I study how the brain turns sound into language, and how to repair that process when it breaks down, from dyslexia to stuttering.
My work brings together cognitive neuroscience, developmental science and computational modelling, with one aim: to understand the hearing brain well enough to help it when it struggles.
Building auditory-based interventions that target neural (gamma) oscillations to improve reading in dyslexic children. The goal is to move from mechanism to a real therapeutic strategy.
Cortical oscillations, contextual prediction and the tempo of speech segmentation, and how the brain locks onto and anticipates the flow of speech.
From the energetic trade-offs between a growing brain and body, to the maturation of neural oscillations, uncovering the constraints that steer language acquisition.
Multisensory integration and prediction (the McGurk effect), and how these dynamics are disrupted in autism and rebuilt after cochlear implantation.
A snapshot of the latest work. The full list of articles, proceedings and book chapters is available on Google Scholar.
I am a CNRS Research Scientist (CRCN) and co-team leader at the Institut de l'Audition (Institut Pasteur, Paris), with an HDR in Cognitive Science (ENS, PSL) and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology (Aix-Marseille). My research has been supported by the ANR, the Fyssen Foundation, the Fondation pour l'Audition, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the CNRS. I lead Work Package 5, Rewiring disrupted audio-phonological networks, within the Institut reConnect.
PI & co-lead, NeuroSpeech · WP5 lead, Institut reConnect · Member of the Institut Pasteur scientific evaluation committee.
Teaching across speech and language therapy, cognitive science and health engineering programmes. Mentoring doctoral and Master's researchers within the lab.
Science outreach at Les Utopiales, Nuits de l'ENS and Fête de la Science, with coverage in Ouest France, the Institut Pasteur magazine and podcasts.
For collaborations, student projects, or research questions, I'd be glad to hear from you.