Arnaud Saj
- Professeur agrégé
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Faculté des arts et des sciences - Département de psychologie
Profile
Research expertise
Neuropsychologie clinique et expérimentale; réadaptation; prise en charge pluridisciplinaire.
education
- 2010 — Postdoctorat — Neurosciences — Département de neurosciences, Université de Genève
- 2007 — Postdoctorat — Neurosciences — Laboratoire CNRS UMR 8160, Université de Lille 2
- 2006 — Ph.D. — Psychologie — Université de Lille 3
- 2001 — DEA national — Neurosciences — Université de Toulouse III
- 2000 — M.Ps. — Neurosciences, Psychologie — Université de Lyon II
- 1999 — Licence — Psychologie — Université de Lille 3
Affiliations and responsabilities
Research affiliations
Research units
Membre
Teaching and supervision
Teaching
Student supervision
Theses and dissertation supervision (Papyrus Institutional Repository)
Validation d’une vidéo d’animation pour l’évaluation visuelle de l’hémianopsie homonyme
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Effets de la neuromodulation cérébrale non invasive sur le profil cognitif des personnes atteintes d’anorexie mentale : étude de la portée
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : D. Psy.
Body representation after a stroke in the brainstem
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : D. Psy.
Contribution du Brown Location Test au bilan neuropsychologique pré-chirurgical de l’épilepsie
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : D. Psy.
Les effets émotionnels de la musique de fond sur l’attention sélective d’adultes
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : D. Psy.
Projects
Research projects
HeART-BRAIN: Esquisse du cerveau face au 3e art
Outreach
Publications and presentations
Publications
Saj, A., Heiz, J., Can Calster, L. & Barisnikov, K. (Sous presse 2019). Visuospatial bias in line bisection in Williams syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12688)
Allali, G., Montembeault, M., Saj, A., Wong, C.H., Cooper-Brown, L.A., Bherer, L., et al. (Sous presse 2019). Structural brain volume covariance associated with gait speed in patients with amnestic and non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A double dissociation. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Pierce, J. & Saj, A. (2019). A critical review of the role of impaired spatial remapping processes in spatial neglect. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 33(5), 948-970.
Pierce, J.E., Saj, A. & Vuilleumier, P. (2019). Differential parietal activations for spatial remapping and saccadic control in a visual memory task. Neuropsychologia, 131, 129-138.
Saj, A., Borel, L. & Honoré, J. (2019). Functional neuroanatomy of vertical visual perception in humans. Frontiers in Neurology, 10, 142.
Saj, A., Cojan, Y., Assal, F. & Vuilleumier, P. (2019). Prism adaptation effect on neural activity and spatial neglect depend on brain lesion site. Cortex, 119, 301-311.
Pierce, J., Ricou, C., Thomasson, M. & Saj, A. (2019). Sensorimotor plasticity in response to predictable visual stimuli could correct the signs of spatial neglect. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 62(3), 198-199.
Allali, G., Laidet, M., Armand, S., Saj, A., Krack, P., Assal, F. (2018). Apathy in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A marker of reversible gait disorders. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(5), 735-742.
Bourgeois, A., Saj, A. & Vuilleumier, P. (2018). Value-driven attentional capture in neglect. Cortex, 109, 260-271.
Saj, A., Mégevand, P. & Assal, F. (2018). Chapitre 1. Évaluation de la perception des émotions faciales chez une patiente présentant une prosopagnosie développementale. In, J. Péron, (ed.), 13 cas cliniques en neuropsychologie des émotions (pp. 27-44). Paris : Dunod.
Saj, A., Ros, T., Michela, A. & Vuilleumier, P. (2018). Effect of a single early EEG neurofeedback training on remediation of spatial neglect in the acute phase. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 61(2), 111-112.
Saj, A., Verdon, V., Hauert, C.A. & Vuilleumier, P. (2018). Dissociable components of spatial neglect associated with frontal and parietal lesions. Neuropsychologia, 115, 60-69.
Allali, G., Laidet, M., Armand, S., Saj, A. & Assal, F. (2017). A combined cognitive and gait quantification to identify normal pressure hydrocephalus from its mimics: the Geneva’s protocol. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 160, 5-11.
Allali, G., Laidet, M., Armand, S., Saj, A., Krack, P. & Assal, F. (2017). Apathy and higher level of gait control in normal pressure hydrocephalus. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 119, 127-131.
Kamtchum-Tatuene, J., Allali, G., Saj, A., Bernati, T., Sztajzel, R., Pollak, P., Momjian-Mayor, I. & Kleinschmidt, A. (2017). An exploratory cohort study of sensory extinction in acute stroke: Prevalence, risk factors, and time course. Journal of Neural Transmission (Vienna), 124(4), 483-494.
Robineau, F., Saj, A., Neveu, R., Van De Ville, D., Scharnowski, F. & Vuilleumier P. (2017). Using real-time fMRI neurofeedback to restore right occipital cortex activity in patients with left visuo-spatial neglect: Proof-of-principle and preliminary results. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29(3), 339-360.
Ros, T., Michela, A., Bellman, A., Vuadens, P., Saj, A. & Vuilleumier P. (2017). Increased alpha-rhythm dynamic range promotes recovery from visuospatial neglect: A neurofeedback study. Neural Plasticity, 2017, 7407241.
Saj, A., Heiz, J. & Barisnikov, K. (2017). Where is the “subjective straight ahead” in Williams syndrome? Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 61(5), 512-518.
Disciplines
- Psychology
- Neurosciences
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Areas of expertise
- Neuropsychologie
- Clinical neuropsychology
- Réadaptation
- Clinical psychology
- Motricity
- Cerebral and cognitive development
- Cognitive intervention
- Cognitive neuroimaging
- Cognitive neuropsychology