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Overview

Franco Lepore is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and psychology with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and sensory systems.

Their research work covers several main topics including:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication
  • Multisensory Perception and Integration
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Franco Lepore has published notable papers such as:

  • Expected value and sensitivity to punishment modulate insular cortex activity during risky decision making (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • The functional characterization of callosal connections (2021, Progress in Neurobiology)
  • The Impact of Early Deafness on Brain Plasticity: A Systematic Review of the White and Gray Matter Changes (2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • Using a smartphone while walking: The cost of smartphone-addiction proneness (2020, Addictive Behaviors)
  • Prefrontal cortex and amygdala anatomy in youth with persistent levels of harsh parenting practices and subclinical anxiety symptoms over time during childhood (2021, Development and Psychopathology)

They have frequently collaborated with co-authors including:

  • Marie Simon
  • Sylvain Sénécal
  • Marc Frédette
  • Jocelyn Faubert
  • Ann-Frances Cameron

Franco Lepore's research has been published in a variety of journals, with recurrent contributions to:

  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Journal of Vision
  • Scientific Reports
  • Progress in Neurobiology

Their work integrates experimental and cognitive psychology with developmental and educational psychology, as well as social psychology, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach within neuroscience and psychology.

Best Publications

  • Early-blind human subjects localize sound sources better than sighted subjects

    N. Lessard;M. Paré;F. Lepore;M. Lassonde

  • Neuropsychology: Pitch discrimination in the early blind

    Frédéric Gougoux;Franco Lepore;Maryse Lassonde;Patrice Voss

  • A Functional Neuroimaging Study of Sound Localization: Visual Cortex Activity Predicts Performance in Early-Blind Individuals

    Frédéric Gougoux;Robert J Zatorre;Maryse Lassonde;Patrice Voss

  • Audio-visual integration of emotion expression.

    Olivier Collignon;Simon Girard;Frederic Gosselin;Sylvain Roy

  • Early- and Late-Onset Blind Individuals Show Supra-Normal Auditory Abilities in Far-Space

    Patrice Voss;Maryse Lassonde;Frederic Gougoux;Madeleine Fortin

  • Cross-modal plasticity for the spatial processing of sounds in visually deprived subjects.

    Olivier Collignon;Olivier Collignon;Patrice Voss;Maryse Lassonde;Franco Lepore

  • Functional specialization for auditory–spatial processing in the occipital cortex of congenitally blind humans

    Olivier Collignon;Gilles Vandewalle;Patrice Voss;Geneviève Albouy

  • Cross-modal reorganization and speech perception in cochlear implant users

    M. E. Doucet;F. Bergeron;M. Lassonde;P. Ferron

  • Impact of blindness onset on the functional organization and the connectivity of the occipital cortex.

    Olivier Collignon;Olivier Collignon;Giulia Dormal;Giulia Dormal;Geneviève Albouy;Gilles Vandewalle

  • A Mixed-Signal Multichip Neural Recording Interface With Bandwidth Reduction

    B. Gosselin;A.E. Ayoub;J.-F. Roy;M. Sawan

  • Women process multisensory emotion expressions more efficiently than men

    Olivier Collignon;S Girard;Frédéric Gosselin;D Saint-Amour

  • Functional Cerebral Reorganization for Auditory Spatial Processing and Auditory Substitution of Vision in Early Blind Subjects

    Olivier Collignon;Maryse Lassonde;Franco Lepore;Danielle Bastien

  • Differential occipital responses in early- and late-blind individuals during a sound-source discrimination task.

    Patrice Voss;Frederic Gougoux;Robert J. Zatorre;Maryse Lassonde

  • Wayfinding in the Blind: Larger Hippocampal Volume and Supranormal Spatial Navigation.

    Madeleine Fortin;Patrice Voss;Catherine Lord;Maryse Lassonde

  • Concussions in athletes produce brain dysfunction as revealed by event-related potentials.

    Francois Dupuis;Karen M. Johnston;Marc Lavoie;Franco Lepore

  • Blind subjects process auditory spectral cues more efficiently than sighted individuals.

    M.-E. Doucet;J.-P. Guillemot;M. Lassonde;J.-P. Gagné

  • Crossmodal plasticity in sensory loss.

    Johannes Frasnelli;Olivier Collignon;Patrice Voss;Franco Lepore

  • Odor localization and sniffing.

    Johannes Frasnelli;Genevieve Charbonneau;Olivier Collignon;Franco Lepore;Franco Lepore

  • Brain functional reorganization in early blind humans revealed by auditory event-related potentials.

    Charles Leclerc;Dave Saint-Amour;Marc E. Lavoie;Maryse Lassonde

  • Voice perception in blind persons: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Frédéric Gougoux;Pascal Belin;Patrice Voss;Patrice Voss;Franco Lepore

Frequent Co-Authors

Maryse Lassonde
Maryse Lassonde University of Montreal
Olivier Collignon
Olivier Collignon Université Catholique de Louvain
Maurice Ptito
Maurice Ptito University of Montreal
Dang Khoa Nguyen
Dang Khoa Nguyen University of Montreal
Johannes Frasnelli
Johannes Frasnelli Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Alain Bouthillier
Alain Bouthillier University of Montreal
Geneviève Albouy
Geneviève Albouy University of Utah
Gilles Vandewalle
Gilles Vandewalle University of Liège
Frédéric Gosselin
Frédéric Gosselin University of Montreal
Terri L. Lewis
Terri L. Lewis McMaster University

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