Post-doctorante

Sleep, Memory Consolidation and Motor Learning

My work is dedicated to understand the neural correlates of motor memory consolidation and the impact of sleep on motor performance.

Publications

  • Nicolas J, King B R, Levesque, D, Lazzouni L, Wang D, Grossman N, Swinnen S P, Doyon J, Carrier J, Albouy G (2024, PREPRINT). Neurophysiological Correlates of Phase-Specific Enhancement of Motor Memory Consolidation via Slow-Wave Closed-Loop Targeted Memory Reactivation. BioRxiv.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.16.575884

Pre-registration available at https://osf.io/dpu6z

  • Nicolas J, Carrier J, Swinnen S, Doyon J, Albouy G, King B R (2023). Electrophysiological signatures of targeted memory reactivation during sleep are not accompanied by motor performance improvements in older adults. Journal of Sleep Research, e14027.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14027.

  • Nicolas J, King B R, Levesque, D, Lazzouni L, Coffey E, Swinnen S, Doyon J, Carrier J, Albouy G (2022). Sigma Oscillations Protect or Reinstate Motor Memory Depending on their Temporal Coordination with Slow Waves. eLife, 11, e73930.

doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.73930

Pre-registration available at https://osf.io/y48wq

  • Métais C, Nicolas J, Diarra M, Cheviet A, Koun E, & Pélisson D (2022). Neural substrates of saccadic adaptation: plastic changes versus error processing and forward versus backward learning. NeuroImage, 262, 119556.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119556

  • Nicolas J, Bidet-Caulet A, Pélisson D (2020). Reactive saccade adaptation boosts exogenous orienting of visuospatial attention. Scientific Reports, 10 (13430).

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70120-z

  • Nicolas J, Bidet-Caulet A, Pélisson D. (2019) Inducing oculomotor plasticity to disclose the functional link between voluntary saccades and endogenous attention. Scientific Reports, 9 (17770).

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54256-1

  • Nicolas J, Bompas A, Bouet R, Sillan O, Koun E, Urquizar C, Bidet-Caulet A, Pélisson D (2018) Saccadic adaptation boosts ongoing gamma activity in a subsequent visuo-attentional task. Cerebral Cortex, 1:12.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhy241

  • Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Rosner R, Nicolas J, Crichton S, Read J (2016) Insect stereopsis demonstrated using a 3D insect cinema. Scientific Reports, 6(18718).

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18718

  • Gerardin P, Nicolas J, Farnè A, Pélisson D (2015) Increasing Attentional Load Boosts Saccadic Adaptation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 56(6304–6312).

doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.14-16149

Contact and Profil

E-mail professionnel : judith.nicolas [at] inserm.fr

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