Nicolas Masson

Nicolas MASSON   Place Cardinal Mercier, 10 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Bureau C.352 +32 (0)10/47.38.39 nicolas.masson@uclouvain.be

Research Interests:

My research project aims at clarifying the nature of arithmetical processes and their relationship with visuo-spatial attention mechanisms with the contribution of different methodological approachs: 

a)      Behavioural studies will examine the impact of orienting attention on mental calculation

b)      Neuropsychological studies of neglect patients will evaluate the possible consequence of an impairment of visuo-spatial attention on arithmetic problems

c)       Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) will be employed to assess the contribution of attentional cerebral circuits on number processing

Publications:

• Masson, N., Pesenti, M., & Dormal, V. (in preparation). Spatial bias for symbolic and nonsymbolic numerical processing in neglect.

• Michaux, N., Masson, N., Pesenti, M., & Andres, M. (in preparation). Selective interference of finger movements with basic arithmetic problem solving.