Development

Sensory and Multisensory Development

My research investigates the developmental of unisensory and multisensory processing in typically developing children and children with developmental disorders such as Autism.

The neural dynamics of somatosensory processing and adaptation across childhood: a high-density electrical mapping study

Young children are often hyperreactive to somatosensory inputs hardly noticed by adults, as exemplified by irritation to seams or labels in clothing. The neurodevelopmental mechanisms underlying changes in sensory reactivity are not well understood. …

The effort to close the gap; Tracking the development of illusory contour processing from childhood to adulthood with high-density electrical mapping

The adult human visual system can efficiently fill-in missing object boundaries when low-level information from the retina is incomplete, but little is known about how these processes develop across childhood. A decade of visual-evoked potential …

The Development of Multisensory Integration in High-Functioning Autism; High-Density Electrical Mapping and Psychophysical Measures Reveal Impairments in the Processing of Audiovisual Inputs

Successful integration of auditory and visual inputs is crucial for both basic perceptual functions and for higher-order processes related to social cognition. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by impairments in social cognition and …