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Martin Desseilles

Martin Desseilles

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
8405
World Ranking
8006
National Ranking
94

Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
8433
World Ranking
8144
National Ranking
115

Overview

Martin Desseilles is affiliated with the University of Namur in Belgium and has a research focus spanning Medicine and Psychology. Their work addresses various subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research centers on topics such as Empathy and Medical Education, Innovations in Medical Education, Healthcare Professionals' Stress and Burnout, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Communication in Education and Healthcare, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being.

Recent publications by Martin Desseilles include:

  • Longitudinal study: Impact of communication skills training and a traineeship on medical students' attitudes toward communication skills (2020) in Patient Education and Counseling
  • Diagnostic Accuracy of the French Version of the Adult Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Screening Scale for DSM-5 (ASRS-5) (2020) in Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • Use and misuse of prescription stimulants by university students: a cross-sectional survey in the french-speaking community of Belgium, 2018 (2022) in Archives of Public Health
  • The role of emotional competencies in predicting medical students' attitudes towards communication skills training (2021) in Patient Education and Counseling
  • Decline of Empathy after the First Internship: Towards a More Functional Empathy? (2020) in Santé mentale au Québec

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hélène Givron
  • Nader Perroud
  • Sébastien Weibel
  • Joanna Mourad
  • Katleen Bogaerts

Martin Desseilles has contributed articles to several publication venues multiple times, with frequent appearances in:

  • Pédagogie médicale
  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • Medical Teacher
  • Archives of Public Health

In addition to journal articles, they have authored a book titled Manuel de l'hyperactivité et du déficit de l'attention published in 2020 by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Best Publications

  • Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep.

    M. Schabus;T. T. Dang-Vu;G. Albouy;E. Balteau

  • Both the hippocampus and striatum are involved in consolidation of motor sequence memory.

    Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich;Evelyne Balteau;Gilles Vandewalle

  • Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;Geneviève Albouy

  • Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories

    Steffen Gais;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu

  • Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses

    Gilles Vandewalle;Evelyne Balteau;Christophe Phillips;Christian Degueldre

  • Functional neuroimaging insights into the physiology of human sleep.

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;Martin Desseilles;Virginie Sterpenich

  • Sleep-Related Hippocampo-Cortical Interplay during Emotional Memory Recollection

    Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Gilles Vandewalle

  • The Locus Ceruleus Is Involved in the Successful Retrieval of Emotional Memories in Humans

    Virginie Sterpenich;Arnaud D’Argembeau;Martin Desseilles;Evelyne Balteau

  • Sleep Promotes the Neural Reorganization of Remote Emotional Memory

    Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Annabelle Darsaud;Christina Schmidt

  • Interplay Between Spontaneous and Induced Brain Activity During Human Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Maxime Bonjean;Manuel Schabus;Manuel Schabus;Mélanie Boly

  • Is it valid to measure suicidal ideation by depression rating scales

    Martin Desseilles;Martin Desseilles;Martin Desseilles;Nader Perroud;Sébastien Guillaume;Isabelle Jaussent

  • Human cognition during REM sleep and the activity profile within frontal and parietal cortices: a reappraisal of functional neuroimaging data.

    Pierre Maquet;Perrine Ruby;Audrey Maudoux;Geneviève Albouy

  • Cognitive and emotional processes during dreaming: a neuroimaging view

    Martin Desseilles;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Virginie Sterpenich;Sophie Schwartz

  • Homeostatic Sleep Pressure and Responses to Sustained Attention in the Suprachiasmatic Area

    Christina Schmidt;Fabienne Collette;Yves Leclercq;Virginie Sterpenich

  • The fate of incoming stimuli during NREM sleep is determined by spindles and the phase of the slow oscillation

    Manuel Schabus;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Dominik Philip Johannes Heib;Melanie Boly

  • Cerebral correlates of delta waves during non-REM sleep revisited.

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Martin Desseilles;Steven Laureys;Christian Degueldre

  • Neuroimaging insights into the pathophysiology of sleep disorders.

    Martin Desseilles;Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Manuel Schabus;Virginie Sterpenich

  • A role for sleep in brain plasticity.

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Martin Desseilles;Philippe Peigneux;Pierre Maquet

  • Interaction between hippocampal and striatal systems predicts subsequent consolidation of motor sequence memory.

    Geneviève Albouy;Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich;Gilles Vandewalle;Annabelle Darsaud

  • Heart rate variability: a tool to explore the sleeping brain?

    Florian Chouchou;Martin Desseilles

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Maquet
Pierre Maquet University of Liège
Virginie Sterpenich
Virginie Sterpenich University of Geneva
Geneviève Albouy
Geneviève Albouy University of Utah
Sophie Schwartz
Sophie Schwartz University of Geneva
Gilles Vandewalle
Gilles Vandewalle University of Liège
Philippe Peigneux
Philippe Peigneux Université Libre de Bruxelles
Christian Degueldre
Christian Degueldre University of Liège
Thien Thanh Dang-Vu
Thien Thanh Dang-Vu Concordia University
André Luxen
André Luxen University of Liège
Manuel Schabus
Manuel Schabus University of Salzburg

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