Social Cognition Group

Leader

Julie
GREZES

Research center

ENS Ecole Normale Supérieure
45 rue d’Ulm
75230 Paris
Marc Mézard

Institution

Inserm
ED158
Université Pierre et Marie Curie

Laboratory

Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives
U960
Site web
Paris-Science Lettre (ANR-11-0001-02 PSL), Laboratoire d’excellence : Institut des Sciences Cognitives (IEC) – Ecole Normale (ANR-10-LABX-0087)

Mots clefs

social cognition
neuroimaging
Social Behaviour
Affective processes
Non verbal Communication
 

publications

El Zein M, Gamond L, Conty L, Grèzes J. Selective attention effects on early integration of social signals: Same timing, modulated neural sources. Neuroimage. 2015 Feb 1;106:182-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.10.063. Epub 2014 Nov 1.

Dezecache G, Conty L, Grèzes J. Social affordances: is the mirror neuron system involved? Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Aug;36(4):417-8. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X12001872.

Grèzes J., Philip, L., Chadwick, M., Dezecache, G., Soussignan, R., Conty, L. (2013) Self-relevance appraisal influences facial reactions to emotional body expressions. PLoS One, 8(2):e55885.

Grèzes J., Adenis MS., Pouga L., Armony J.L. (2012) Self-relevance modulates brain responses to angry body expressions. Cortex. [Epub ahead of print].

Conty L., Dezecache G., Hugueville L., Grèzes J. (2012) Early binding of gaze, gesture and emotion: neural time course and correlates. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(13):4531-9.

Pichon S., de Gelder B., Grèzes J. (2012) Threat prompts defensive brain responses independently of attentional control. Cerebral cortex, 22(2):274-85.

Conty L., Grèzes J. (2011) Look at me, I will remember you: The perception of self-relevant social cues enhances memory and right hippocampal activity. Human Brain Mapping. 33(10): 2428-40.

Fields of research

Cognitive neurosciences / neuropsychology /neuroeconomy

Research Theme

Our primary interest is to study the neural time course and correlates underpinning the processing of the early stages of social interactions. We have now set out to address several key issues important to our understanding of the processing of social interactions, for example (i) what is the biological function of spontaneous and involuntary facial reactions when facing emotional events; (ii) how and when do we perceive / decide that we are the target of a communicative intention (iii) how we (decide to) prepare an adapted motor response. We combine several approaches, behavioural (performances and reactions times), psycho-physiological (such as skin conductance, heart rate and facial EMG) and neuroimaging techniques (fMRI and EEG) in healthy individuals and in individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Etudiants ENP

Hannah METZLER

Lab rotation

Adaptive anxiety

Chercheur responsable: 

GREZES Julie

Dates: 

18 September 2017 - 29 June 2018

Date limite de candidature: 

29 June 2018

Period

~ Sept-Dec 2017

~ Jan-March 2018

~ April-June 2018

Project

Anxiety is both an adaptive response when manifest in moderation and an impairing condition at exceeding levels. The present project aims at investigating the behavioral consequences of anxiety observed during attention selection and action selection.

Contact

Ecole Normale Supérieure - Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives - 29 rue d'Ulm, 1er étage 75005 Paris - Julie.grezes@ens.fr

Superviseur: 

GREZES Julie