Early speech perception and processing of phonological information in lexical acquisition in French- and Akan-learning infants and toddlers

LangageOP, Ongoing project

In this cross-linguistic project, we investigate the early development of key abilities in phonolexical acquisition and how these are shaped by the ambient language(s). Using a behavioral method and an interactive word learning approach, we aim to provide an...

Mental Space in Memory through Adversarial Collaboration: Exploring the Origins and the Developmental Course – SPACEODC

mathOP, Ongoing project

2025 – 2029 Humans tend to spontaneously use space in order to think, externally represent (e.g., calendars), and even talk about a variety of non-spatial domains (e.g., time). The general consensus is that mentally spatializing information constitutes a...

The origins and development of the mental timeline

mathOP, Ongoing project

The ability to represent abstract concepts sets humans apart from all other animals. For example, although we cannot see or touch time, we possess rich temporal representations. What enables this cognitive feat? As evidenced by language, gesture, and cultural...

How Domain-general Functions Contribute to the Development of Numerical Competencies – DFCDNC

past project

2018-2022 The project aims at disentangling the differential contribution of domain-general (i.e. inhibition and attention) and domain-specific factors to the development numerical competencies such as mental arithmetic in infancy and childhood. During three...

Geometries Return

mathOP, Ongoing project

2025 – 2029 From the very first months of life, infants possess the ability to perceive the number of items in collections, and can perform simple arithmetic operations on these numerosities. These early intuitions support children’s learning of arithmetic at...