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Overview

Francois Richer is affiliated with the University of Quebec at Montreal in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected domains within neuroscience and psychology, focusing notably on multisensory perception and integration. Their work contributes to understanding various sensory and cognitive processes through experimental and cognitive psychology approaches.

Their research output includes four recent papers published across multiple venues, reflecting a focus on music perception, synesthesia, and sensory neuroscience. These papers include:

  • Adaptation to a New Tuning Standard in a Musician with Tone-color Synesthesia and Absolute Pitch, 2020, published in Auditory Perception & Cognition
  • Emotions and Consciousness Alterations in Music-color Synesthesia, 2022, published in Auditory Perception & Cognition
  • Altered Consciousness in Sexual Synesthesia, 2024, published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Separating Subjective from Objective Food Value in the Human Insula: An Exploratory Study Using Intracranial EEG, 2025, published in Brain Sciences

Francois Richer collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors. Among these are Cathy Lebeau, with whom there have been three joint publications, as well as Marie Nadeau Tremblay, Benjamin Hébert-Seropian, Olivier Boucher, and Daphné Citherlet, each contributing to at least one collaborative work.

Their publications are predominantly found in these venues:

  • Auditory Perception & Cognition
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Brain Sciences

The primary fields of study for Richer's work are Neuroscience and Psychology. Subfields explored include Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sensory Systems, Social Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The topics central to their research encompass:

  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Color perception and design
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Best Publications

  • Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: pathogenesis of neuropsychological deficits.

    Marc-André Bédard;Jacques Montplaisir;François Richer;Isabelle Rouleau

  • Persistent neuropsychological deficits and vigilance impairment in sleep apnea syndrome after treatment with continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP)

    Marc-André Bédard;Jacques Montplaisir;Jacques Malo;François Richer

  • Outcome of severe congenital hypothyroidism: closing the developmental gap with early high dose levothyroxine treatment

    J M Dubuis;J Glorieux;F Richer;C L Deal

  • Nocturnal Hypoxemia as a Determinant of Vigilance Impairment in Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Marc-André Bédard;Jacques Montplaisir;François Richer;Jacques Malo

  • Neurobehavioral manifestations in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome before and after treatment with continuous positive airway pressure.

    J. Montplaisir;M. A. Bédard;M. A. Bédard;F. Richer;Isabelle Rouleau

  • Neuromotor functions in Inuit preschool children exposed to Pb, PCBs, and Hg.

    Christine Després;Anne Beuter;François Richer;Karine Poitras

  • Pupillary dilations in movement preparation and execution.

    Francois Richer;Jackson Beatty

  • Tourette syndrome and dopaminergic genes: a family-based association study in the French Canadian founder population.

    A. Diaz-Anzaldua;R. Joober;J.-B. Riviere;Y. Dion

  • Episodic memory impairment in Huntington's disease: a meta-analysis.

    Alonso Montoya;Marc Pelletier;Matthew Menear;Elisabeth Duplessis

  • Detection and recognition: Concurrent processes in perception

    Raja Parasuraman;Francois Richer;Jackson Beatty

  • Methods for separating temporally overlapping sources of neuroelectric data.

    A. Achim;F. Richer;J. M. Saint-Hilaire

  • Target Detection Deficits in Frontal Lobectomy

    Francois Richer;Anne Décary;Marie-France Lapierre;Isabelle Rouleau

  • Response selection and initiation in speeded reactions: a pupillometric analysis.

    Francois Richer;Clifford Silverman;Jackson Beatty

  • The pupil and stimulus probability.

    Jiang Qiyuan;Françlois Richer;Brennis L. Wagoner;Jackson Beatty

  • Methodological considerations for the evaluation of spatio-temporal source models

    André Achim;François Richer;Jean-Marc Saint-Hilaire

  • Contrasting Effects of Response Uncertainty on the Task-Evoked Pupillary Response and Reaction Time

    Francois Richer;Jackson Beatty

  • Electrical Stimulation of the Human Brain in Epilepsy

    G P Bernier;F Richer;N Giard;G Bouvier

  • Human intracerebral potentials associated with target, novel, and omitted auditory stimuli.

    Alain C;Richer F;Achim A;Saint Hilaire Jm

  • Restless legs in Tourette syndrome.

    P. Lespérance;N. Djerroud;A. Diaz Anzaldua;G.A. Rouleau

  • Response selection deficits in frontal excisions.

    Anne Décary;François Richer

  • Stimulation of human somatosensory cortex: tactile and body displacement perceptions in medial regions

    Francois Richer;Meritxell Martinez;Manon Robert;Guy Bouvier

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Martin Lepage
Martin Lepage Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Claude Alain
Claude Alain University of Toronto
Ridha Joober
Ridha Joober Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Marie-Pierre Dubé
Marie-Pierre Dubé Montreal Heart Institute
Hilary Coon
Hilary Coon University of Utah
Peter Heutink
Peter Heutink German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mark Leppert
Mark Leppert University of Utah
Nelson B. Freimer
Nelson B. Freimer University of California, Los Angeles
Ben A. Oostra
Ben A. Oostra Erasmus University Rotterdam

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