This week, we are pleased to announce the arrival of a postdoctoral fellow in our lab: Edith!

The ability to perceive speech in the presence of noise declines with age. However, the practice of certain musical activities, such as singing, could minimize this decline. But is this the case for everyone who sings? And how can we explain the link between singing and speech perception?

The winter of 2022 is shaping up to be quite busy at the lab, and we’ve decided to give you an overview of what we’ll be working on!

How many neurons are there in our brain? What do these cells look like?

A new international graduate research intern, Camille, is joining our lab for the winter 2022 semester!

As we approach the end of 2021, it is time to take stock of our realizations!

From October 5 to 8, an important international conference took place: the annual meeting of the "Society for the Neurobiology of Language 2021"!

Electroencephalography is a technique that measures the electrical activity generated by large populations of neurons through electrodes placed on the scalp.

Congratulations to Valérie and Pascale, respectively student and director of the laboratory, for their scientific article that was recently accepted for publication! This article will be the first chapter of Valérie’s doctoral thesis. 

Interested in language and how the brain works? Whether you are a neophyte or initiated in these fields, we invite you to watch a conference given this summer by Dre. Tremblay on the topic of the neurobiology of language!

This fall, we are not welcoming one, but two new research interns to our team!

The beginning of the school year always comes with new students at the lab! 

The influence of visual information on speech perception is well known. For example, when we are in a noisy environment, lipreading makes it easier to understand speech.

You like testing illusions? We invite you to experience an illusory phenomenon linked to the perception of speech!

In our research projects, we often use tests that assess cognitive functions, also called "cognition".

On June 8, Pascale Tremblay, director of the laboratory, spoke with Stephen Wilson, a professor at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA, as part of The Language Neuroscience Podcast, hosted by Professor Wilson.

Have you ever scored verbal fluency tasks? We are launching today a new study, which is part of the master's project of Gabriel Frazer-McKee, a student of the lab!

Several mad scientists have struck our imagination with their science experiments that had catastrophic consequences. Think of Doctor Frankenstein, who gave life to a monster made from human remains, Doctor Octopus whose body was fused to mechanical arms, or Doc Brown, who accidentally made Marty McFly travel back in time!

If you listen to Quebec Prime Minister Legault's press briefings on television, you may have noticed the presence of sign language interpreters. Has your curiosity been piqued by this language? Have you wondered what it must be like to live with deafness?

The results of a scientific study indicate this, those of another study rather suggest that, a third study supports the opposite... scientific literature can sometimes seem contradictory. What’s more, not all studies are of the same quality! How do you navigate all of this?!