{"id":12150,"date":"2025-01-27T00:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T00:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/?p=12150"},"modified":"2026-04-15T21:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:21:25","slug":"2024-recap-a-year-full-of-achievements-%f0%9f%8c%9f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/2024-recap-a-year-full-of-achievements-%f0%9f%8c%9f\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Recap: A Year Full of Achievements! \ud83c\udf1f"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12150\" class=\"elementor elementor-12150\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dbd250 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dbd250\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-570e17d\" data-id=\"570e17d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc3b4b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc3b4b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2024, our team achieved an incredible amount of work: we published several scientific articles, gave conferences, collected data intensively, worked to mobilize knowledge from our projects, and carried out editorial and academic work\u2026 \ud83d\udcbc\ud83e\udde0 Each project and idea brought us closer to our goal: advancing knowledge in cognitive neuroscience of language and neurocognitive aging. This year was not without its challenges: methodological obstacles, tight deadlines, and unexpected incidents punctuated our journey. But every challenge we overcame strengthened our determination and enriched our learning. \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udfafAs we step into this new year, we take a moment to celebrate our key achievements. \ud83c\udfaf\u2728<\/p><p>Here they are:<\/p><ul><li>We published 10 articles in international scientific journals and one book chapter, and we currently have 3 articles and one chapter under review.<\/li><li>Most of the published articles are accompanied by the publication of the associated dataset, embracing the spirit of open science. Check out our datasets on Borealis by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/borealisdata.ca\/dataverse\/pascale_tremblay\/?q=pascale+tremblay\">here<\/a>.<\/li><li>We are working on 3 other articles, which will be submitted to scientific journals at the beginning of 2025.<\/li><li>Val\u00e9rie successfully defended her PhD thesis in Rehabilitation Sciences in May. Congratulations, Val\u00e9rie!<\/li><li>Alexandre and David successfully fast-tracked to a PhD program from a master\u2019s degree. Well done to both of you!<\/li><li>Alexandre passed his doctoral examination in December with flying colors. Congratulations, Alexandre!<\/li><li>Xiyue is intensively writing her thesis, which she will submit at the beginning of 2025.<\/li><li>Lab students received 5 competitive scholarships from CIHR (Alexandre), FRQNT (Alexandre), FRQS (David), CIRRIS (Am\u00e9lie), and Universit\u00e9 Laval (Kellyane).<\/li><li>Pascale submitted a grant application to the Grammy Foundation, with another one in preparation.<\/li><li>Pascale gave 8 invited talks in Helsinki, Montreal, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, and Quebec City at scientific events as well as events for knowledge users (speech-language pathologists and audiologists).<\/li><li>Lab students delivered 8 poster presentations and one oral presentation at scientific events.<\/li><li>We welcomed 11 new members:<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; Jessica<\/strong>, as a winter research intern;<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; \u00c9velyne<\/strong>, as a research assistant;<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; Kellyane and Marion<\/strong>, as summer research interns;<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; Roxane<\/strong>, who began a master\u2019s in neuroscience in the fall;<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; Am\u00e9lie<\/strong>, who began a master\u2019s in rehabilitation sciences in the fall;<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; Ang\u00e9line and Megan<\/strong>, research interns in the fall;<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; Marc-Antoine, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne, and Marika<\/strong>, as research assistants in the fall.<\/p><ul><li>We completed data collection for the EEG-TMS project (ElectroStim, funded by NSERC) led by Pascale! A total of 28 participants were recruited, with 25 completing all stages, representing 80 sessions of 3-hour TMS and EEG recordings! Pascale will begin data analysis in January.<\/li><li>Data analysis is underway for 7 projects.<\/li><li>We continued data collection for our large NeuroSPiN project, funded by CIHR.<\/li><li>We launched a new project on speech production and aging, in collaboration with Professor \u00c9dith Durand from UQTR. More updates coming soon!<\/li><li>Overall, we welcomed 146 unique participants to our lab, for a total of 324 sessions (most participants visited the lab more than once, and some participated in more than one project):<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; 131 participants completed one or more of the three visits planned for the NeuroSPiN project: 131 Visit 1s (cognitive assessment), 72 Visit 2s (EEG), and 61 Visit 3s (MRI) (264 sessions in total);<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; 15 participants completed one or more visits for the ElectroStim project (56 sessions in total);<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; 4 participants took part in our new project on speech production and aging (1 session per participant).<\/p><ul><li>A new project, MELODIC, is under development and will begin in summer 2025. More updates soon!<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d80aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d80aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_18565_-1024x578.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12154\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_18565_-1024x578.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_18565_-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_18565_-768x434.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_18565_-540x305.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_18565_-860x486.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_18565_-1170x661.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_18565_.jpeg 1473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure 1. Some achievements of the lab in 2024<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef1cda3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef1cda3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>We published 25 original blog posts, with contributions from several of our graduate students (Val\u00e9rie, David, Alexandre, Roxane, and Am\u00e9lie) to support our knowledge mobilization efforts.<\/li><li>We were delighted to welcome 104 new followers to our Facebook page, increasing from 1,391 to 1,485! Thank you all for your interest in the lab!<\/li><li>As an Associate Editor for the international journal <em>Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/em> (MIT Press), Pascale handled 48 manuscripts. Pascale is also serving as Associate Editor for a special issue of the international journal <em>Neurobiology of Language<\/em>. The main challenge remains finding reviewers!<\/li><li>Pascale continued her role as Graduate Research Program Director at the School of Rehabilitation for a fourth year and maintained her involvement as co-lead of the &#8220;Linguistic and Musical Plasticity&#8221; axis within the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae793b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fae793b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_185737_-1024x575.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12156\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_185737_-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_185737_-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_185737_-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_185737_-540x303.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_185737_-860x483.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_185737_-1170x657.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Capture-decran_26-1-2025_185737_.jpeg 1471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure 2. The dissemination of scientific knowledge in the lab in 2024<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-417266d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"417266d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made these achievements possible!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude4f<\/p><p>We would like to warmly thank all the members of the lab for their hard work and exemplary dedication throughout the year. A big thank you also to our participants, our research collaborators (especially Carol Hudon, Andr\u00e9anne Sharp, Jo\u00ebl Macoir, Simona Brambati, Brad Postle, Marc Sato, Edith Durand, Maxime Perron, Pascale B\u00e9dard, and Alexis Pi\u00e9plu), the staff at CERVO, Universit\u00e9 Laval, and everyone else who, directly or indirectly, contributed to the advancement of our projects. Your support and involvement make all the difference. Thank you, everyone! \ud83c\udf1fWe hope 2025 will be just as productive and enjoyable as 2024!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4764149 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4764149\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c3c711\" data-id=\"4c3c711\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b96397 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b96397\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Suggested readings<\/strong> :<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/new-scientific-article-about-the-history-of-the-neurobiology-of-speech-and-language\/\">New scientific article about the history of the neurobiology of speech and language<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/new-scientific-article-about-the-impact-of-singing-on-articulation\/\">New scientific article about the impact of singing on articulation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/new-scientific-article-on-the-impact-of-singing-onbrain-networks\/\">New\u00a0Scientific\u00a0Article on\u00a0the Impact of Singing on Brain\u00a0Networks<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/speech-perception-in-noise-facilitatory-mechanisms-of-the-peripheral-auditory-system\/\">Speech Perception in Noise: Facilitatory Mechanisms of the Peripheral Auditory System<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/combining-mri-and-eeg-with-brain-stimulation-an-ambitious-project\/\">Combining MRI and EEG with brain stimulation: An ambitious project!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/cliches-sur-le-vif-lors-des-tests-eeg-2\/\">Snapshots during EEG tests<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/pascale-presents-our-work-at-the-neurosciences-and-music-viii-congress-in-helsinki-finland\/\">Pascale presents our work at the \u201cNeurosciences and Music VIII\u201d congress in Helsinki<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/thesis-presentation-of-valerie\/\">Thesis presentation of Val\u00e9rie<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/welcome-to-evelyne\/\">Welcome to \u00c9velyne<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/winter-news\/\">Winter news<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/the-team-is-growing-new-recruits-and-significant-departures\/\">The team is growing: new recruits and significant departures<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/projet-neurospin-debut-de-la-collecte-de-donnees\/\">NeuroSPiN Project\u2014Start of Data Collection<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/arrival-of-edith\/\">Arrival of Edith<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science\/\">International Day of Women and Girls in Science<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/pascale-titulaire-dune-chaire-de-recherche-du-canada-%f0%9f%87%a8%f0%9f%87%a6\/\">Pascale holder of a Canada Research Chair\u00a0\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/subvention-du-crsh\/\">SSHRC Grant<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf89 A busy year comes to an end: what a journey! \ud83c\udf93\ud83d\udcca<br \/>\nEach year is an intense adventure, filled with ideas, projects, deadlines, and opportunities. It\u2019s easy to focus on what\u2019s left to do and forget all that has been accomplished. So today, let\u2019s take a moment to celebrate our key achievements of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[345,586,616,330,336],"ppma_author":[54,677],"class_list":["post-12150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communication","tag-mri","tag-projects","tag-publications","tag-research","tag-tms-2"],"authors":[{"term_id":54,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"admin-pascale","display_name":"Pascale Tremblay","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea9e5826afc1fd507cc7b89eaca37953ea310ad30088c3920137ab8e86846244?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Tremblay","first_name":"Pascale","job_title":"","description":""},{"term_id":677,"user_id":8,"is_guest":0,"slug":"hamouroux","display_name":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Amouroux","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7842a842f17c0d572a3aca939177b5a125c1bd8fb7173f047beb3539db8f2989?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Amouroux","first_name":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12150"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14154,"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12150\/revisions\/14154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12150"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}