Associate Professor Alan Pegna is a neuropsychologist whose interests lie in the field of cognitive neuroscience and clinical neuropsychology. After receiving a Masters degree in Psychology from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and a second Masters degree in Human Physiology from University College London (UK), he obtained his PhD from the University of Geneva, using brain imaging techniques to study spatial processing in both healthy controls and brain-damaged patients.
He worked for over 20 years as a clinical neuropsychologist at Geneva University Hospital, and as an academic at the University of Geneva, where he supervised numerous research projects in the field of visual processing, again in healthy participants and in persons with focal brain lesions.
He joined UQ in 2015, where he now explores the neural basis of visual and spatial processing of emotional stimuli. More specifically, using EEG, he examines the brain's response to different facial expressions, as well as to faces that vary in their perceived approachability (e.g., their apparent trustwothiness). When possible, these studies are also carried out with brain-damaged individuals, in order to investigate the role of particular brain regions in these processes.
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Baker, Kristen S., Yamamoto, Naohide, Pegna, Alan J. and Johnston, Patrick (2022). Violated expectations for spatial and feature attributes of visual trajectories modulate event-related potential amplitudes across the visual processing hierarchy. Biological Psychology, 174 108422, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108422
Journal Article: Spatial attention shifting to fearful faces depends on visual awareness in attentional blink: an ERP study
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Spatial attention shifting to fearful faces depends on visual awareness in attentional blink: an ERP study. Neuropsychologia, 172 108283, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108283
Journal Article: The effects of spatial attention focus and visual awareness on the processing of fearful faces: an ERP study
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). The effects of spatial attention focus and visual awareness on the processing of fearful faces: an ERP study. Brain Sciences, 12 (7) 823. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12070823
Journal Article: Neural activities during the processing of unattended and unseen emotional faces: a voxel-wise meta-analysis
Qiu, Zeguo, Lei, Xue, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Neural activities during the processing of unattended and unseen emotional faces: a voxel-wise meta-analysis. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 16 (5), 2426-2443. doi: 10.1007/s11682-022-00697-8
Journal Article: Spatial attention shifting to emotional faces is contingent on awareness and task relevancy
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Spatial attention shifting to emotional faces is contingent on awareness and task relevancy. Cortex, 151, 30-48. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.02.009
Journal Article: Subliminal emotional faces do not capture attention under high attentional load in a randomized trial presentation
Tipura, Eda and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Subliminal emotional faces do not capture attention under high attentional load in a randomized trial presentation. Visual Cognition, 30 (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/13506285.2022.2060397
Journal Article: Enhanced early ERP responses to looming angry faces
Yu, Zhou, Kritikos, Ada and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Enhanced early ERP responses to looming angry faces. Biological Psychology, 170 108308, 108308. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108308
Journal Article: Rapid processing of fearful faces relies on the right amygdala: evidence from individuals undergoing unilateral temporal lobectomy
Framorando, David, Moses, Eleanor, Legrand, Lore, Seeck, Margitta and Pegna, Alan J. (2021). Rapid processing of fearful faces relies on the right amygdala: evidence from individuals undergoing unilateral temporal lobectomy. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 426, 426. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80054-1
Journal Article: Turning the face inversion effect on its head: violated expectations of orientation, lighting, and gravity enhance N170 amplitudes
Allen-Davidian, Yasmin, Russo, Manuela, Yamamoto, Naohide, Kaufman, Jordy, Pegna, Alan J. and Johnston, Patrick (2020). Turning the face inversion effect on its head: violated expectations of orientation, lighting, and gravity enhance N170 amplitudes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01656
Dolcos, Florin, Katsumi, Yuta, Moore, Matthew, Berggren, Nick, de Gelder, Beatrice, Derakshan, Nazanin, Hamm, Alfons O., Koster, Ernst H.W., Ladouceur, Cecile D., Okon-Singer, Hadas, Pegna, Alan J., Richter, Thalia, Schweizer, Susanne, Van den Stock, Jan, Ventura-Bort, Carlos, Weymar, Mathias and Dolcos, Sanda (2020). Neural correlates of emotion-attention interactions: from perception, learning, and memory to social cognition, individual differences, and training interventions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 559-601. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.08.017
(2016) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Effects of oxytocin on the temporal dynamics of emotion processing
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the Role of the Amygdala in the Early Processing of Emotional Faces and Threat Related Stimuli
Doctor Philosophy
Examining Stress, and Cognitive-Affective Processing in Emotion Disorders
Doctor Philosophy
Role of the amygdala in rapid emotional face processing
Evidence has shown that the amygdala is responsible for the rapid detection of threat and emotion, however hard evidence is lacking to confirm this idea. This project will examine the electrical brain response to emotional stimuli in healthy individuals as well as patients who have undergone surgical removal of their amygdala (amygdalectomies). The aim will be to establish whether the amydgala indeed contributes to the rapid processing of the visual stimuli.
Role of the amygdala in attentional capture of emotional stimuli
Evidence has shown that the amygdala is responsible for the rapid detection of threat and emotion. One question that arises is whether this process is a prequisite for attention shifting. This project will investigate the electrical coorelate of attention-shifting in healthy individuals as well as patients who have undergone surgical removal of their amygdala (amygdalectomies). The project aims to determine if amydgala removal affects the automatic shift of attetion towards threatening stimuli..
Effects of personal space on face processing: an ERP and VR study
It has been known for some time that different brain regions process stimuli according to whether they are situated in near (peripersonal) or far (extrapersonal) space. Furthermore, evidence has demonstrated the existence of a personal spatial boundary that, when crossed by another individual, creates a sense of discomfort. Using ERP in conjunction with Virtual Reality, this project will examine the brain response to neutral and emotionally expressive faces, as well as trustworthy and untrustworthy faces, situated within or beyond personal space.
Baker, Kristen S., Yamamoto, Naohide, Pegna, Alan J. and Johnston, Patrick (2022). Violated expectations for spatial and feature attributes of visual trajectories modulate event-related potential amplitudes across the visual processing hierarchy. Biological Psychology, 174 108422, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108422
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Spatial attention shifting to fearful faces depends on visual awareness in attentional blink: an ERP study. Neuropsychologia, 172 108283, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108283
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). The effects of spatial attention focus and visual awareness on the processing of fearful faces: an ERP study. Brain Sciences, 12 (7) 823. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12070823
Qiu, Zeguo, Lei, Xue, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Neural activities during the processing of unattended and unseen emotional faces: a voxel-wise meta-analysis. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 16 (5), 2426-2443. doi: 10.1007/s11682-022-00697-8
Spatial attention shifting to emotional faces is contingent on awareness and task relevancy
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Spatial attention shifting to emotional faces is contingent on awareness and task relevancy. Cortex, 151, 30-48. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.02.009
Tipura, Eda and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Subliminal emotional faces do not capture attention under high attentional load in a randomized trial presentation. Visual Cognition, 30 (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/13506285.2022.2060397
Enhanced early ERP responses to looming angry faces
Yu, Zhou, Kritikos, Ada and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Enhanced early ERP responses to looming angry faces. Biological Psychology, 170 108308, 108308. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108308
Framorando, David, Moses, Eleanor, Legrand, Lore, Seeck, Margitta and Pegna, Alan J. (2021). Rapid processing of fearful faces relies on the right amygdala: evidence from individuals undergoing unilateral temporal lobectomy. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 426, 426. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80054-1
Allen-Davidian, Yasmin, Russo, Manuela, Yamamoto, Naohide, Kaufman, Jordy, Pegna, Alan J. and Johnston, Patrick (2020). Turning the face inversion effect on its head: violated expectations of orientation, lighting, and gravity enhance N170 amplitudes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01656
Dolcos, Florin, Katsumi, Yuta, Moore, Matthew, Berggren, Nick, de Gelder, Beatrice, Derakshan, Nazanin, Hamm, Alfons O., Koster, Ernst H.W., Ladouceur, Cecile D., Okon-Singer, Hadas, Pegna, Alan J., Richter, Thalia, Schweizer, Susanne, Van den Stock, Jan, Ventura-Bort, Carlos, Weymar, Mathias and Dolcos, Sanda (2020). Neural correlates of emotion-attention interactions: from perception, learning, and memory to social cognition, individual differences, and training interventions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 559-601. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.08.017
Patterns of multiple brain network activation in dot perspective task
Montandon, Marie-Louise, Rodriguez, Cristelle, Herrmann, François R., Eytan, Ariel, Pegna, Alan J., Haller, Sven and Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon (2023). Patterns of multiple brain network activation in dot perspective task. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 6793. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-33427-1
Hierarchical status is rapidly assessed from behaviourally dominant faces
Pegna, Alan J., Framorando, David, Yu, Zhou, Buhmann, Zak, Nelson, Nicole and Dixson, Barnaby J. W. (2023). Hierarchical status is rapidly assessed from behaviourally dominant faces. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. doi: 10.3758/s13415-023-01108-1
Seeing in my way or your way: impact of intelligence, attention, and empathy on brain reactivity
Montandon, Marie-Louise, Rodriguez, Cristelle, Herrmann, François R., Eytan, Ariel, Pegna, Alan J., Haller, Sven and Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon (2023). Seeing in my way or your way: impact of intelligence, attention, and empathy on brain reactivity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17 1071676. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1071676
Qiu, Zeguo, Jiang, Jiaqin, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2023). Attentional capture by fearful faces requires consciousness and is modulated by task-relevancy: A dot-probe EEG study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17 1152220. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1152220
Baker, Kristen S., Johnston, Patrick, Yamamoto, Naohide and Pegna, Alan J. (2023). Event-related potentials index prediction error signalling during perceptual processing of emotional facial expressions. Brain Topography, 36 (3), 419-432. doi: 10.1007/s10548-023-00951-2
Thompson, Kate, Lo, Ada H. Y., McGlashan, Hannah L., Ownsworth, Tamara, Haslam, Catherine, Pegna, Alan and Reutens, David C. (2023). Measures of Subjective Memory for People with Epilepsy: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties. Neuropsychology Review. doi: 10.1007/s11065-022-09568-x
Neural processing of lateralised task-irrelevant fearful faces under different awareness conditions
Qiu, Zeguo, Zhang, Jun and Pegna, Alan J. (2023). Neural processing of lateralised task-irrelevant fearful faces under different awareness conditions. Consciousness and Cognition, 107 103449, 103449. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2022.103449
Up close and emotional: electrophysiological dynamics of approaching angry faces
Yu, Zhou, Kritikos, Ada and Pegna, Alan J. (2023). Up close and emotional: electrophysiological dynamics of approaching angry faces. Biological Psychology, 176 108479, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108479
Baker, Kristen S., Yamamoto, Naohide, Pegna, Alan J. and Johnston, Patrick (2022). Violated expectations for spatial and feature attributes of visual trajectories modulate event-related potential amplitudes across the visual processing hierarchy. Biological Psychology, 174 108422, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108422
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Spatial attention shifting to fearful faces depends on visual awareness in attentional blink: an ERP study. Neuropsychologia, 172 108283, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108283
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). The effects of spatial attention focus and visual awareness on the processing of fearful faces: an ERP study. Brain Sciences, 12 (7) 823. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12070823
Qiu, Zeguo, Lei, Xue, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Neural activities during the processing of unattended and unseen emotional faces: a voxel-wise meta-analysis. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 16 (5), 2426-2443. doi: 10.1007/s11682-022-00697-8
Spatial attention shifting to emotional faces is contingent on awareness and task relevancy
Qiu, Zeguo, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Spatial attention shifting to emotional faces is contingent on awareness and task relevancy. Cortex, 151, 30-48. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.02.009
Tipura, Eda and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Subliminal emotional faces do not capture attention under high attentional load in a randomized trial presentation. Visual Cognition, 30 (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/13506285.2022.2060397
Enhanced early ERP responses to looming angry faces
Yu, Zhou, Kritikos, Ada and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Enhanced early ERP responses to looming angry faces. Biological Psychology, 170 108308, 108308. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108308
Tipura, Eda, Zanesco, Julie, Clément, Fabrice, Renaud, Olivier and Pegna, Alan J. (2022). Am I really seeing what's around me? An ERP study on social anxiety under speech induction, uncertainty and social feedback. Biological Psychology, 169 108285, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108285
Framorando, David, Moses, Eleanor, Legrand, Lore, Seeck, Margitta and Pegna, Alan J. (2021). Rapid processing of fearful faces relies on the right amygdala: evidence from individuals undergoing unilateral temporal lobectomy. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 426, 426. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80054-1
Attention and prediction modulations in expected and unexpected visuospatial trajectories
Baker, Kristen S., Pegna, Alan J., Yamamoto, Naohide and Johnston, Patrick (2021). Attention and prediction modulations in expected and unexpected visuospatial trajectories. PLoS One, 16 (10 October) e0242753, e0242753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242753
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on effort during a working-memory task
Framorando, David, Cai, Tianlan, Wang, Yi and Pegna, Alan J. (2021). Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on effort during a working-memory task. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 16399, 16399. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95639-7
Attention is prioritised for proximate and approaching fearful faces
Martin, Aimee, Becker, Stefanie I. and Pegna, Alan J. (2021). Attention is prioritised for proximate and approaching fearful faces. Cortex, 134, 52-64. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.10.011
Allen-Davidian, Yasmin, Russo, Manuela, Yamamoto, Naohide, Kaufman, Jordy, Pegna, Alan J. and Johnston, Patrick (2020). Turning the face inversion effect on its head: violated expectations of orientation, lighting, and gravity enhance N170 amplitudes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01656
Leek, E. Charles, Roberts, Mark V., Dundon, Neil M. and Pegna, Alan J. (2020). Early sensitivity of evoked potentials to surface and volumetric structure during the visual perception of three-dimensional object shape. European Journal of Neuroscience, 52 (11), 4453-4467. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14270
Waist-to-hip ratio affects female body attractiveness and modulates early brain responses
Del Zotto, Marzia, Framorando, David and Pegna, Alan J. (2020). Waist-to-hip ratio affects female body attractiveness and modulates early brain responses. European Journal of Neuroscience, 52 (11), 4490-4498. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14209
Leung, Sumie, Johnston, Patrick, Pegna, Alan, Puce, Aina and Scott, Lisa (2020). Where the rubber meets the road in visual perception: High temporal-precision brain signals to top-down and bottom-up influences on perceptual resolution. European Journal of Neuroscience, 52 (11), 4403-4410. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15036
Ruggeri, Paolo, Nguyen, Nam, Pegna, Alan J. and Brandner, Catherine (2020). Interindividual differences in brain dynamics of early visual processes: impact on score accuracy in the mental rotation task. Psychophysiology, 57 (11) e13658, e13658. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13658
Dolcos, Florin, Katsumi, Yuta, Moore, Matthew, Berggren, Nick, de Gelder, Beatrice, Derakshan, Nazanin, Hamm, Alfons O., Koster, Ernst H.W., Ladouceur, Cecile D., Okon-Singer, Hadas, Pegna, Alan J., Richter, Thalia, Schweizer, Susanne, Van den Stock, Jan, Ventura-Bort, Carlos, Weymar, Mathias and Dolcos, Sanda (2020). Neural correlates of emotion-attention interactions: from perception, learning, and memory to social cognition, individual differences, and training interventions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, 559-601. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.08.017
Tipura, Eda, Renaud, Olivier and Pegna, Alan J. (2019). Attention shifting and subliminal cueing under high attentional load: an EEG study using emotional faces. Neuroreport, 30 (18), 1251-1255. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001349
Patterns of electrical brain activation in response to socially-disputed perceptual judgments
Zanesco, Julie, Tipura, Eda, Clément, Fabrice and Pegna, Alan J. (2019). Patterns of electrical brain activation in response to socially-disputed perceptual judgments. Neuroreport, 30 (17), 1205-1209. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001343
Learning to trust a face: the time course of brain activation during a money game
Pegna, Alan J., Framorando, David, Menetre, Eric and Yu, Zhou (2019). Learning to trust a face: the time course of brain activation during a money game. Neuroscience Letters, 712 134501, 134501. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134501
Sveikata, Lukas, Kavan, Nicole, Pegna, Alan J., Seeck, Margitta, Assal, Frederic, Momjian, Shahan, Schaller, Karl and Vulliemoz, Serge (2019). Postoperative memory prognosis in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: the contribution of postictal memory. Epilepsia, 60 (8) epi.16281, 1639-1649. doi: 10.1111/epi.16281
Mouthon, Michael, Khateb, Asaid, Lazeyras, François, Pegna, Alan J., Lee-Jahnke, Hannelore, Lehr, Caroline and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2019). Second-language proficiency modulates the brain language control network in bilingual translators: An event-related fMRI study. Bilingualism, 23 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1017/S1366728918001141
Seeing is believing: early perceptual brain processes are modified by social feedback
Zanesco, Julie, Tipura, Eda, Posada, Andres, Clément, Fabrice and Pegna, Alan J. (2018). Seeing is believing: early perceptual brain processes are modified by social feedback. Social Neuroscience, 14 (5), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2018.1511470
Pegna, Alan J., Darque, Alexandra, Roberts, Mark V. and Leek, E. Charles (2018). Effects of stereoscopic disparity on early ERP components during classification of three-dimensional objects. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71 (6), 1419-1430. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2017.1333129
Early and late cortical responses to directly gazing faces are task dependent
Burra, Nicolas, Framorando, David and Pegna, Alan J. (2018). Early and late cortical responses to directly gazing faces are task dependent. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 18 (4), 796-809. doi: 10.3758/s13415-018-0605-5
Oliver, Zoe J., Cristino, Filipe, Roberts, Mark V., Pegna, Alan J. and Leek, E. Charles (2018). Stereo viewing modulates three-dimensional shape processing during object recognition: A high-density ERP study. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44 (4), 518-534. doi: 10.1037/xhp0000444
ERP responses greater for faces in the temporal compared to the nasal visual field
Framorando, David, Burra, Nicolas, Bapst, Mylène and Pegna, Alan J. (2017). ERP responses greater for faces in the temporal compared to the nasal visual field. Neuroscience Letters, 665, 7-12. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.11.031
Affective blindsight relies on low spatial frequencies
Burra, Nicolas, Hervais-Adelman, Alexis, Celeghin, Alessia, de Gelder, Beatrice and Pegna, Alan J. (2017). Affective blindsight relies on low spatial frequencies. Neuropsychologia, 128, 44-49. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.10.009
Visual patterns of sexual desire. An original and exploratory study in eye-tracking
Bolmont, M., Pegna, A. and Bianchi-Demicheli, F. (2017). Visual patterns of sexual desire. An original and exploratory study in eye-tracking. Sexologies, 26 (4), E65-E70. doi: 10.1016/j.sexol.2017.07.001
Yang, Yung-Hao, Zhou, Jifan, Li, Kuei-An, Hung, Tifan, Pegna, Alan J. and Yeh, Su-Ling (2017). Opposite ERP effects for conscious and unconscious semantic processing under continuous flash suppression. Consciousness and Cognition, 54 (2), 114-128. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2017.05.008
Tipura, Eda, Pegna, Alan J., de Gelder, Beatrice and Renaud, Olivier (2017). Visual stimuli modulate frontal oscillatory rhythms in a cortically blind patient: evidence for top-down visual processing. Clinical Neurophysiology, 128 (5), 770-779. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.02.009
Del Zotto, Marzia and Pegna, Alan J. (2017). Electrophysiological evidence of perceived sexual attractiveness for human female bodies varying in waist-to-hip ratio. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 17 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.3758/s13415-017-0498-8
Naso-temporal asymmetries: suppression of emotional faces in the temporal visual hemifield
Framorando, David, Bapst, Mylene, Vuille, Nathalie and Pegna, Alan J. (2017). Naso-temporal asymmetries: suppression of emotional faces in the temporal visual hemifield. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11 (JAN) 14. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00014
Leek, E. Charles, Roberts, Mark, Oliver, Zoe J., Cristino, Filipe and Pegna, Alan J. (2016). Early differential sensitivity of evoked-potentials to local and global shape during the perception of three-dimensional objects. Neuropsychologia, 89, 495-509. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.07.006
Personality-related determinants of subtle cognitive decline in old age: a population-based study
Rodriquez, Cristelle, Albanese, Emiliano, Pegna, Alan, Toma, Simona, Ackermann, Marine, Tombeur, Eline, Herrmann, Francois R. and Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon (2016). Personality-related determinants of subtle cognitive decline in old age: a population-based study. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 6 (6), 120-132. doi: 10.1159/000441388
Semantic relatedness and first-second language effects in the bilingual brain: a brain mapping study
Khateb, Asaid, Pegna, Alan J., Michel, Christoph M., Mouthon, Michael and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2016). Semantic relatedness and first-second language effects in the bilingual brain: a brain mapping study. Bilingualism, 19 (2), 311-330. doi: 10.1017/S1366728915000140
Audiovisual association learning in absence of primary visual cortex
Seirafi, Mehrdad, De Weerd, Peter, Pegna, Alan J. and De Gelder, Beatrice (2016). Audiovisual association learning in absence of primary visual cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9 (JAN2016) 686. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00686
Martory, Marie-Dominique, Pegna, Alan John, Sheybani, Laurent, Metral, Melanie, Pertusio, Francoise Bernasconi and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2015). Assessment of social cognition and theory of mind: initial validation of the geneva social cognition scale. European Neurology, 74 (5-6), 288-295. doi: 10.1159/000442412
Harrison, Neil R., Witheridge, Sian, Makin, Alexis, Wuerger, Sophie M., Pegna, Alan J. and Meyer, Georg F. (2015). The effects of stereo disparity on the behavioural and electrophysiological correlates of perception of audio-visual motion in depth. Neuropsychologia, 78, 51-62. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.09.023
Visual imagery influences brain responses to visual stimulation in bilateral cortical blindness
de Gelder, Beatrice, Tamietto, Marco, Pegna, Alan J. and Van den Stock, Jan (2015). Visual imagery influences brain responses to visual stimulation in bilateral cortical blindness. Cortex, 72, 15-26. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.11.009
Hervais-Adelman, Alexis, Legrand, Lore B., Zhan, Minye, Tamietto, Marco, de Gelder, Beatrice and Pegna, Alan J. (2015). Looming sensitive cortical regions without V1 input: Evidence from a patient with bilateral cortical blindness. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 9 (51) A051, 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00051
Direction of biological motion affects early brain activation: a link with social cognition
Pegna, Alan John, Gehring, Elise, Meyer, Georg and Del Zotto, Marzia (2015). Direction of biological motion affects early brain activation: a link with social cognition. PLoS One, 10 (6) e0131551, e0131551. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131551
Body shape recognition in a patient with bilateral primary visual cortex lesions
Van den Stock, J., Tamietto, M., Hervais-Adelman, A., Pegna, A. J. and de Gelder, B. (2015). Body shape recognition in a patient with bilateral primary visual cortex lesions. Biological Psychiatry, 77 (7) 11921, e31-e33. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.06.023
Del Zotto, Marzia and Pegna, Alan J. (2015). Processing of masked and unmasked emotional faces under different attentional conditions: an electrophysiological investigation. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (OCT) 1691, 1691.1-1691.12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01691
Lack of automatic attentional orienting by gaze cues following a bilateral loss of visual cortex
Burra, Nicolas, Kerzel, Dirk, de Gelder, Beatrice and Pegna, Alan J. (2014). Lack of automatic attentional orienting by gaze cues following a bilateral loss of visual cortex. Neuropsychologia, 58 (1), 75-80. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.04.003
Van den Stock, Jan, Tamietto, Marco, Zhan, Minye, Heinecke, Armin, Hervais-Adelman, Alexis, Legrand, Lore B., Pegna, Alan J. and de Gelder, Beatrice (2014). Neural correlates of body and face perception following bilateral destruction of the primary visual cortices. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8 (FEB) 30. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00030
Emotional expressions modulate low α and β oscillations in a cortically blind patient
Del Zotto, Marzia, Deiber, Marie-Pierre, Legrand, Lore Billie, De Gelder, Beatrice and Pegna, Alan John (2013). Emotional expressions modulate low α and β oscillations in a cortically blind patient. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 90 (3), 358-362. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.10.007
Basic Instinct Undressed: Early Spatiotemporal Processing for Primary Sexual Characteristics
Legrand, Lore B., Del Zotto, Marzia, Tyrand, Remi and Pegna, Alan J. (2013). Basic Instinct Undressed: Early Spatiotemporal Processing for Primary Sexual Characteristics. Plos One, 8 (7) e69726, e69726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069726
Amygdala activation for eye contact despite complete cortical blindness
Burra, Nicolas, Hervais-Adelman, Alexis, Kerzel, Dirk, Tamietto, Marco, de Gelder, Beatrice and Pegna, Alan J. (2013). Amygdala activation for eye contact despite complete cortical blindness. Journal of Neuroscience, 33 (25), 10483-10489. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3994-12.2013
Buetti, Simona, Tamietto, Marco, Hervais-Adelman, Alexis, Kerzel, Dirk, de Gelder, Beatrice and Pegna, Alan J. (2013). Dissociation between goal-directed and discrete response localization in a patient with bilateral cortical blindness. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25 (10), 1769-1775. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_00404
Neuropsychological outcome after extra-temporal epilepsy surgery
El Hassani, Yassine, Fournet, Maryll, Momjian, Shahan, Pollo, Claudio, Seeck, Margitta, Pegna, Alan and Schaller, Karl (2012). Neuropsychological outcome after extra-temporal epilepsy surgery. Acta Neurochirurgica, 154 (8), 1337-1342. doi: 10.1007/s00701-012-1379-0
Darque, Alexandra, Del Zotto, Marzia, Khateb, Asaid and Pegna, Alan J. (2012). Attentional modulation of early ERP components in response to faces: Evidence from the attentional blink paradigm. Brain Topography, 25 (2), 167-181. doi: 10.1007/s10548-011-0199-5
Can post-ictal memory predict post-operative memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy?
Vuilliemoz, S., Prilipko, O., Herrmann, F. R., Pollo, C., Landis, T., Pegna, A. J. and Seeck, M. (2012). Can post-ictal memory predict post-operative memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy?. Epilepsia, 53 (10), e170-e173. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03535.x
Face-sensitive processes one hundred milliseconds after picture onset
Dering, Benjamin, Martin, Clara D., Moro, Sancho, Pegna, Alan J. and Thierry, Guillaume (2011). Face-sensitive processes one hundred milliseconds after picture onset. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5 93. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00093
Chronic deep brain stimulation in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Boex, Colette, Seeck, Margitta, Vulliemoz, Serge, Rossetti, Andrea O., Staedler, Claudio, Spinelli, Laurent, Pegna, Alan J., Pralong, Etienne, Villemure, Jean-Guy, Foletti, Giovanni and Pollo, Claudio (2011). Chronic deep brain stimulation in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy, 20 (6), 485-490. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.03.001
Simon, Stephane R., Darque, Asaid, Khateb, Alexandra, Lazeyras, Francois, Mayer, Eugene and Pegna, Alan J. (2011). When the brain remembers, but the patient doesn’t: converging EEG and fMRI evidence for covert recognition in a case of prosopagnosia. Cortex, 47 (7), 823-838. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.07.009
Early ERP modulation for task-irrelevant subliminal faces
Pegna, Alan J., Darque, Alexandra, Berrut, Claire and Khateb, Asaid (2011). Early ERP modulation for task-irrelevant subliminal faces. Frontiers in Psychology, 2 (May) Article 88. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00088
Alan, Pegna (2011). Effects of selective attention on threat-related values of emotional faces with and without awareness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2011.207.00049
An electrophysiological study of conscious visual perception using progressively degraded stimuli
Genetti, Melanie, Britz, Juliane, Michel, Christoph M. and Pegna, Alan J. (2010). An electrophysiological study of conscious visual perception using progressively degraded stimuli. Journal of Vision, 10 (14), 1-14. doi: 10.1167/10.14.1
El Hassani, Y., Fournet, M., Pegna, A., S.Momjian, , Seeck, M. and Schaller, K. (2010). Pronostic neuropsychologique postopératoire des épilepsies extra-temporales : étude rétrospective de 18 patients. Neurochirurgie, 56 (6), 545. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2010.10.066
Leek, C., Roberts, M., Reppa, I. and Pegna, A. (2010). What's so special about the N170? Modulation of N170 by geometric shape attributes of three-dimensional (3D) objects. Journal of Vision, 9 (8), 71-71. doi: 10.1167/9.8.71
Khateb, Asaid, Pegna, Alan J., Landis, Theodor, Mouthon, Michaël S. and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2010). On the origin of the N400 effects: an ERP waveform and source localization analysis in three matching tasks. Brain Topography, 23 (3), 311-320. doi: 10.1007/s10548-010-0149-7
Seeing the phantom: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of a supernumerary phantom limb
Khateb, Asaid, Simon, Stéphane R., Dieguez, Sebastian, Lazeyras, François, Momjian-Mayor, Isabelle, Blanke, Olaf, Landis, Theodor, Pegna, Alan J. and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2009). Seeing the phantom: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of a supernumerary phantom limb. Annals of Neurology, 65 (6), 698-705. doi: 10.1002/ana.21647
Temporal dynamics of awareness for facial identity revealed with ERP
Genetti, Melanie, Khateb, Asaid, Heinzer, Severine, Michel, Christoph M. and Pegna, Alan J. (2009). Temporal dynamics of awareness for facial identity revealed with ERP. Brain and Cognition, 69 (2), 296-305. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.08.008
Neuropsychological disturbances in frontal lobe epilepsy due to mutated nicotinic receptors
Picard, Fabienne, Pegna, Alan J., Arntsberg, Venke, Lucas, Nadia, Kaczmarek, Izabela, Todica, Olga, Chiriaco, Carmelina, Seeck, Margitta and Brodtkorb, Eylert (2009). Neuropsychological disturbances in frontal lobe epilepsy due to mutated nicotinic receptors. Epilepsy & Behavior, 14 (2), 354-359. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.11.003
Electrophysiological correlates of affective blindsight
Andino, Sara L. Gonzalez, de Peralta Menendez, Rolando Grave, Khateb, Asaid, Landis, Theodor and Pegna, Alan J. (2009). Electrophysiological correlates of affective blindsight. Neuroimage, 44 (2), 581-589. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.09.002
Intact navigation skills after bilateral loss of striate cortex
de Gelder, Beatrice, Tamietto, Marco, van Boxtel, Geert, Goebel, Rainer, Sahraie, Arash, van den Stock, Jan, Stienen, Bernard M.C., Weiskrantz, Lawrence and Pegna, Alan (2008). Intact navigation skills after bilateral loss of striate cortex. Current Biology, 18 (24), R1128-R1129. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.002
Electrophysiological evidence for early non-conscious processing of fearful facial expressions
Pegna, Alan J., Landis, Theodor and Khateb, Asaid (2008). Electrophysiological evidence for early non-conscious processing of fearful facial expressions. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 70 (2), 127-136. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.08.007
Language control and lexical competition in bilinguals: An event-related fMRI study
Abutalebi, Jubin, Annoni, Jean-Marie, Zimine, Ivan, Pegna, Alan J., Seghier, Mohamed L., Lee-Jahnke, Hannelore, Lazeyras, François, Cappa, Stefano F. and Khateb, Asaid (2008). Language control and lexical competition in bilinguals: An event-related fMRI study. Cerebral Cortex, 18 (7), 1496-1505. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhm182
Seghier, Mohamed L., Lazeyras, François, Pegna, Alan J., Annoni, Jean-Marie and Khateb, Asaid (2008). Group analysis and the subject factor in functional magnetic resonance imaging: Analysis of fifty right-handed healthy subjects in a semantic language task. Human Brain Mapping, 29 (4), 461-477. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20410
Vulliemoz, S., Pegna, A. J., Annoni, J. -M., Yilmaz, H., Willi, J. P., Spinelli, L., Landis, T. and Seeck, M. (2008). The selective amobarbital test in the anterior choroidal artery: Perfusion pattern assessed by intraarterial SPECT and prediction of postoperative verbal memory. Epilepsy & Behavior, 12 (3), 445-455. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.11.015
Visual search for facial expressions of emotion is less affected in simultanagnosia
Pegna, Alan J., Caldara-Schnetzer, Anne-Sarah and Khateb, Asaid (2008). Visual search for facial expressions of emotion is less affected in simultanagnosia. Cortex, 44 (1), 46-53. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2006.02.001
Language selection in bilinguals: A spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity
Khateb, Asaid, Abutalebi, Jubin, Michel, Christoph M., Pegna, Alan J., Lee-Jahnke, Hannelore and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2007). Language selection in bilinguals: A spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 65 (3), 201-213. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.04.008
Thierry, Guillaume, Martin, Clara D., Downing, Paul E. and Pegna, Alan J. (2007). Is the N170 sensitive to the human face or to several intertwined perceptual and conceptual factors? [2]. Nature Neuroscience, 10 (7), 802-803. doi: 10.1038/nn0707-802
Gonzalez Andino, Sara L., de Peralta, Rolando Grave, Khateb, Asaid, Pegna, Alan J., Thut, Gregor and Landis, Theodor (2007). A glimpse into your vision. Human Brain Mapping, 28 (7), 614-624. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20302
Controlling for interstimulus perceptual variance abolishes N170 face selectivity
Thierry, Guillaume, Martin, Clara D., Downing, Paul and Pegna, Alan J. (2007). Controlling for interstimulus perceptual variance abolishes N170 face selectivity. Nature Neuroscience, 10 (4), 505-511. doi: 10.1038/nn1864
Rhyme processing in the brain: An ERP mapping study
Khateb, Asaid, Pegna, Alan J., Landis, Theodor, Michel, Christoph M., Brunet, Denis, Seghier, Mohamed L. and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2007). Rhyme processing in the brain: An ERP mapping study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 63 (3), 240-250. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.11.001
Christe, Blaise, Burkhard, Pierre R., Pegna, Alan J., Mayer, Eugene and Hauert, Claude-Alain (2007). Clinical assessment of motor function: A processes oriented instrument based on a speed-accuracy trade-off paradigm. Behavioural Neurology, 18 (1), 19-29. doi: 10.1155/2007/203828
Postictal but not interictal hemispatial neglect in patients with seizures of lateralized onset
Prilipko, Olga, Seeck, Margitta, Mermillod, Bernadette, Landis, Theodor and Pegna, Alan J. (2006). Postictal but not interictal hemispatial neglect in patients with seizures of lateralized onset. Epilepsia, 47 (12), 2046-2051. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00855.x
An event-related potential component sensitive to images of the human body
Thierry, Guillaume, Pegna, Alan J., Dodds, Chris, Roberts, Mark, Basan, Sebastien and Downing, Paul (2006). An event-related potential component sensitive to images of the human body. Neuroimage, 32 (2), 871-879. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.03.060
Speech arrest with stimulation may not reliably predict language deficit after epilepsy surgery
Seeck, M, Pegna, AJ, Ortigue, S, Spinelli, L, Dessibourg, CA, Delavelle, J, Blanke, O, Michel, CM, Landis, T and Villemure, JG (2006). Speech arrest with stimulation may not reliably predict language deficit after epilepsy surgery. Neurology, 66 (4), 592-594. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000199254.67398.a7
Automatic motor cortex activation for natural as compared to awkward grips of a manipulate object
Petit, Leila S., Pegna, Alan J., Harris, Irina M. and Michel, Christoph M. (2006). Automatic motor cortex activation for natural as compared to awkward grips of a manipulate object. Experimental Brain Research, 168 (1-2), 120-130. doi: 10.1007/s00221-005-0092-0
Cerebral processes in mental transformations of body parts: Recognition prior to rotation
Overney , LS, Michel, CM, Harris, IM and Pegna, AJ (2005). Cerebral processes in mental transformations of body parts: Recognition prior to rotation. Cognitive Brain Research, 25 (3), 722-734. doi: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2005.09.024
Discriminating emotional faces without primary visual cortices involves the right amygdala
Pegna, Alan J., Khateb, Asaid, Lazeyras, Francois and Seghier, Mohamed L. (2005). Discriminating emotional faces without primary visual cortices involves the right amygdala. Nature Neuroscience, 8 (1), 24-25. doi: 10.1038/nn1364
Variability of fMRI activation during a phonological and semantic language task in healthy subjects
Seghier, ML, Lazeyras, F, Pegna, AJ, Annoni, JM, Zimine, , Mayer, E, Michel, CM and Khateb, A (2004). Variability of fMRI activation during a phonological and semantic language task in healthy subjects. Human Brain Mapping, 23 (3), 140-155. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20053
Visual recognition of faces, objects, and words using degraded stimuli: Where and when it occurs
Pegna, AJ, Khateb, A, Michel, CM and Landis, T (2004). Visual recognition of faces, objects, and words using degraded stimuli: Where and when it occurs. Human Brain Mapping, 22 (4), 300-311. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20039
Transient crossed aphasia evidenced by functional brain imagery
Khateb, A, Martory, MD, Annoni, JM, Lazeyras, F, de Tribolet, N, Pegna, AJ, Mayer, E, Michel, CM and Seghier, ML (2004). Transient crossed aphasia evidenced by functional brain imagery. Neuroreport, 15 (5), 785-790. doi: 10.1097/00001756-200404090-00009
Pure global acalculia following a left subangular lesion
Martory, MD, Mayer, E, Pegna, AJ, Annoni, JM, Landis, T and Khateb, A (2003). Pure global acalculia following a left subangular lesion. Neurocase, 9 (4), 319-328. doi: 10.1076/neur.9.4.319.15549
Processing of semantic categorical and associative relations: an ERP mapping study
Khateb, A, Michel, CM, Pegna, AJ, O'Dochartaigh, SD, Landis, T and Annoni, JM (2003). Processing of semantic categorical and associative relations: an ERP mapping study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 49 (1), 41-55. doi: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00076-X
Pure imagery hemi-neglect of far space
Ortigue, S, Viaud-Delmon, , Michel, CM, Blanke, O, Annoni, JM, Pegna, A, Mayer, E, Spinelli, L and Landis, T (2003). Pure imagery hemi-neglect of far space. Neurology, 60 (12), 2000-2002. doi: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000068028.63291.B6
Representation of anatomical constraints in motor imagery: Mental rotation of a body segment
Petit, L.S., Pegna, A.J., Mayer, E. and Hauert, C.-A. (2003). Representation of anatomical constraints in motor imagery: Mental rotation of a body segment. Brain and Cognition, 51 (1), 95-101. doi: 10.1016/s0278-2626(02)00526-2
Neuropsychological test in daily practice L'examen neuropsychologique en pratique quotidienne
Annoni, Jean-Marie, Pertusio, Françoise Bernasconi, Caldara, Anne-Sarah, Khateb, Asaid, Lubini, Deborah, Martory, Marie-Dominique, Mayer, Eugène, Ortigue, Stéphanie, Pegna, Alan J and Valenza, Nathalie (2003). Neuropsychological test in daily practice L'examen neuropsychologique en pratique quotidienne. Revue médicale de la Suisse romande, 123 (4), 263-267.
Visuospatial processing and right hemisphere specialisation
Pegna, AJ and Landis, T (2002). Visuospatial processing and right hemisphere specialisation. Revue De Neuropsychologie, 12 (2), 213-240.
Pegna, Alan J. and Landis, Theodor (2002). Visuospatial processing and right hemisphere specialisation Fonctions visuospatiales et spécialisation hémisphérique droite. Revue de Neuropsychologie, 12 (2), 213-240.
Neural processing of illusory and real contours revealed by high-density ERP mapping
Pegna, AJ, Khateb, A, Murray, MM, Landis, T and Michel, CM (2002). Neural processing of illusory and real contours revealed by high-density ERP mapping. Neuroreport, 13 (7), 965-968. doi: 10.1097/00001756-200205240-00013
Khateb, Asaid, Pegna, Alan J., Michel, Christoph M., Landis, Theodor and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2002). Dynamics of brain activation during an explicit word and image recognition task: an electrophysiological study. Brain Topography, 14 (3), 197-213. doi: 10.1023/A:1014502925003
Is the right amygdala involved in visuospatial memory? Evidence from MRI volumetric measures
Pegna, AJ, Caldara-Schnetzer, AS, Perrig, SH, Lazeyras, F, Khateb, A, Landis, T and Seeck, M (2002). Is the right amygdala involved in visuospatial memory? Evidence from MRI volumetric measures. European Neurology, 47 (3), 148-155. doi: 10.1159/000047973
Pegna, AJ, Caldara-Schnetzer, AS, Perrig, SH, Lazeyras, F, Khateb, A, Mayer, E, Landis, T and Seeck, M (2002). Is the right amygdala involved in visuospatial memory? Evidence from MRI volumetric measures (vol 47, pg 148, 2002). European Neurology, 47 (4), 243-243.
So near yet so far: Neglect in far or near space depends on tool use
Pegna, AJ, Petit, L, Caldara-Schnetzer, AS, Khateb, A, Annoni, JM, Sztajzel, R and Landis, T (2001). So near yet so far: Neglect in far or near space depends on tool use. Annals of Neurology, 50 (6), 820-822. doi: 10.1002/ana.10058
Electric source imaging of human brain functions
Michel, Christoph M, Thut, Gregor, Morand, Stéphanie, Khateb, Asaid, Pegna, Alan J, Grave de Peralta, Rolando, Gonzalez, Sara, Seeck, Margitta and Landis, Theodor (2001). Electric source imaging of human brain functions. Brain Research Reviews, 36 (2-3), 108-118. doi: 10.1016/s0165-0173(01)00086-8
Dynamics of brain activation during a word and image recognition task: An electrophysiological study
Khateb, Asaid, Michel, Christoph M., Pegna, Alan J., Landis, Theodor and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2001). Dynamics of brain activation during a word and image recognition task: An electrophysiological study. NeuroImage, 13 (6), 550. doi: 10.1016/s1053-8119(01)91893-2
Pegna, Alan J., Khateb, Asaid, Caldara-Schnetzer, Anne-Sarah, Landis, Theodor and Michel, Christoph M. (2001). Time course of visual processing for real and illusory contours as determined by event-related potential analysis. NeuroImage, 13 (6), 926. doi: 10.1016/s1053-8119(01)92268-2
fMRI on patients with lesions involving language areas: implications for neurosurgery
Seghier, Mohamed L., Lazeyras, Francois, Pegna, Alan J., Zimine, Ivan, Dela Velle, Jacqueline, Mayer, Eugene, Annoni, Jean-Marie and Khateb, Asaid (2001). fMRI on patients with lesions involving language areas: implications for neurosurgery. NeuroImage, 13 (6), 836. doi: 10.1016/s1053-8119(01)92178-0
Khateb, Asaid, Michel, Christoph M, Pegna, Alan J, Thut, Gregor, Landis, Theodor and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2001). The time course of semantic category processing in the cerebral hemispheres: an electrophysiological study. Cognitive Brain Research, 10 (3), 251-264. doi: 10.1016/s0926-6410(00)00042-2
Interhemispheric transfer evaluation in multiple sclerosis
Ortiz, N, Reicherts, M, Pegna, AJ, Garran, E, Chofflon, M, Roth, S, Annoni, JM, Landis, T and Mayer, E (2000). Interhemispheric transfer evaluation in multiple sclerosis. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 59 (3), 150-158. doi: 10.1024//1421-0185.59.3.150
New insights into the Stroop effect: a spatiotemporal analysis of electric brain activity
Khateb, A, Michel, CM, Pegna, AJ, Landis, T and Annoni, JM (2000). New insights into the Stroop effect: a spatiotemporal analysis of electric brain activity. Neuroreport, 11 (9), 1849-1855. doi: 10.1097/00001756-200006260-00010
New insights into the stroop effect: Spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity
Khateb, Asaid, Michel, Christoph M., Pegna, Alan J., Landis, Theodor and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2000). New insights into the stroop effect: Spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity. NeuroImage, 11 (5), S71. doi: 10.1016/s1053-8119(00)91005-x
Semantic Category and Rhyming Processing in the Left and Right Cerebral Hemisphere
Khateb, Asaid, Pegna, Alan J., Michel, Christoph M., Custodi, Marie-Carmen, Landis, Theodor and Annoni, Jean-Marie (2000). Semantic Category and Rhyming Processing in the Left and Right Cerebral Hemisphere. Laterality, 5 (1), 35-53. doi: 10.1080/135765000396825
Semantic category and rhyming processing in the left and right cerebral hemisphere
Khateb, A, Pegna, AJ, Michel, CM, Custodi, MC, Landis, T and Annoni, JM (2000). Semantic category and rhyming processing in the left and right cerebral hemisphere. Laterality, 5 (1), 35-53. doi: 10.1080/713754355
A pure case of Gerstmann syndrome with a subangular lesion
Mayer, E, Martory, MD, Pegna, AJ, Landis, T, Delavelle, J and Annoni, JM (1999). A pure case of Gerstmann syndrome with a subangular lesion. Brain, 122, 1107-1120. doi: 10.1093/brain/122.6.1107
Spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity during semantic and phonological word processing
Khateb, Asaid, Annoni, Jean-Marie, Landis, Theodor, Pegna, Alan J., Custodi, Marie-Carmen, Fonteneau, Elisabeth, Morand, Stéphanie M. and Michel, Christoph M. (1999). Spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity during semantic and phonological word processing. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 32 (3), 215-231. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8760(99)00017-3
Semantically-triggered reading epilepsy: An experimental case study
Pegna, AJ, Picard, F, Martory, MD, Vuilleumier, P, Seeck, M, Jallon, P and Landis, T (1999). Semantically-triggered reading epilepsy: An experimental case study. Cortex, 35 (1), 101-111. doi: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70788-3
Increased focal interictal discharges during specific cognitive tasks
Blanke, Olaf, Pegna, Alan, Marcoz, Jean-Pierre, Landis, Theodor and Seeck, Margitta (1999). Increased focal interictal discharges during specific cognitive tasks. Neurocase, 5 (1), 13-19. doi: 10.1080/13554799908404060
Increased focal interictal discharges during specific cognitive tasks
Blanke, O, Pegna, A, Marcoz, JP, Landis, T and Seeck, M (1999). Increased focal interictal discharges during specific cognitive tasks. Neurocase, 5 (1), 13-19. doi: 10.1093/neucas/5.1.13
Ictal agraphia: A patient study
Schomer, DL, Pegna, A, Matton, B, Seeck, M, Bidaut, L, Slossman, D, Roth, S and Landis, T (1998). Ictal agraphia: A patient study. Neurology, 50 (2), 542-545. doi: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.542
Comprehensive postictal neuropsychology improves focus localization in epilepsy
Pegna, AJ, Qayoom, Z, Gericke, CA, Landis, T and Seeck, M (1998). Comprehensive postictal neuropsychology improves focus localization in epilepsy. European Neurology, 40 (4), 207-211. doi: 10.1159/000007981
Motor perseverations: A function of the side and the site of a cerebral lesion
Annoni, GM, Pegna, AJ, Michel, CM, Estade, M and Landis, T (1998). Motor perseverations: A function of the side and the site of a cerebral lesion. European Neurology, 40 (2), 84-90. doi: 10.1159/000007963
Pegna, A. J., Khateb, A., Morand, S. M., Seeck, M., Landis, T. and Michel, C. M. (1997). Spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity during mental rotation: An event-related potentials study. NeuroImage, 5 (4 PART II).
Annoni, JM and Pegna, AJ (1997). Random motor generation in a finger tapping task: influence of spatial contingency and of cortical and subcortical hemispheric brain lesions. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 63 (5), 654-659. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.63.5.654
Unraveling the cerebral dynamics of mental imagery
Pegna, AJ, Khateb, A, Spinelli, L, Seeck, M, Landis, T and Michel, CM (1997). Unraveling the cerebral dynamics of mental imagery. Human Brain Mapping, 5 (6), 410-421.
Unraveling the cerebral dynamics of mental imagery
Pegna, Alan J., Khateb, Asaid, Spinelli, Laurent, Seeck, Margitta, Landis, Theodor and Michel, Christoph M. (1997). Unraveling the cerebral dynamics of mental imagery. Human Brain Mapping, 5 (6), 410-421. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0193(1997)5:6<410::aid-hbm2>3.0.co;2-6
Unraveling the cerebral dynamics of mental imagery
Pegna, Alan J., Khateb, Asaid, Spinelli, Laurent, Seeck, Margitta, Landis, Theodor and Michel, Christoph M. (1997). Unraveling the cerebral dynamics of mental imagery. Human Brain Mapping, 5 (6), 410-421. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0193(1997)5:6<410::aid-hbm2>3.3.co;2-t
Cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons are excited by histamine in vitro
Khateb, A., Fort, P., Pegna, A., Jones, B.E. and Mühlethaler, M. (1995). Cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons are excited by histamine in vitro. Neuroscience, 69 (2), 495-506. doi: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00264-j
FORT, P, KHATEB, A, PEGNA, A, MUHLETHALER, M and JONES, BE (1995). NORADRENERGIC MODULATION OF CHOLINERGIC NUCLEUS BASALIS NEURONS DEMONSTRATED BY IN-VITRO PHARMACOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE IN THE GUINEA-PIG BRAIN. European Journal of Neuroscience, 7 (7), 1502-1511. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1995.tb01145.x
HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE FOR MELODY RECOGNITION IN MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS
MESSERLI, P, PEGNA, A and SORDET, N (1995). HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE FOR MELODY RECOGNITION IN MUSICIANS AND NON-MUSICIANS. Neuropsychologia, 33 (4), 395-405. doi: 10.1016/0028-3932(94)00123-7
ZESIGER, P, PEGNA, A and RILLIET, B (1994). UNILATERAL DYSGRAPHIA OF THE DOMINANT HAND IN A LEFT-HANDER - A DISRUPTION OF GRAPHIC MOTOR PATTERN SELECTION. Cortex, 30 (4), 673-683. doi: 10.1016/S0010-9452(13)80243-2
Sveikata, Lukas, Kavan, Nicole, Pegna, Alan, Seeck, Margitta, Momjian, Shahan, Schaller, Karl and Vulliemoz, Serge (2019). Individual prediction of postoperative verbal memory in temporal lobe epilepsy: The contribution of postictal memory testing. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Philadelphia, PA, United States, May 4-10, 2019. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
Sveikata, L., Kavan, N., Pegna, A. J., Seeck, M., Momjian, S., Schaller, K. and Vulliemoz, S. (2018). Individual prediction of post-operative verbal memory decline in temporal lobe epilepsy: the contribution of post-ictal memory testing. 4th Congress of the European-Academy-of-Neurology (EAN), Lisbon Portugal, Jun 16-19, 2018. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
Leek, Charles, Roberts, Mark and Pegna, Alan (2016). Stereo disparity modulates evoked potentials associated with the perceptual classification of 3D object shape: a high-density ERP study. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Bolmont, M., Bianchi-Demicheli, F. and Pegna, A. (2014). ALTHOUGH WOMEN COME FROM VENUS AND MEN FROM MARS, BOTH DESIRE IN THE SAME DIRECTION: AN ORIGINAL AND EXPLORATORY EYETRACKING STUDY. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
Yeh, Su-Ling, Zhou, Jifan, Li, Kuei-An, Tien, Yung-Hsuan, Chen, Yi-Huan, Lin, Yih-Shiuan and Pegna, Alan (2014). Semantic processing of invisible words under interocular suppression: Evidence from evoked-related potentials. LONDON: PION LTD.
Amygdala response for faces in a patient with cortical blindness
Pegna, A., Hervais-Adelman, A., Lore, L., Del Zotto, M. and de Gelder, B. (2012). Amygdala response for faces in a patient with cortical blindness. LONDON: PION LTD.
Incomplete development from topological to metric representation of space - a case report
Lopez, U., Descloux, V., Pegna, A. and Maurer, R. (2010). Incomplete development from topological to metric representation of space - a case report. 14th Congress of European-Federation-of-Neurological-Societies, Geneva Switzerland, Sep, 2010. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
Khateb, A., Pegna, A. J., Michel, C. M., Landis, T. and Annoni, J. M. (2008). Dissociating the semantic relation and language effects in the bilingual brain: an event-related potential study. 12th Congress of the European-Federation-of-Neurological-Societies, Madrid Spain, Aug 23-26, 2008. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
POST-ICTAL VERBAL MEMORY IS PREDICTIVE OF MEMORY DECLINE AFTER TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY SURGERY
Seeck, Margitta, Vulliemoz, Serge, Prilipko, O., Herrmann, F., Pollo, Claudio, Landis, T. and Pegna, A. (2008). POST-ICTAL VERBAL MEMORY IS PREDICTIVE OF MEMORY DECLINE AFTER TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY SURGERY. 62nd Annual Meeting of the American-Epilepsy-Society, Seattle Wa, Dec 05-09, 2008. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC.
Vulliemoz, Serge, Pegna, Alan J., Yilmaz, Hasan, Willi, Jean-Pierre, Spinelli, Laurent, Landis, Theodor and Seeck, Margitta (2007). Selective amobarbital test in the anterior choroidal artery: Perfusion pattern assesssed by intra-arterial SPECT and predictive value on post-operative memory. 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Academy-of-Neurology, Boston Ma, Apr 28-May 05, 2007. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
Impaired information processing as a key determinant of akinesia in Parkinson's disease
Christe, B., Hauert, C.-A., Pegna, A. J. and Burkhard, P. R. (2007). Impaired information processing as a key determinant of akinesia in Parkinson's disease. 11th International Congress of Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorders, Istanbul Turkey, Jun 03-07, 2007. HOBOKEN: WILEY-LISS.
Prilipko, O, Herrmann, F, Pegna, A and Seeck, M (2006). Do postictal neuropsychological tests predict postsurgical memory performance in epileptic patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy?. 58th Annual Meeting of the American-Academy-of-Neurology, San Diego Ca, Apr 01-08, 2006. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
Postictal but not interictal hemispatial neglect in patients with seizures of lateralized onset
Prilipko, O, Seeck, M, Mermillod, B and Pegna, A (2006). Postictal but not interictal hemispatial neglect in patients with seizures of lateralized onset. 58th Annual Meeting of the American-Academy-of-Neurology, San Diego Ca, Apr 01-08, 2006. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
Vulliemoz, S., Annoni, J., Willi, J., Landis, T., Yilmaz, H., Pegna, A. and Seeck, M. (2006). Selective amobarbital test in the anterior choroidal artery: Is it predictive of postoperative memory?. 7th European Congress on Epileptology, Helsinki Finland, Jul 02-06, 2006. OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING.
Anatomical limitations and cerebral processes in mental transformations of body parts
Petit, LS, Harris, IM and Pegna, AJ (2005). Anatomical limitations and cerebral processes in mental transformations of body parts. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE.
Angry faces are easier to identify than happy faces
Raymond, JE, Gomez-Cuerva, J, Jackson, M and Pegna, A (2005). Angry faces are easier to identify than happy faces. LONDON: PION LTD.
Semantic processing of categorical and associative relationships: A brain mapping study
Khateb, A, Annoni, JM, Pegna, AJ, O'Dochartaigh, SD, Landis, T and Michel, CM (2002). Semantic processing of categorical and associative relationships: A brain mapping study. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
Dynamics of brain activation during a word and image recognition task: An electrophysiological study
Khateb, A, Michel, CM, Pegna, AJ, Landis, T and Annoni, JM (2001). Dynamics of brain activation during a word and image recognition task: An electrophysiological study. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC.
Pegna, AJ, Khateb, A, Caldara-Schnetzer, AS, Landis, T and Michel, CM (2001). Time course of visual processing for real and illusory contours as determined by event-related potential analysis. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC.
fMRI on patients with lesions involving language areas: Implications for neurosurgery
Seghier, ML, Lazeyras, F, Pegna, AJ, Zimine, , Delavelle, J, Mayer, E, Annoni, JM and Khateb, A (2001). fMRI on patients with lesions involving language areas: Implications for neurosurgery. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC.
Analysis of brain activity during processing of categorical and associative semantic relations
Annoni, JM, Khateb, A, Pegna, AJ, O'Dochartaigh, S, Landis, T and Michel, CM (2001). Analysis of brain activity during processing of categorical and associative semantic relations. LONDON: BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP.
Caklara, AS, Pegna, AJ, Annoni, JM and Landis, T (2000). Subjective contours of the kanisza type induce perceptual errors in variations of the Ponzo and Poggendorf illusions. OXFORD: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD.
Electrical cortical stimulation of the human prefrontal cortex evokes complex visual hallucinations
Blanke, O, Pegna, A, Spinelli, L, Perrig, S, Landis, T and Seeck, M (1999). Electrical cortical stimulation of the human prefrontal cortex evokes complex visual hallucinations. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
Spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity during semantic and phonological word processing
Khateb, A, Annoni, JM, Landis, T, Pegna, AJ, Custodi, MC, Fonteneau, E, Morand, SM and Michel, CM (1998). Spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity during semantic and phonological word processing. CAMBRIDGE: MIT PRESS.
Qayoom, Z, Pegna, A, Annoni, JM, Slosman, D, Allaoua, M, Landis, T and Seeck, M (1996). Postictal neuropsychological examination is a highly localizing tool in presurgical epilepsy evaluation. BOSTON: LITTLE BROWN CO.
MOTOR PERSEVERATIONS AND OTHER MOTOR INTENTIONAL DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH SINGLE CEREBRAL-LESIONS
ANNONI, JM, PEGNA, A, ESTADE, M and LEFLOCH, J (1994). MOTOR PERSEVERATIONS AND OTHER MOTOR INTENTIONAL DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH SINGLE CEREBRAL-LESIONS. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS UNITED KINGDOM.
THE EFFECT OF NORADRENALINE ON SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN SLICES OF RAT NEOCORTEX INVITRO
BINDMAN, LJ, DEDICOAT, M, HAMIDUDDIN, RB, HARNETT, PR and PEGNA, A (1990). THE EFFECT OF NORADRENALINE ON SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN SLICES OF RAT NEOCORTEX INVITRO. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.
EAR ADVANTAGE - HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE AND COGNITIVE STRATEGY
MESSERLI, P and PEGNA, A (1986). EAR ADVANTAGE - HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE AND COGNITIVE STRATEGY. LISSE: SWETS ZEITLINGER PUBLISHERS.
(2016) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Effects of oxytocin on the temporal dynamics of emotion processing
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Investigating the Role of the Amygdala in the Early Processing of Emotional Faces and Threat Related Stimuli
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Examining Stress, and Cognitive-Affective Processing in Emotion Disorders
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Investigating the Relationship between Visual Attention and Consciousness in Response to Emotional Stimuli in the Human Brain
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
How spatial processing of emotional facial expression might be influenced by violation of personal space.
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Affective and Semantic Properties of Peripersonal Space Representation
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The role of the amygdala in primate social intelligence.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Effectiveness of Memory Rehabilitation Techniques in Improving Memory Function in Patients with Epilepsy
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Preterm Birth and its Impact on the Maturation of Executive Function
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Role of the amygdala in rapid emotional face processing
Evidence has shown that the amygdala is responsible for the rapid detection of threat and emotion, however hard evidence is lacking to confirm this idea. This project will examine the electrical brain response to emotional stimuli in healthy individuals as well as patients who have undergone surgical removal of their amygdala (amygdalectomies). The aim will be to establish whether the amydgala indeed contributes to the rapid processing of the visual stimuli.
Role of the amygdala in attentional capture of emotional stimuli
Evidence has shown that the amygdala is responsible for the rapid detection of threat and emotion. One question that arises is whether this process is a prequisite for attention shifting. This project will investigate the electrical coorelate of attention-shifting in healthy individuals as well as patients who have undergone surgical removal of their amygdala (amygdalectomies). The project aims to determine if amydgala removal affects the automatic shift of attetion towards threatening stimuli..
Effects of personal space on face processing: an ERP and VR study
It has been known for some time that different brain regions process stimuli according to whether they are situated in near (peripersonal) or far (extrapersonal) space. Furthermore, evidence has demonstrated the existence of a personal spatial boundary that, when crossed by another individual, creates a sense of discomfort. Using ERP in conjunction with Virtual Reality, this project will examine the brain response to neutral and emotionally expressive faces, as well as trustworthy and untrustworthy faces, situated within or beyond personal space.