Results of the research

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

Human beings tend to spontaneously use space to think, represent externally (e.g. calendars) and even talk about a variety of non-spatial domains (e.g. time). This ability is functional from birth, how it is modulated throughout the first years of life, what are its behavioral signatures and underlying biases. Finally, we will examine whether, and how, this capacity has an impact on learning in different information domains, from birth to adulthood.

The origins and development of the mental timeline

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?

Geometries Return

Building on a previous ANR project (“Geometries”), this new project aims at characterizing the geometric content of form representations across a variety of formats (2D, 3D), presentation modalities (vision, touch), ages (infants, children, adults), and visual experience (sighted and blind participants).

Project team lead
Project team lead

Véronique Izard

Linking early phonolexical acquisition and later vocabulary development

In this project, we test the proposal that a crucial milestone in language acquisition is reached when infants discover which sounds (consonants versus vowels) are more important at the lexical level in their native language, leading to an acceleration of subsequent vocabulary development.

Project team lead
Project team lead

Thierry Nazzi

Study of Visual Fixation in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

This project will measure visual fixation capabilities in 3 participant populations (Typical Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Cerebral Visual Impairment) to evaluate the prevalence of CVI in the ASD population.

Projet team lead
Projet team lead

Sylvie Chokron


Projet team lead
Projet team lead

Marie PIeron

Ticoala

Adaptation of a digital tool for assessing children’s language skills in nursery school.

Project team lead
Project team lead

Thierry Nazzi


 Project team lead
Project team lead

Ranka Bijeljac-Babić

Recognition of faces at birth

This project aims to identify the different components of children’s interest when observing faces speaking and looking towards them or not.

Project team lead
Project team lead

Arlette Streri

Tous les projets

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

Human beings tend to spontaneously use space to think, represent externally (e.g. calendars) and even talk about a variety of non-spatial domains (e.g. time). This ability is functional from birth, how it is modulated throughout the first years of life, what are its behavioral signatures and underlying biases. Finally, we will examine whether, and how, this capacity has an impact on learning in different information domains, from birth to adulthood.

The origins and development of the mental timeline

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?

Geometries Return

Building on a previous ANR project (“Geometries”), this new project aims at characterizing the geometric content of form representations across a variety of formats (2D, 3D), presentation modalities (vision, touch), ages (infants, children, adults), and visual experience (sighted and blind participants).

Project team lead
Project team lead

Véronique Izard

Linking early phonolexical acquisition and later vocabulary development

In this project, we test the proposal that a crucial milestone in language acquisition is reached when infants discover which sounds (consonants versus vowels) are more important at the lexical level in their native language, leading to an acceleration of subsequent vocabulary development.

Project team lead
Project team lead

Thierry Nazzi

Study of Visual Fixation in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

This project will measure visual fixation capabilities in 3 participant populations (Typical Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Cerebral Visual Impairment) to evaluate the prevalence of CVI in the ASD population.

Projet team lead
Projet team lead

Sylvie Chokron


Projet team lead
Projet team lead

Marie PIeron

Ticoala

Adaptation of a digital tool for assessing children’s language skills in nursery school.

Project team lead
Project team lead

Thierry Nazzi


 Project team lead
Project team lead

Ranka Bijeljac-Babić

Recognition of faces at birth

This project aims to identify the different components of children’s interest when observing faces speaking and looking towards them or not.

Project team lead
Project team lead

Arlette Streri