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Steve Majerus is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium and has produced extensive research primarily within the domains of neuroscience and psychology. Their work centers on cognitive neuroscience and developmental aspects of psychology, with a significant number of publications addressing neural and behavioral psychology studies, language neurobiology, and memory processes.

Their research spans multiple main fields of study, including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these broader fields, subfields of particular focus include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Statistics and Probability

Majerus has contributed to several main topics of research interest, notably:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research

The scientist has published research in various journals and proceedings, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Memory & Cognition
  • Psychologica Belgica
  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Steve Majerus include:

  • "Mind blanking is a distinct mental state linked to a recurrent brain profile of globally positive connectivity during ongoing mentation" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Brain Metabolism but Not Gray Matter Volume Underlies the Presence of Language Function in the Minimally Conscious State (MCS): MCS+ Versus MCS− Neuroimaging Differences" (2020), Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • "The varying nature of semantic effects in working memory" (2020), Cognition
  • "Residual implicit and explicit language abilities in patients with disorders of consciousness: A systematic review" (2021), Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Search for hep solar neutrinos and the diffuse supernova neutrino background using all three phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory" (2020), Physical Review D

Collaborative work features frequent co-authors such as:

  • Lucie Attout
  • Charlène Aubinet
  • Nathan Leroy
  • Coline Grégoire
  • Camille Chatelle

Steve Majerus has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, including the title "Traité de neuropsychologie de l'enfant" published by De Boeck Supérieur eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment

    Caroline Schnakers;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Joseph Giacino;Manfredi Ventura

  • Mind-wandering: phenomenology and function as assessed with a novel experience sampling method.

    David Stawarczyk;Steve Majerus;Michalina Maj;Martial Van der Linden;Martial Van der Linden

  • Neural Correlates of Ongoing Conscious Experience: Both Task-Unrelatedness and Stimulus-Independence Are Related to Default Network Activity

    David Stawarczyk;Steve Majerus;Pierre Maquet;Arnaud D'Argembeau

  • Voluntary brain processing in disorders of consciousness

    Caroline Schnakers;F. Perrin;M. Schabus;Steve Majerus

  • Behavioral evaluation of consciousness in severe brain damage.

    Steve Majerus;Helen Gill-Thwaites;Keith Andrews;Steven Laureys

  • Functional neuroanatomy underlying the clinical subcategorization of minimally conscious state patients.

    Marie-Aurélie Bruno;Steve Majerus;Mélanie Boly;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse

  • Cerebral processing in the minimally conscious state

    Steven Laureys;Fabien Perrin;Marie Faymonville;Caroline Schnakers

  • The neural basis of personal goal processing when envisioning future events

    Arnaud D'Argembeau;David Stawarczyk;Steve Majerus;Fabienne Collette

  • The Nociception Coma Scale: a new tool to assess nociception in disorders of consciousness.

    Caroline Schnakers;Camille Chatelle;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Steve Majerus

  • Relations between vocabulary development and verbal short-term memory: The relative importance of short-term memory for serial order and item information.

    Steve Majerus;Martine Poncelet;Christelle Greffe;Martial Van der Linden;Martial Van der Linden

  • A French validation study of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)

    Caroline Schnakers;Steve Majerus;Joseph Giacino;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse

  • The commonality of neural networks for verbal and visual short-term memory

    Steve Majerus;Arnaud D'Argembeau;Trecy Martinez Perez;Sanaâ Belayachi

  • Self-reflection across time: cortical midline structures differentiate between present and past selves

    Arnaud D’Argembeau;Dorothée Feyers;Steve Majerus;Fabienne Collette

  • Language repetition and short-term memory: an integrative framework

    Steve Majerus

  • Using the daydreaming frequency scale to investigate the relationships between mind-wandering, psychological well-being, and present-moment awareness

    David Stawarczyk;Steve Majerus;Martial Van der Linden;Martial Van der Linden;Arnaud D'Argembeau

  • Detecting consciousness in a total Locked-in syndrome: an active event related paradigm

    Caroline Schnakers;Fabien Perrin;Manuel Schabus;Roland Hustinx

  • Cognitive function in the locked-in syndrome

    Caroline Schnakers;Steve Majerus;Serge Goldman;Melanie Boly

  • The left intraparietal sulcus and verbal short-term memory: focus of attention or serial order?

    S. Majerus;M. Poncelet;M. Van der Linden;M. Van der Linden;G. Albouy

  • A sensitive scale to assess nociceptive pain in patients with disorders of consciousness

    Camille Chatelle;Steve Majerus;John Whyte;Steven Laureys

  • Finding the answer in space: the mental whiteboard hypothesis on serial order in working memory.

    Elger Abrahamse;Jean-Philippe van Dijck;Steve Majerus;Wim Fias

  • Lexical learning in bilingual adults: the relative importance of short-term memory for serial order and phonological knowledge.

    Steve Majerus;Martine Poncelet;Martial Van der Linden;Martial Van der Linden;Brendan S. Weekes

Frequent Co-Authors

Martial Van der Linden
Martial Van der Linden University of Geneva
Steven Laureys
Steven Laureys University of Liège
Eric Salmon
Eric Salmon University of Liège
Fabienne Collette
Fabienne Collette University of Liège
Arnaud D'Argembeau
Arnaud D'Argembeau University of Liège
Mélanie Boly
Mélanie Boly University of Wisconsin–Madison
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse University of Liège
Pierre Maquet
Pierre Maquet University of Liège
Marie-Aurélie Bruno
Marie-Aurélie Bruno University of Liège
Camille Chatelle
Camille Chatelle Harvard Medical School

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