur les neurosciences cognitives fondamentales et clinique », Revue Neuropsychologie , 17: 4 293-353
• Habib, M (2006), « La dyslexie, ses causes, les répercussions sur la vie scolaire.  », Réadaptation, 527: 27-33.
• Habib, M (2006), « Neurologie de l'action et de la motivation : de l'athymhormie à l'hyperactivité.  », L'Encéphale, 32 :10-24.
• Longcamp, M; Boucard, C; Gilhodes, J.C; Velay, J.L (2006), « Writing practice influences mirror-normal character judgement. », Human Movement Science, 25(4-5):646-56
• Longcamp, M; Boucard, C; Gilhodes, J.C; Velay, J.L (2006), « Remembering the orientation of newly learned characters depends on the associated writing knowledge: A comparison between handwriting and typing », Human Movement Science, 25 (4-5), 646-656 PDF
• Magne, C; Schön, D; Besson, M (2006), « Musician children detect pitch violations in both music and language better than non musician children.  », Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, 199-211 PDF
• Moreno, S; Besson, M (2006), « Musical training and language-related brain electrical activity in children. », Psychophysiology,
• Velay, J.L; Longcamp, M (2006), « Penna o tastiera », Mente e Cervello, 21
• Vion-Dury, J (2006), « Art, histoire de l'art et cognition ou l'échec du réductionnisme en neurosciences cognitives. », l'Histoire de l art en question. Edité par J.N. Bret., sous presse
• Astesano, C; Schön, D; Besson, M (2005), « Le langage et la musique dans le chant. », Revue de Neuropsychologie, sous presse
• Deruelle, C; Schön, D; Rondan, C; Mancnini, J (2005), « Global and local music processing in children with Williams syndrome  », NeuroReport, 16, 631-634 PDF
• El Yagoubi, R; Lemaire, P; Besson, M (2005), « Effects of aging on arithmetic problem solving: An Event-Related brain Potential study. », Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 37-50
• Khalfa, S; Schön, D; Anton, JL; Liegeois-Chauvel, C (2005), « Brain regions involved in the recognition of happiness and sadness in music.  », Neuroreport, 16(18):1981-4. PDF
• Longcamp, M; Anton, J.L; Roth, M; Velay, J.L (2005), « Premotor activations in response to visually presented single letters depend on the hand used to write: a study on left-handers.  », Neuropsychologia, 43(12), 1801-1809 PDF
• Longcamp, M; Velay, J.L.; Zerbato-Poudou, M.T (2005), « Interactions perceptivo-motrices dans la reconnaissance des lettres. », Fonctionnement et dysfonctionnement perceptif et moteur. Coello, Y; Casalis, S; Moroni, C. (Eds). Lille : Presses du Septentrion, pp 211-226
• Longcamp, M; Zerbato-Poudou, M.T; Velay, J.L (2005), « the influence of writing practice on letter recognition in preschool children: a comparison between handwriting and typing. », Acta Psychologica, 119(1), 67-79. PDF
• Magne, C; Aramaki, M; Astésano, C; Gordon, R.L; Ystad, S; Farner, S; Kronland-Martinet, R; Besson, M (2005), « Comparison of rhythmic processing in language and music: An interdisciplinary approach. », Journal of Music and Meaning 3 Fall 2004/Winter 2005, section 5, PDF
• Magne, C; Astesano, C; Lacheret-Dujour, A; Morel, M; Alter, K; Besson, M (2005), « On-line processing of "pop-out" words in spoken French dialogues. », Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience., 17 : 740-756
• Milon, M.P; Michotey, P; Vion-Dury, J (2005), « Aspects pratiques de la SRM monovoxel et de l'imagerie spectroscopique de résonance magnétique (ISRM) dans un contexte clinique.  », Feuillets de Radiologie, 4 : 251-262.
• Moreno, S; Besson, M (2005), « Influence of musical training on pitch processing: Event-Related brain Potential studies of adults and children », Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences., Vol.1060, 93-97