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Clinical neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience and applied neuropsychology

Research in our laboratory follows three major axes; i) research in clinical neuropsychology and behavioural neurology (case reports, and group studies), ii) fundamental research in cognitive neuroscience, investigating normal cerebral function in healthy subjects, iii) investigations in applied neuropsychology involving diagnostic procedures.
In clinical neuropsychology, through a classical anatomo-clinical and cognitive approach, higher function deficits are explored in their relation to specific and focalised brain lesions. Basic research in healthy subjects involves two main themes. The first concerns brain mechanisms participating in visual and attentional processing in the normal brain using different neuroimaging techniques. The other explores the lexical and semantic language processes during language comprehension and production in bilinguals. Finally, applied research focuses on elaborating psychometric tests (from development to normalisation) to answer clinical questions such as the cerebral lateralisation of language processes in a given patient prior to neurosurgery.

Group's publications

Clinical assessment of motor function: A processes oriented instrument based on a speed-accuracy trade-off paradigm
BEHAVIOURAL NEUROLOGY
2007 vol. 18 pp. 19-29
CHRISTE B, BURKHARD PR, PEGNA AJ, MAYER E, HAUERT CA

A glimpse into your vision
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
2007 vol. 28 pp. 614-624
ANDINO SLG, DE PERALTA RG, KHATEB A, PEGNA AJ, THUT G, LANDIS T

Language selection in bilinguals: A spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
2007 vol. 65 pp. 201-213
KHATEB, A, ABUTALEBI, J, MICHEL, CM, PEGNA, AJ, LEE-JAHNKE, H, ANNONI, JM

Rhyme processing in the brain: An ERP mapping study
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
2007 vol. 63 pp. 240-250
KHATEB A, PEGNA AJ, LANDIS T, MICHEL CM, BRUNET D, SEGHIER ML, ANNONI JM

Controlling for interstimulus perceptual variance abolishes N170 face selectivity
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
2007 vol. 10 pp. 505-511
THIERRY G, MARTIN CD, DOWNING P, PEGNA AJ

Postictal but not interictal hemispatial neglect in patients with seizures of lateralized onset
EPILEPSIA
2006 vol. 47 pp. 2046-2051
PRILIPKO O, SEECK M, MERMILLOD B, LANDIS T, PEGNA AJ

Automatic motor cortex activation for natural as compared to awkward grips of a manipulable object
EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
2006 vol. 168 pp. 120-130
PETIT LS, PEGNA AJ, HARRIS IM, MICHEL CM

An event-related potential component sensitive to images of the human body
NEUROIMAGE
2006 vol. 32(2) pp. 871-879
THIERRY GUILLAUME, PEGNA ALAN J., DODDS CHRIS, ROBERTS MARK, BASAN SEBASTIAN, DOWNING PAUL

Speech arrest with stimulation may not reliably predict language deficit after epilepsy surgery
NEUROLOGY
2006 vol. 66 pp. 592-594
SEECK M, PEGNA AJ, ORTIGUE S, SPINELLI L, DESSIBOURG CA, DELAVELLE J, BLANKE O, MICHEL CM, LANDIS T, VILLEMURE JG

Cerebral processes in mental transformations of body parts: Recognition prior to rotation.
COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH
2005 vol. 25 pp. 722-734
OVERNEY L. S., MICHEL CHRISTOPH, HARRIS I. M., PEGNA A. J.

Dynamics of Brain Activation During an Explicit Word and Image Recognition Task : An Electrophysiological Study.
BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY
2002 vol. 14, 3 pp. 197-213
KHATEB A, PEGNA AJ, MICHEL CM, LANDIS T, ANNONI JM

Is the Right Amygdala Involved in Visuospatial Memory ? Evidence from MRI Volumetric Measures.
EUROPEAN NEUROLOGY
2002 vol. 47 pp. 148-155
PEGNA AJ, CALDARA-SCHNETZER AS, PERRIG SH, LAZEYRAS F, KHATEB A, LANDIS T, SEECK M

Neural processing of illusory and real contours revealed by high-density ERP mapping.
NEUROREPORT
2002 vol. 13 pp. 965-968
PEGNA AJ, KHATEB A, MURRAY MM, LANDIS T, MICHEL CM

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DATABASE-RESEARCH	GROUP OF CLINICAL PATIENT RESEARCH

Alan PEGNA	Head of group CV	Research subject	Members of the group


	Links about the group Dr. A. PEGNA Neuropsychologie Expérimentale Département NEUF/ HUG Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4 1211 Genève 14 Suisse alan.pegna@hcuge.ch Tel.: 022 372 83 53 Fax: 022 372 82 99 Comments Pages updated the 17.11.2015		Reseach's subject \| Group's publications \| Research's domains Clinical neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience and applied neuropsychology Research in our laboratory follows three major axes; i) research in clinical neuropsychology and behavioural neurology (case reports, and group studies), ii) fundamental research in cognitive neuroscience, investigating normal cerebral function in healthy subjects, iii) investigations in applied neuropsychology involving diagnostic procedures. In clinical neuropsychology, through a classical anatomo-clinical and cognitive approach, higher function deficits are explored in their relation to specific and focalised brain lesions. Basic research in healthy subjects involves two main themes. The first concerns brain mechanisms participating in visual and attentional processing in the normal brain using different neuroimaging techniques. The other explores the lexical and semantic language processes during language comprehension and production in bilinguals. Finally, applied research focuses on elaborating psychometric tests (from development to normalisation) to answer clinical questions such as the cerebral lateralisation of language processes in a given patient prior to neurosurgery. Group's publications Clinical assessment of motor function: A processes oriented instrument based on a speed-accuracy trade-off paradigm BEHAVIOURAL NEUROLOGY 2007 vol. 18 pp. 19-29 CHRISTE B, BURKHARD PR, PEGNA AJ, MAYER E, HAUERT CA A glimpse into your vision HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING 2007 vol. 28 pp. 614-624 ANDINO SLG, DE PERALTA RG, KHATEB A, PEGNA AJ, THUT G, LANDIS T Language selection in bilinguals: A spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY 2007 vol. 65 pp. 201-213 KHATEB, A, ABUTALEBI, J, MICHEL, CM, PEGNA, AJ, LEE-JAHNKE, H, ANNONI, JM Rhyme processing in the brain: An ERP mapping study INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY 2007 vol. 63 pp. 240-250 KHATEB A, PEGNA AJ, LANDIS T, MICHEL CM, BRUNET D, SEGHIER ML, ANNONI JM Controlling for interstimulus perceptual variance abolishes N170 face selectivity NATURE NEUROSCIENCE 2007 vol. 10 pp. 505-511 THIERRY G, MARTIN CD, DOWNING P, PEGNA AJ Postictal but not interictal hemispatial neglect in patients with seizures of lateralized onset EPILEPSIA 2006 vol. 47 pp. 2046-2051 PRILIPKO O, SEECK M, MERMILLOD B, LANDIS T, PEGNA AJ Automatic motor cortex activation for natural as compared to awkward grips of a manipulable object EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 2006 vol. 168 pp. 120-130 PETIT LS, PEGNA AJ, HARRIS IM, MICHEL CM An event-related potential component sensitive to images of the human body NEUROIMAGE 2006 vol. 32(2) pp. 871-879 THIERRY GUILLAUME, PEGNA ALAN J., DODDS CHRIS, ROBERTS MARK, BASAN SEBASTIAN, DOWNING PAUL Speech arrest with stimulation may not reliably predict language deficit after epilepsy surgery NEUROLOGY 2006 vol. 66 pp. 592-594 SEECK M, PEGNA AJ, ORTIGUE S, SPINELLI L, DESSIBOURG CA, DELAVELLE J, BLANKE O, MICHEL CM, LANDIS T, VILLEMURE JG Cerebral processes in mental transformations of body parts: Recognition prior to rotation. COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH 2005 vol. 25 pp. 722-734 OVERNEY L. S., MICHEL CHRISTOPH, HARRIS I. M., PEGNA A. J. Dynamics of Brain Activation During an Explicit Word and Image Recognition Task : An Electrophysiological Study. BRAIN TOPOGRAPHY 2002 vol. 14, 3 pp. 197-213 KHATEB A, PEGNA AJ, MICHEL CM, LANDIS T, ANNONI JM Is the Right Amygdala Involved in Visuospatial Memory ? Evidence from MRI Volumetric Measures. EUROPEAN NEUROLOGY 2002 vol. 47 pp. 148-155 PEGNA AJ, CALDARA-SCHNETZER AS, PERRIG SH, LAZEYRAS F, KHATEB A, LANDIS T, SEECK M Neural processing of illusory and real contours revealed by high-density ERP mapping. NEUROREPORT 2002 vol. 13 pp. 965-968 PEGNA AJ, KHATEB A, MURRAY MM, LANDIS T, MICHEL CM Research's domains