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Pr. A. SCHNIDER
Beau-Séjour /Dpt NEUCLID
Serv. de Neurorééducation
Avenue de Beau-Séjour 26
1211 Genève 14

armin.schnider@hcuge.ch

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Amnesia

This project explores the basis and mechanisms of amnesia and how the healthy human brain adapts thought to present reality. The clinical phenomenon at the basis of this research is spontaneous confabulation, a profound misinterpretation of ongoing reality in thinking. The patients think and act according to memories which may have justly guided their behavior in the past, but which do not pertain to ongoing reality.
Our recent results:
1) Thought adaptation to reality: We have discovered a mechanism, which depends on the posterior medial orbitofrontal cortex and which appears to be crucial for adjusting thought and behaviour to ongoing reality. It appears that this region adapts the electrocortical format of an upcoming memory according to its relation with ongoing reality. This adaptation occurs even before the precise content of a memory is recognized. We are currently testing the link of this capacity with the reward system and dopaminergic modulation.
(2) Mechanisms of amnesia: using electrocortical brain mapping, we have discovered in an amnesic patient that he failed to normally activate distributed cortical networks. This result has now been confirmed in a group of amnesic subjects.

(2) Mechanisms of amnesia: using electrocortical brain mapping, we have discovered in an amnesic patient that he failed to normally activate distributed cortical networks. This result has now been confirmed in a group of amnesic subjects.
Computer assisted treatment of anomia and mechanisms of recovery from aphasia (Program Director: Dr. M. Laganaro). We found item-specific efficacy and are currently exploring the limits (intensity) and the specificity of this treatment modality.
Factors influencing spatial awareness and exploration in hemispatial neglect and rehabilitation of neglect (Program Director: Dr. R. Ptak). Additional research topics of our clinic are (see corresponding web sites):
Computer assisted treatment of anomia in aphasia (Program Director: Dr. M. Laganaro). We found item-specific efficacy and are currently exploring the limits (intensity) and the specificity of this treatment modality.
Factors influencing spatial awareness and exploration in hemispatial neglect and rehabilitation of neglect (Program Director: Dr. R. Ptak).




Group's publications

Two Intrinsic Coupling Types for Resting-State Integration in the Human Brain.
BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY
2014 vol. pp. 0-
GUGGISBERG A, RIZK S, PTAK R, DI PIETRO M, SAJ A, LAZEYRAS F, LOVBLAD KO, SCHNIDER A, PIGNAT JM

Neurofeedback training of alpha-band coherence enhances motor performance.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
2014 vol. pp. 0-
MOTTAZ A, SOLCA M, MAGNIN C, CORBET T, SCHNIDER A, GUGGISBERG A

Adaptive reorganization of cortical networks in Alzheimer's disease.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
2013 vol. 124(1) pp. 35-43
DUBOVIK S, WAHLEN A, NAHUM L, GOLD G, SCHNIDER A, GUGGISBERG A

Network mechanisms of responsiveness to continuous theta-burst stimulation.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
2013 vol. 38(8) pp. 3230-3238
RIZK S, PTAK R, NYFFELER T, SCHNIDER A, GUGGISBERG A

The behavioral significance of coherent resting-state oscillations after stroke.
NEUROIMAGE
2012 vol. 61(1) pp. 249-257
DUBOVIK S AND AL.

The neural basis of event-time introspection.
CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
2011 vol. 20(4) pp. 1899-1915
GUGGISBERG A, DALAL SS, SCHNIDER A, NAGARAJAN SS

Early event-related cortical activity originating in the frontal eye fields and inferior parietal lobe predicts the occurrence of correct and error saccades.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
2011 vol. 32(3) pp. 358-369
PTAK R, CAMEN C, MORAND S, SCHNIDER A

Localization of cortico-peripheral coherence with electroencephalography.
NEUROIMAGE
2011 vol. 57(4) pp. 1348-1357
GUGGISBERG A, DALAL SS, ZUMER JM, WONG DD, DUBOVIK S, MICHEL CM, SCHNIDER A

Abnormal cortical network activation in human amnesia: A high-resolution evoked potential study.
BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY
2010 vol. 23(1) pp. 72-81
BARCELLONA-LEHMANN S, MORAND S, BINDSCHAEDLER C, NAHUM L, GABRIEL D, SCHNIDER A

The dorsal attention network mediates orienting toward behaviorally relevant stimuli in spatial neglect.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
2010 vol. 30(38) pp. 12557-12565
PTAK R, SCHNIDER A

Bilateral impairment of concurrent saccade programming in hemispatial neglect.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
2010 vol. 48(4) pp. 880-886
PTAK R, SCHNIDER A, MÜRI R

Dopaminergic modulation of rapid reality adaptation in thinking.
NEUROSCIENCE
2010 vol. 167(3) pp. 583-587
SCHNIDER A, GUGGISBERG A, NAHUM L, GABRIEL D, MORAND S

Postoperative infection in penetrating versus non-penetrating glaucoma surgery.
THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
2010 vol. 94(12) pp. 1751-1756
ANG GS, VARGA Z, SHAARAWY T

Postoperative IOP is related to intrascleral bleb height in eyes with clinically flat blebs following deep sclerectomy with collagen implant and mitomycin.
THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
2010 vol. 94(4) pp. 410-413
MAVRAKANAS N, MENDRINOS E, SHAARAWY T

Prospective comparison of ultrasound biomicroscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography for evaluation of anterior chamber dimensions in European eyes with primary angle closure.
THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
2010 vol. 24(2) pp. 233-239
MANSOURI K, SOMMERHALDER J, SHAARAWY T

Will improvement of knowledge lead to improvement of compliance with glaucoma medication?
ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA
2009 vol. 87(4) pp. 468-469
MANSOURI K, SHAARAWY T

Effect of Different Walking Aids on Walking Capacity of Patients With Poststroke Hemiparesis
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
2009 vol. 90(8) pp. 1408-1413
ALLET L, LEEMANN B, GUYEN E, MURPHY L, MONNIN D, HERRMANN F, SCHNIDER A

Disorientation Confabulation and Extinction Capacity: Clues on How the Brain Creates Reality
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
2009 vol. 65(11) pp. 966-972
NAHUM L, PTAK R, LEEMANN B, SCHNIDER A

Electrophysiological correlates of different anomic patterns in comparison with normal word production
CORTEX
2009 vol. 45(6) pp. 697-707
LAGANARO M, MORAND S, SCHWITTER V, ZIMMERMANN C, CAMEN C, SCHNIDER A

Looking left with left neglect: The role of spatial-attention when active vision selects local image features for fixation
CORTEX
2009 vol. 45(10) pp. 1156-1166
PTAK R, GOLAY L, MURI R, SCHNIDER A

A prospective ultrasound biomicroscopy evaluation of changes in anterior segment morphology following laser iridotomy in European eyes.
EYE (LONDON, ENGLAND)
2009 vol. 23(11) pp. 2046-2051
MANSOURI K, BURGENER ND, BAGNOUD M, SHAARAWY T

Coupling of HRT II and AS-OCT to evaluate corneal endothelial cell loss and in vivo visualization of the Ahmed glaucoma valve implant.
EYE (LONDON, ENGLAND)
2009 vol. 23(9) pp. 1836-1844
MENDRINOS E, DOSSO A, SOMMERHALDER J, SHAARAWY T

Neural Transition From Short- to Long-Term Memory and the Medial Temporal Lobe: A Human Evoked-Potential Study
HIPPOCAMPUS
2009 vol. 19(4) pp. 371-378
JAMES C, MORAND S, BARCELLONA-LEHMANN S, MICHEL CM, SCHNIDER A

Instinctive Modulation of Cognitive Behavior: A Human Evoked Potential Study
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
2009 vol. 30(7) pp. 2120-2131
NAHUM L, MORAND S, BARCELLONA-LEHMANN S, SCHNIDER A

Outflow facility in isolated porcine eyes after creation of an intrascleral canal by injection of stabilized hyaluronic acid.
INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
2009 vol. 50(8) pp. 3759-3762
MAVRAKANAS N, SHAARAWY T

Time Course of Evoked-potential Changes in Different Forms of Anomia in Aphasia
JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
2009 vol. 21(8) pp. 1499-1510
LAGANARO M, MORAND S, SCHNIDER A

Long-term results of deep sclerectomy with collagen implant in exfoliative glaucoma.
JOURNAL OF GLAUCOMA
2009 vol. 18(5) pp. 361-367
MENDRINOS E, MANSOURI K, MERMOUD A, SHAARAWY T

Neutral functional realignment orthosis prevents hand pain in patients with subacute stroke: a randomized trial.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
2008 vol. 89(10) pp. 1857-1862
BURGE E, KUPPER D, FINCKH A, RYERSON S, SCHNIDER A, LEEMANN B

Cortical and subcortical anatomy of chronic spatial neglect following vascular damage.
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS
2008 vol. 4 pp. 43-
GOLAY L, SCHNIDER A, PTAK R

Bacterial keratitis after nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery.
JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
2008 vol. 34(4) pp. 707-709
MENDRINOS E, DREIFUSS S, DOSSO A, BAGLIVO E, SHAARAWY T

Normalisation and increase of abnormal ERP pattern accompany recovery from aphasia in the post-acute stage
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
2008 vol. 46 pp. 2265-2273
LAGANARO M, MORAND S, SCHWITTER V, ZIMMERMANN C, SCHNIDER A

Sparing of country names in the context of phonological impairment.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
2008 vol. 46(7) pp. 2079-2085
RODRIGUEZ J, LAGANARO M

Nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery.
SURVEY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
2008 vol. 53(6) pp. 592-630
MENDRINOS E, MERMOUD A, SHAARAWY T

Evaluation of a pseudophakic pupillary block with an anterior segment OCT.
THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
2008 vol. 92(5) pp. 714-715
MENDRINOS E, DREIFUSS S, DOSSO A, SHAARAWY T

Glaucoma: an exclusive disease?
THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
2008 vol. 92(2) pp. 159-160
SHAARAWY T

A non-spatial bias favouring fixated stimuli revealed in patients with spatial neglect
BRAIN
2007 vol. 130 pp. 3211-3222
PTAK R, SCHNIDER A, GOLAY L, MURI R

Paradoxical switching to a barely-mastered second language by an aphasic patient
NEUROCASE : CASE STUDIES IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHIATRY, AND BEHAVIOURAL NEUROLOGY
2007 vol. 13(3) pp. 209-213
LEEMANN B, LAGANARO V, SCHWITTER V, SCHNIDER A

Early cortical response to behaviorally relevant absence of anticipated outcomes: a human event-related potential study
NEUROIMAGE
2007 vol. 35(3) pp. 1348-1355
SCHNIDER ARMIN, MOHR CHRISTINE, MORAND STÉPHANIE, MICHEL CHRISTOPH M.

Electrophysiological correlates of deficient encoding in a case of post-anoxic amnesia
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
2007 vol. 45 pp. 1757-1766
LEHMANN, S, MORAND, S, JAMES, C, SCHNIDER, A

A technique to train new oculomotor behavjior in patients with central macular scotomas during reading related tasks using scanning laser ophtalmoscopy:immediate functionnal benefits and gains retenti on
BMC OPHTHALMOLOGY [COMPUTER FILE]
2006 vol. 6 pp. 1-18
DÉRUAZ ANOUK, GOLDSCHMIDT MIRA, WHATHAM ANDREW R., MERMOUD CHRISTOPHE, LORINCZ ERIKA N., SCHNIDER ARMIN, SAFRAN AVINOAM B.

Temporal dynamics of attentional control settings in patients with spatial neglect
BRAIN RESEARCH
2006 vol. 1092 pp. 190-197
PTAK R, GOLAY L

Reflexive orienting in spatial neglect is biased towards behaviourally salient stimuli
CEREBRAL CORTEX
2006 vol. 16(3) pp. 337-345
PTAK R, SCHNIDER A

On the locus of the syllable frequency effect in speech production
JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE
2006 vol. 55 pp. 178-196
LAGANARO M, ALARIO FX

Decision-making in amnesia: do advantageous decisions require conscious knowledge of previous behavioural choices?
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
2006 vol. 44(8) pp. 1315-1324
GUTBROD K, KROUZEL C, HOFER H, MÜRI R, PERRIG W, PTAK R

Effects of baseline task position on apparent activation in functional imaging of memory
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
2006 vol. 44(3) pp. 462-468
TREYER VALERIE, BUCK ALFRED, SCHNIDER ARMIN

What does recovery from anomia tell us about the underlying impairment: The case of similar anomic patterns and different recovery
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA
2006 vol. 44 pp. 534-545
LAGANARO M, DI PIETRO M, SCHNIDER A

Computerised treatment of anomia in acute aphasia: Treatment intensity and training size
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
2006 vol. 16 pp. 630-640
LAGANARO M, DI PIETRO M, SCHNIDER A

Selection of currently relevant words: an auditory verbal memory study using positron emission tomography
NEUROREPORT
2006 vol. 17(3) pp. 323-327
TREYER VALERIE, BUCK ALFRED, SCHNIDER ARMIN

Ischemic, an uncommon complication of Biermer disease (pernicious anemia)
REVUE NEUROLOGIQUE
2006 vol. 162(10) pp. 1007-1010
LEEMANN B, BOUGHANEM N, SCHNIDER A

The prognosis of agenesis of the corpus callosum might mostly be favourable
SWISS MEDICAL WEEKLY
2006 vol. 136(25-26) pp. 404-405
RAMELLI GP, ZANDA N, WYTTENBACH M, BRONZ L, SCHNIDER A

Different physical similarity principles for lower- and upper-case substitution errors in a case of post-buffer dysgraphia
BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
2005 vol. 95 pp. 227-228
DI PIETRO MARIE, LAGANARO MARINA, SCHNIDER ARMIN

Further evidence of age of acquisition and phonological neighbourhood effect on recovery patterns from anomia
BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
2005 vol. 95 pp. 187-188
LAGANARO MARINA, DI PIETRO MARIE, SCHNIDER ARMIN

The inferior temporal lobe mediates distracter-resistant visual search of patients with spatial neglect
JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
2005 vol. 17 pp. 788-799
PTAK RADEK, VALENZA NATHALIE

Syllable frequency effect in speech production: evidence from aphasia
JOURNAL OF NEUROLINGUISTICS
2005 vol. 18 pp. 221-235
LAGANARO MARINA

Démences (traité de neurologie)
SCHWEIZER ARCHIV FUR NEUROLOGIE UND PSYCHIATRIE (ZURICH, SWITZERLAND : 1985)
2005 vol. 156:2 pp. 99-99
SCHNIDER ARMIN

One cause for all confabulations ?
SCIENCE
2005 vol. 308 pp. 1262-1262
SCHNIDER ARMIN

Predictors of picture naming speed
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS, INSTRUMENTS, & COMPUTERS : A JOURNAL OF THE PSYCHONOMIC SOCIETY, INC
2004 vol. 36(1) pp. 140-155
ALARIO FRANCOIS-XAVIER, FERRAND L, LAGANARO MARINA, NEW B, FRAUENFELDER ULRICH HANS, SEGUI J

Human side rpeferences in three different whole-body movement tasks
BRAIN
2004 vol. 151 pp. 321-326
MOHR CHRISTINE, P. BRUGGER, H.S. BRACHA, LANDIS THEODOR, I. VIAUD-DELMON

Electrical neuroimaging reveals early generator modulation to emotional words.
NEUROIMAGE
2004 vol. 21 pp. 1242-1251
ORTIGUE STEPHANIE, MICHEL CHRISTOPH, MURRAY MICAH, MOHR CHRISTINE, CARBONNEL S.,, LANDIS THEODOR

Nonstereotyped responding in positive schizotypy after a single dose of levodopa
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
2004 vol. 29 pp. 1741-1751
MOHR CHRISTINE, LANDIS THEODOR, SANDOR P., FATHI MARC, BRUGGER P.

Compund Measure of Hand-Foot-Eye Preference Masked Opposite Turning Behavior in Healthy Right-Handers and Non-Right-Handers: technical comment on Morh et al.
NEUROSCIENCE
2004 vol. 118 pp. 1145-1146
MOHR CHRISTINE, H.S. BRACHA

Subcortical loop activation during selection of currently relevant memories.
JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
2003 vol. 15:4 pp. 610-618
TREYER VALERIE, BUCK ALFRED, SCHNIDER A

Spontaneous confabulation and the adaptation of thought to ongoing reality.
NATURE REVIEWS. NEUROSCIENCE
2003 vol. 4 pp. 662-671
SCHNIDER A

Early Cortical Distinction between Memories that Pertain to Ongoing Reality and Memories that Don't
CEREBRAL CORTEX
2002 vol. 12 pp. 54-61
SCHNIDER A, VALENZA V, MORAND S, MICHEL C

Spontaneous confabulators fail to suppress currently irrelevant memory traces
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
1999 vol. 2 pp. 677-681
SCHNIDER ARMIN, PTAK RADEK

The mechanisms of spontaneous and provoked confabulations
BRAIN
1996 vol. 119 pp. 1365-1375
SCHNIDER ARMIN, VON DANIKEN C, GUTBROD K


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