Boutheina Jemel, Ph. D., Neurosciences cognitives
Fernand-Seguin Research Center
site : Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies
Research laboratory in neurosciences and cognitive electrophysiology
7070 boul. Perras
Montreal (Quebec) H1E 1A4
Phone: 514 323-7260 ext. 2724
Fax: 514 323-4163
Email: boutheina.jemel.hrdp@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Research areas
Profile
Funded Junior 2 Researcher of the FRSQ and Assistant Researcher
Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal
Laboratory of neuroscience and cognitive electrophysiology research, HRDP
Masters, Psychology, University of Tunis 1
DEA, Psychopathology and Neurobiology of Behaviours, University P. and M. Curie, Paris 6 (France)
Ph. D. , Life Sciences, University P. and M. Curie, Paris 6 (France)
Post-doc, Magnetoencephalography Centre, Lab. Cognitive Neurosciences and Brain Imaging (France)
Post-doc, Neuropsychiatry, McGill University
Post-doc, Biopsychology, University Clinic of Essen (Germany)
Post-doc, Cognitive Neuroscience, Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium)
Types of research:
Clinical and fundamental research
· Perception and recognition of faces
· Priming phenomena
· “Top-Down” processes of informational handling
· Conscious perception and perceptial integration phenomena
· Autism and schizophrenia
Recents Publications
Jemel, B., Mimeault, D., Saint-Amour, D., Hosein, A., & Mottron, L. (2010). VEP contrast sensitivity responses reveal reduced functional segregation of mid and high filters of visual channels in Autism. Journal of Vision, 10(6).
Jemel, B., Coutya, J., Langer, C., & Roy, S. (2009). From upright to upside-down presentation: A spatio-temporal ERP study of the parametric effect of rotation on face and house processing. BMC Neuroscience, 10(1), 100.
Jemel, B., Schuller, A., & Goffaux, V. (2009). Characterizing the Spatio-temporal Dynamics of the Neural Events Occurring prior to and up to Overt Recognition of Famous Faces. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Jul 30. Epub ahead of print.
Zerouali, Y., B. Jemel, Godbout, R. (2009). "The effects of early and late night partial sleep deprivation on automatic and selective attention: An ERP study." Brain Research 1308: 87-99.- Pubmed
Brodeur M, Lepore F, Lepage M, Bacon BA, Jemel B, Debruille JB. (2008). "Alternative Mode of Presentation of Kanizsa Figures Sheds New Light on the Chronometry of the Mechanisms Underlying the Perception of Illusory Figures." Neuropsychologia. 46(2):554-66.
Jemel B, Mottron L, Dawson M. (2006) "Impaired Face Processing in Autism: Fact or Artifact? J Autism Dev Disord 36(1):91-106.
Lahaie, A, Mottron L, Arguin M, Berthiaume C, Jemel B, Saumier D. (2006) "Face Perception in High-Functioning Autistic Adults: Evidence for Superior Processing of Face Parts, not for a Configural Face-Processing Deficit". Neuropsychology. 20(1):30-41.
Jemel B, Pisani M, Rousselle L, Crommelinck M, Bruyer R. (2005) "Exploring the Functional Architecture of Person Recognition System with Event-Related Potentials in a Within- and Cross-Domain Self-Priming of Faces". Neuropsychologia 43(14):2024-40.
Goffaux V, Jemel B, Jacques C, Schyns PG. (2003) "ERP Evidence of Task Modulations on the Face Perceptual Processing at Different Spatial Scales." Cognitive Science 27(2): 313-325.
Jemel B, Pisani M, Calabria M, Crommelinck M, Bruyer R.(2003) "Is the N170 for Faces Cognitively Penetrable? Evidence from Repetition Priming of Mooney Faces of Familiar and Unfamiliar Persons." Cognitive Brain Research 17(2): 431-446.
Zerouali, Y., Jemel, B., & Godbout, R. (2009). The effects of early and late night partial sleep deprivation on automatic and selective attention: An ERP study. Brain Research, Sep 30. Epub ahead of print. - Pubmed