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Current Lab Members:
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- Douglas Shiller, Assistant Professor, University of Montreal
- Myriam Kornisch, Post-doctoral researcher
- Laureline Arnaud, PhD candidate
- Benjamin Elgie, PhD candidate
- Anastasia Sares, PhD candidate
- Robert van de Vorst, PhD student
Recent members
- Don Nguyen
- Fatemeh Mollaei
- Jonathan Berken
- Francois-Xavier Brajot, Ohio Univeristy, USA
- Isabelle Deschamps, University Laval
- Krystyna Grabski, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
- Mamie Shum, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
- Caitlin Cahill, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
- Ekaterini Klepousniotou, University of Leeds, U.K.
- Pascale Tremblay, University Laval
- Sarah Smits-Bandstra, St.Cloud State University, USA
- Alexandra Devieux, University of British Columbia
- Marc Sato, GIPSA Lab & CNRS, ±«²Ô¾±±¹±ð°ù²õ¾±³Ùé Stendhal, France
- Carolina Sanchez, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Current Lab Members
Douglas Shiller
Assistant Professor
School of Speech Pathology and Audiology
University of Montreal
Researcher
doug.shiller [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
Douglas Shiller is Assistant Professor in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at l'±«²Ô¾±±¹±ð°ù²õ¾±³Ùé de Montréal, and a researcher at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre. His research interests lie in the area of speech production and perception, with a current focus on the role of auditory input in the development and control of speech production in healthy and disordered populations.
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Myriam Kornisch
Post-doctoral researcher
myriam.kornisch [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Myriam Kornisch is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music and the Montreal Neurological Institute. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Canterbury. Her main areas of interest include the neural basis of developmental stuttering and bilingualism. Her current research focuses on the role of speech sensorimotor control and executive functions and their interaction in stuttering and bilingualism.Ìý
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Laureline Arnaud
PhD candidate
Integrated Program in Neuroscience
laureline.arnaud [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
My research concerns auditory perception in blind individuals. I use behavioral and neuroimaging techniques to understand how speech perception is modified in congenitally blind adults. For this project I am working in collaboration with Dr. Lucie Ménard and her team (, UQAM) I am also interested in understanding how speech perception is altered in children with cerebral palsy. Before that, I was involved in projects on epileptic (implanted with stereo electroencephalography) patients. I am involved in an outreach program called BrainReach / Mission Cerveau. 900 grade 4 children and 600 teenagers in secondary 3 in the 'Grand Montreal' area receive monthly sessions about the brain.
Publication
Arnaud, L., Sato, M., Ménard, L., Gracco, V. L. (2013). . PLoS ONE 8(5): e64553. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064553.
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Benjamin Elgie
PhD candidate
Integrated Program in Neuroscience
benjamin.elgie [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
My research concerns the role of brain motor regions in speechÌýproduction and perception, and the influence of modality, task, andÌýspeech level on their contribution. I am also investigating theÌýinteraction of somatosensory and auditory feedback in speechÌýadaptation. I have an interest in various investigative techniques,Ìýespecially the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation to alter brainÌýactivity.
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Anastasia Sares
PhD candidate
Integrated Program in Neuroscience
anastasia.sares [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
Anastasia is a PhD student in the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Integrated Program in Neuroscience, and is interested in investigating the intersection between language and music processing using structural and functional MRI. Anastasia graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences. There, she contributed to fMRI research on music processing in the Seger Laboratory as well as research on synaptic transmission in the Reist Laboratory.
Robert van de Vorst
PhD student
Communication Sciences and Disorders
My current research focuses on speech and non-speech sensorimotor control and learning in individuals who stutter. Other interests include sensorimotor integration in musicians and the relationship between language and music.
Recent Members
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Don Nguyen
former research assistant
BSc Physiology
don.nguyen [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
Technical and emotional support with electroencephalography, auditory brainstem response, and transcranial direct current stimulation.
Help with hardware and software set-ups (Matlab, Presentation), data collection and analysis.
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Fatemeh Mollaei
Former PhD student (graduated in 2016)
Communication Sciences and Disorders
fatemeh.mollaei [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
My research interests focus on speech sensorimotor control of normal brain and neurological disorders, especially degenerative diseases (Parkinson, Alzheimer), as well as the neural substrates of speech motor control and speech production using neuroimaging techniques such as EEG, fMRI, TMS. Currently, I am studying speech monitoring and percpetual deficits in patients with Parkinson’s disease using altered auditory feedback.
Publications
Mollaei F, Shiller D, Gracco VL (2013).ÌýSensorimotor adaptation of speech inÌýParkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders.Ìý28(12), 1668-1674.Ìýdoi:Ìý10.1002/mds.25588.
Jonathan Berken
Former PhD student (graduated in 2015)
Integrated Program in Neuroscience
jonathan.berken [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
Jonathan Berken has obtained his doctoral candidate at the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music and the Montreal Neurological Institute. Supervised by Drs. Vincent Gracco and Denise Klein, his research focused on the neural basis of bilingualism using such neurimaging techniques as functional and structural MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, cortical thickness and voxel-based morphometry. Johnathan double-majored in French and Psychology and Yale University before coming to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. There, also under the guidance of Vincent Gracco, he wrote his psychology thesis on the role of the basal ganglia in language translation.
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François-Xavier Brajot
Former PhD student (graduated in 2014)
fx.brajot [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
My research interests are in the areas of speech sensorimotor control, speech acoustic analysis, acquired disorders of speech and swallowing, and the application of research methodologies to the clinical setting. I am currently studying speech-related modulation of auditory processing in individuals with Parkinson's disease using altered auditory feedback and electroencephalographic techniques.
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Isabelle Deschamps
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Former PhD student (graduated in 2013)
isabelle.deschamps [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
The research that I am currently undertaking focuses on the processes underlying speech perception, speech production and their interactions in healthy brains and neurological disorders. I am planning on using modern neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to investigate the role of speech perception, speech production and their interaction in developmental stuttering and normal language development.
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Krystyna Grabski
Recent Member
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
krystyna.grabski [at] gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr (Email)
Mamie Shum
Recent Member
Neuroscience & Linguistics
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Caitlin Cahill
Recent Member
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Katerina Klepousniotou
Recent member
University of Leeds
ekaterini.klepousniotou [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
Pascale Tremblay
Former PhD student (graduated in 2009)
±«²Ô¾±±¹±ð°ù²õ¾±³Ùé Laval
pascale.tremblay [at] fmed.ulaval.ca (Email)
Sarah Smits-Bandstra
Recent member
St. Cloud State University
smsmitsbandstra [at] stcloudstate.edu (Email)
Alexandra Devieux
Recent member
University of British Columbia
alexandra.devieux [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)
Marc Sato
Recent Member
marc.sato [at] lpl-aix.fr (Email)