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Béatrice Desgranges

Béatrice Desgranges

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Psychology
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
87
Citations
26057
World Ranking
1260
National Ranking
40

Psychology

D-Index
86
Citations
25794
World Ranking
1144
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in France Leader Award
  • 2007 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation NRJ, Institut de France

Overview

Béatrice Desgranges is affiliated with Université de Caen Normandie in France. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology, with specific contributions in subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neurology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Desgranges has published research in a range of venues, including multiple papers in Cerebral Cortex, and contributions to HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) and Médecine du Sommeil. Other publication venues include Brain and Frontiers in Neurology.

Recent papers include:

  • When affect overlaps with concept: emotion recognition in semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia, 2020, Brain
  • Longitudinal Study of Cognitive and Emotional Alterations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Clinical and Imaging Data, 2021, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Social cognition in neuropsychology: A nationwide survey revealing current representations and practices, 2022, Applied Neuropsychology Adult
  • Are Sleep Complaints Related to Cognitive Functioning in Non-Central Nervous System Cancer? A Systematic Review, 2021, Neuropsychology Review
  • Brain Substrates of Time-Based Prospective Memory Decline in Aging: A Voxel-Based Morphometry and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study, 2020, Cerebral Cortex

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Desgranges include:

  • Francis Eustache
  • Joy Perrier
  • Alexandrine Morand
  • Bénédicte Giffard
  • Géraldine Rauchs

Desgranges also has book publications, including:

  • Manuel de neuropsychologie, 6e édition, published by Dunod in 2023

The scientist was recognized with the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation NRJ, Institut de France in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Discrimination between Alzheimer dementia and controls by automated analysis of multicenter FDG PET

    Karl Herholz;Eric Salmon;Daniela Perani;Jean-Claude Baron

  • In vivo mapping of gray matter loss with voxel-based morphometry in mild Alzheimer's disease.

    J.C. Baron;J.C. Baron;G. Chételat;B. Desgranges;G. Perchey

  • Mild cognitive impairment: Can FDG-PET predict who is to rapidly convert to Alzheimer’s disease?

    G. Chételat;B. Desgranges;V. de la Sayette;F. Viader

  • Using voxel-based morphometry to map the structural changes associated with rapid conversion in MCI: a longitudinal MRI study.

    G. Chételat;B. Landeau;F. Eustache;F. Eustache;F. Mézenge

  • Autobiographical memory and autonoetic consciousness: Triple dissociation in neurodegenerative diseases

    Pascale Piolino;Béatrice Desgranges;Serge Belliard;Vanessa Matuszewski

  • Multidimensional classification of hippocampal shape features discriminates Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment from normal aging

    Emilie Gerardin;Gaël Chételat;Marie Chupin;Rémi Cuingnet

  • What does transient global amnesia really mean? Review of the literature and thorough study of 142 cases

    Peggy Quinette;Bérengère Guillery-Girard;Jacques Dayan;Vincent de la Sayette

  • Episodic autobiographical memories over the course of time: Cognitive, neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings

    Pascale Piolino;Béatrice Desgranges;Francis Eustache

  • Episodic and semantic remote autobiographical memory in ageing.

    Pascale Piolino;Béatrice Desgranges;Karim Benali;Francis Eustache

  • The neural substrates of memory systems impairment in Alzheimer's disease. A PET study of resting brain glucose utilization.

    B Desgranges;J C Baron;V de la Sayette;M C Petit-Taboué

  • Voxel-based mapping of brain gray matter volume and glucose metabolism profiles in normal aging.

    Grégoria Kalpouzos;Gaël Chételat;Jean-Claude Baron;Jean-Claude Baron;Brigitte Landeau

  • Relationships between Hippocampal Atrophy, White Matter Disruption, and Gray Matter Hypometabolism in Alzheimer's Disease

    Nicolas Villain;Béatrice Desgranges;Fausto Viader;Vincent de la Sayette

  • Mapping gray matter loss with voxel-based morphometry in mild cognitive impairment.

    Gaël Chételat;Béatrice Desgranges;Vincent De La Sayette;Fausto Viader

  • Region-specific hierarchy between atrophy, hypometabolism, and β-amyloid (Aβ) load in Alzheimer's disease dementia.

    Renaud La Joie;Audrey Perrotin;Louisa Barré;Caroline Hommet;Caroline Hommet

  • Direct voxel-based comparison between grey matter hypometabolism and atrophy in Alzheimer's disease.

    G. Chételat;B. Desgranges;B. Landeau;F. Mézenge

  • The relationships between memory systems and sleep stages

    Géraldine Rauchs;Béatrice Desgranges;Jean Foret;Francis Eustache;Francis Eustache

  • Autobiographical memory, autonoetic consciousness, and self-perspective in aging.

    Pascale Piolino;Béatrice Desgranges;David Clarys;Bérengère Guillery-Girard

  • Relationships between years of education and gray matter volume, metabolism and functional connectivity in healthy elders

    Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo;Brigitte Landeau;Renaud La Joie;Katell Mevel

  • Discrimination between Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Normal Aging by Using Automated Segmentation of the Hippocampus

    Olivier Colliot;Gaël Chételat;Marie Chupin;Béatrice Desgranges

  • Dissociating atrophy and hypometabolism impact on episodic memory in mild cognitive impairment.

    Gaël Chetelat;Béatrice Desgranges;Vincent de la Sayette;Fausto Viader

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis Eustache
Francis Eustache Université de Caen Normandie
Fausto Viader
Fausto Viader PSL University
Gaël Chételat
Gaël Chételat Université de Caen Normandie
Pascale Piolino
Pascale Piolino Université Paris Cité
Vincent de la Sayette
Vincent de la Sayette Université de Caen Normandie
Jean-Claude Baron
Jean-Claude Baron University of Cambridge
Brigitte Landeau
Brigitte Landeau Université de Caen Normandie
Renaud La Joie
Renaud La Joie University of California, San Francisco
Didier Hannequin
Didier Hannequin Grenoble Alpes University
Pierre Denise
Pierre Denise Université de Caen Normandie

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