Projects

Title : Camp Du Drap d’Or (CDDO)
Principal investigator : Isabelle Paresys (IRHiS)

Project Lead : Laurie Geers, supervised by Yann Coello, University Professor (UMR SCALab, ULille)

This study aims to determine whether the facilitation of tactile stimulation applied to the body by a visual stimulus located in the peri personal space is better predicted by the spatial proximity of the stimulus or by the time to impact. To this end, participants are asked to perform a tactile detection task in a virtual environment.
Project start date: January 2025

Project Lead : Cedric Bonnet, University Professor (UMR SCALab)

Development of a video game for scientific experiments. This game will be in the style of ‘Mario’, requiring the player to survive and win.
Project start date: january 2026

Language and cognitive restructuring in the bilingual mind: dynamic shift or categorical dissociation?

Project Lead : Eva Soroli, University Professor (UMR STL, ULille, in collaboration with the University of Mannheim and King’s College))

The project aims to investigate linguistic and cognitive restructuring in the bilingual mind, focusing on how speakers of different languages—with or without language disorders—describe and conceptualise events.
Project start date: January 2025

Project Lead : Lucie Macchie, senior lecturer (UMR STL, ULille)

This research focuses on the lexical‐semantic skills of school‐age children with and without adevelopmental language disorder. It aims to gain a better understanding of how lexical‐semantic processes work in children aged 5 to 10 with a developmental language disorder.
Project start date: june 2025

Sensory‐motor adaptation and social distancing
Project Lead : Luiggie Zeconni, M2PPNSA Student, supervised by Yann Coello, University Professor (UMR SCALab, ULille)

The study is situated within the field of cognitive psychology, with a particular focus on visual cognition and perception. More specifically, it investigates how individuals construct and update the spatial representations surrounding their bodies, and how these representations vary as a function of motor experience and sensory feedback.
Project start date: january 2026

Principal investigator: Lucie Lenglart, PhD student supervised by Eyann Coello, University Professor (UMR SCALab)

The main aim of this study is to investigate the behavioural and eye-tracking responses of healthy adult participants when presented with virtual objects in the personal and extra-personal space, depending on whether the objects belong to themselves or to others (object ownership)

Project start date: May 2025

Automatic Annotation of a Simplified Corpus with Eye-Tracking Indicators for Predicting These Indicators (ASCIO)
Principal Investigator : IVCHENKO Oksana, PhD Student, supervisé par Nathalia Grabar STL

Linguistic and Cognitive Processing in Second and Third Language Learning (LICOSTE)
Project Lead: Alina Tsikulina, PhD Student, supervised by Eva Soroli, STL

Study Focus:
The study examines the verbal and non-verbal behavior of monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual individuals. Our aim is to identify the factors that influence speakers' linguistic and cognitive performance. To achieve this, we record participants' verbal productions, as well as their choices, reaction times, and eye movements while they complete various computer-based tasks.

Project Start Date: 2023

Body Position (Seated vs. Standing) and Performance on a Computer-Based Attention Task
Project Lead: Cédrick Bonnet

Healthy young adults will perform a computer-based attention task at an adjustable-height desk, either in a low or high position, under three conditions:

 Seated condition,
 Standing condition while leaning on the desk to minimize postural sway, and
 Standing condition without leaning on the desk to study the impact of postural sway on performance.

Project Start Date: 2023

The Expression of Orientation for Location by French Learners of English
Project Lead: Mégane Cadot, M2, supervised by M. Limmens, Professor at STL

This project is a continuation of the Recolans project, which aimed to explore the cognitive impact of linguistic differences related to the encoding of object location in French, English, and Dutch.

Project Start Date: 2023

Comparison of a Neuropsychological Assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect with an Eye-Tracking Assessment

Project Lead: Sabrina Haissani (SCALab)

Project Start Date: 2022

Project Lead: Isabelle Pouzet (ULCO)

The MADISON study aims to determine the impact that incarceration experience has had and may still have on the literary activity of Spanish-speaking authors. This is an exploratory study that combines digital humanities and behavioral analysis. It draws inspiration from the practices of genetic criticism in literature:

Since the 1970s, genetic criticism has focused on studying the creative processes of artists based on their drafts (institutionalized by the Institut des Textes et Manuscrits Modernes in Paris). However, observing a writer in the act of writing is complex and challenging. Despite questions raised by some French researchers at ITEM regarding this issue, no scientific study has attempted to place a writer in a writing situation to assess their creativity.

Project Start Date: 2023

Project Lead: Marine Coeugnet, supervised by Yvonne Delevoye (SCALab)

The objective is to test the hypothesis that changes in brain oxygenation will be observed more when participants exercise with an audiobook or in silence, compared to exposure to asynchronous music. The results will shed light on the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the well-documented ergogenic effects and health benefits of music.

Project Start Date: 2023

Title: Visual Exploration Strategies and Emotional Regulation in Individuals Highly Sensitive to Social Rejection
Principal Investigator : Louise Ramadas, under the supervision of Jean-Louis Nandrino (SCALab)

Title: Rhythm, Neural Entrainment, and Speech Production (Rythep)

Principal Investigator: Jules Fumel, under the supervision of Anahita Basirat (SCALab)

Title : Visual Staging
Principal investigator : Cecile Chantraine (La Rochelle Université) & Laurence Willard (FRSCV)

Title : SynchroMarkers
Principal Investigator : Wawrziczni E., EC SCALab

Title : "When a Robot Talks About Its Emotions: An Event-Related Potential Study on Human Neurological Reactions to Artificial Social Agents" (A SOBARAG study)

Principal investigator : Robin Gigandet sous la supervision de Tatjana Nazir (SCALab)

Project Lead : Cedric Bonnet, University Professor (UMR SCALab)

Development of a video game for scientific experiments. This game will be in the style of ‘Mario’, requiring the player to survive and win.
Project start date: january 2026