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Olivier Boucher

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Faculté des arts et des sciences - Département de psychologie

olivier.boucher@umontreal.ca

Secondary number: 514 890-8000 #32658 (Travail 1)
Secondary email: olivier.boucher.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca (Travail)

Profile

Research expertise

Neuropsychologie de l’épilepsie du cortex insulaire. Rôle de l’insula dans le fonctionnement neuropsychologique (études de lésion, EEG intracrânien, neuroimagerie). Apport des tests cognitifs dans la prédiction de la localisation du foyer épileptogène. Impacts de la neurochirurgie de l’épilepsie sur les fonctions neuropsychologiques.

Affiliations and responsabilities

Research affiliations

Affiliated institutions

  • Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Teaching and supervision

Student supervision

Theses and dissertation supervision (Papyrus Institutional Repository)

Projects

Research projects

2016 - 2023

Sensory and emotional processing in the human insula

Lead researcher : Dang Khoa Nguyen
Co-researchers : Franco Lepore , Olivier Boucher
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet

Outreach

Publications and presentations

Publications

Chapitres de livres.

  1. Muckle, G., Boucher, O., Fraser, S., Larivée, S., & Leduc, H. (2008). Les effets des contaminants environnementaux et des drogues sur l'intelligence. In S. Larivée (Ed.) Le Quotient Intellectuel – Ses Déterminants et son Avenir (Ch. 5). Québec, Qc., Canada : MultiMondes.
  2. Boucher, O., Rouleau, I., Lassonde, M., Lepore, F., & Nguyen, D.K. (2014). Neuropsychological deficits following damage to the insular cortex: a clinical review. In L. Q. Uddin (Ed.) Insula: Neuroanatomy, Functions, and Clinical Disorders (Ch. 6). Palo Alto, CA, USA.: Nova Publishers.
  3. Cordier, S., Muckle, G., Kadhel, P., Rouget, F., Costet, N., Dallaire, R., Boucher, O., & Multigner, L. (2016). Chlordecone impact on pregnancy and child development in the French West Indies. In M. L. Jannoyer, P. Cattan, T. Woignier, & F. Clostre (Eds.) Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution: Contaminated Soil and Human Health (Ch. 13). CRC Press.
  4. Chen, B. Y., Boucher, O., Dugas, C., Nguyen, D. K., & Gioia L. (2018). Insular ischemic stroke. In M. Turgut, C. Yurttas, & R. S. Tubbs (Eds.). Island of Reil (Insula) in the Human Brain: Anatomical, Functional, Clinical and Surgical Aspects (Ch. 24). Springer.
  5. Boucher, O., Citherlet, D., Hébert-Seropian, B., & Nguyen, D. K. (2018). Neuropsychological deficits due to insular damage. In M. Turgut, C. Yurttas, & R. S. Tubbs (Eds.). Island of Reil (Insula) in the Human Brain: Anatomical, Functional, Clinical and Surgical Aspects (Ch. 26). Springer.
  6. Boucher, O., Baxendale, S., Bouthillier A., & Nguyen, D. K. (sous presse). Neuropsychology of insular epilepsy. In D. K. Nguyen, J. Isnard, & P. Kahane (Eds). Insular Epilepsies. Cambridge University Press.

Publications de recherche ou d’érudition dans des revues dotées de Comités de pairs.

  1. Langlois, F., Pelletier, O., Ladouceur, R., & Boucher, O. (2005). Hypocondrie et Anxiété à l'égard de la santé. Revue Francophone de Clinique Comportementale et Cognitive, 10 (2), 1-10.
  2. Langlois, F., Gosselin, P., Ladouceur, R., Lapointe, M. L. B., & Boucher, O. (2006). Les prédicteurs des variables interpersonnelles et des comportements reliés à la santé dans l'Anxiété à l'égard de la maladie. Revue Francophone de Clinique Comportementale et Cognitive, 11 (3), 17-23.
  3. Boucher, O., Muckle, G., & Bastien, C. H. (2009). Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls: a neuropsychologic analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117, 7-16.
  4. Boucher, O., Muckle, G., Saint-Amour, D., Dewailly, É., Ayotte, P., Jacobson, S. W., Jacobson, J. L., & Bastien, C. H. (2009). The relation of lead neurotoxicity to the event-related potential P3b component in Inuit children from arctic Québec. NeuroToxicology, 30, 1070-1077.
  5. Boucher, O., Bastien, C. H., Muckle, G., Saint-Amour, D., Jacobson, S. W., & Jacobson, J. L. (2010). Behavioural correlates of the P3b event-related potential in 11-year-old children. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 76, 148-157.
  6. Boucher, O., Bastien, C. H., Saint-Amour, D., Dewailly, É., Ayotte, P., Jacobson, J. L., Jacobson, S. W., & Muckle, G. (2010). Prenatal exposure to methylmercury and PCBs affects distinct stages of information processing: an event-related potential study with Inuit children. NeuroToxicology, 31, 373-384.
  7. Donaldson, S.G., Van Oostdam, J., Tikhonov, C., Freeley, M., Armstrong, B., Ayotte, P., Boucher, O., et al. (2010). Environmental contaminants and human health in the Canadian Arctic. The Science of the Total Environment, 408, 5165-5234.
  8. Muckle, G., Laflamme, D., Gagnon, J., Boucher, O., Jacobson, S.W., & Jacobson, J.L. (2011). Alcohol, smoking and drug use among Inuit women of childbearing age during pregnancy and the risk to children. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35, 1081-1091.
  9. Boucher, O., Burden, M.J., Muckle, G., Saint-Amour, D., Ayotte, P., Dewailly, E., Nelson, C. A., Jacobson, S. W., & Jacobson, J. L. (2011). Neurophysiologic and neurobehavioral evidence of beneficial effects of prenatal omega-3 fatty acid intake on memory function at school age. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 93, 1025-1037.
  10. Boucher, O., Burden, M.J., Muckle, G., Saint-Amour, D., Ayotte, P., Dewailly, E., Nelson, C. A., Jacobson, S. W., & Jacobson, J. L. (2012). Response inhibition and error monitoring during a visual Go/No-go task in Inuit children exposed to lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, and methylmercury. Environmental Health Perspectives, 120, 608-615.
  11. Boucher, O. (2012). Le diabète, ses effets sur la cognition et ses implications pour l’évaluation neuropsychologique. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 33(1), 271-290.
  12. Dallaire, R., Muckle G., Rouget, F., Kadhel, P., Bataille, H., Guldner, L., Seurin, S., Chajès, V., Monfort, C., Boucher, O., Thomé, J.P., Jacobson, S. W., Multigner, L., & Cordier, S. (2012). Cognitive, visual, and motor development of 7-month-old Guadeloupean infants exposed to chlordecone. Environmental Research, 118, 79-85.
  13. Boucher, O., Jacobson, S. W., Plusquellec, P., Dewailly, E., Ayotte, P., Forget-Dubois, N., Jacobson, J. L., & Muckle, G. (2012). Prenatal methylmercury, postnatal lead exposure, and evidence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder among Inuit children in Arctic Québec. Environmental Health Perspectives, 120(10), 1456-1461.
  14. Saint-Amour, D., Ethier, A. A., Boucher, O., et al. (2012). Contribution des neurosciences cognitives pour l’étude de l’impact des contaminants environnementaux sur le développement des fonctions cérébrales. Revue de neuropsychologie, 4, 163-173.
  15. Boucher, O., Simard, M.-N., Muckle, G., Rouget, F., Kadhel, P., Bataille, H., Chajès, V., Dallaire, R., Monfort, C., Thomé, J.-P., Multigner, L., & Cordier, S. (2013). Exposure to an organochlorine pesticide (chlordecone) and development of 18-month-old infants. NeuroToxicology, 35, 162-168.
  16. Desrosiers, C., Boucher, O., Forget-Dubois, N., Gagnon, J., Dewailly, E., Ayotte, P., Jacobson, S.W., Jacobson, J.L., & Muckle, G. (2013). Associations between prenatal cigarette smoke exposure and externalized behaviors at school age among Inuit children exposed to environmental contaminants. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 39, 84-90.
  17. Boucher, O., Muckle, G., Jacobson, J. L., Carter, R. C., Kaplan-Estrin, M., Ayotte, P., Dewailly, E., & Jacobson, S. W. (2014). Domain-specific effects of prenatal exposure to PCBs, mercury, and lead on infant cognition. Environmental Health Perspectives, 122, 310-316.
  18. Boucher, O., Jacobson, J. L., Burden, M. J., Dewailly, E., Jacobson, S. W., & Muckle, G. (2014). Prenatal tobacco exposure and response inhibition in school-aged children: an ERP study. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 44, 81-88.
  19. Boucher, O., D’Hondt, F., Tremblay, J., Lepore, F., Lassonde, M., Vannasing, P., Bouthillier, A., & Nguyen, D. K. (2015). Spatiotemporal dynamics of affective picture processing revealed by intracranial high-gamma modulations. Human Brain Mapping, 36, 16-28.
  20. Boucher, O., Rouleau, I., Escudier, F., Malenfant, A., Denault, C., Charbonneau, S., Finet, P., Lassonde, M., Lepore, F., Bouthillier, A., & Nguyen, D. K. (2015). Neuropsychological performance before and after partial or complete insulectomy in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 43, 53-60.
  21. Cordier, S., Bouquet, E., Warembourg, C., Massart, C., Rouget, F., Kadhel, P., Bataille, H., Monfort, C., Boucher, O., et al. (2015). Perinatal exposure to chlordecone, thyroid hormone status and neurodevelopment in infants: the Timoun cohort study in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Environmental Research, 138, 271-278.
  22. Boucher, O., Turgeon, C., Champoux, S., Ménard, L., Rouleau, I., Lassonde, M., Lepore, F., & Nguyen, D. K. (2015). Hyperacusis following unilateral damage to the insular cortex: a three-case study. Brain Research, 1606, 102-112.
  23. Boucher, O., et al. (2015). Social information processing following resection of the insular cortex. Neuropsychologia, 71, 1-10.
  24. Boucher, O., et al. (2015). Different effects of anterior temporal lobectomy and selective amygdalo-hippocampectomy on verbal memory performance of patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 52, 230-235.
  25. Fortin, M., Bélanger, R. E., Boucher, O., et al. (2015). Temporal trends of alcohol and drug use among Inuit of Northern Quebec, Canada. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 74, 29146.
  26. Julvez, J., Paus, T., Bellinger, D., Eskenazi, B., Tiemeier, H., Pearce, N., Ritz, B., White, T., Ramchandani, P., Gispert, J. D., Desrivières, S., Brouwer, R., Boucher, O., et al. (2016). Environment and brain development: challenges in the global context. Neuroepidemiology, 46, 72-82.
  27. Xiao, H., Tran, T. P. Y., Pétrin, M., Boucher, O., et al. (2016). Reflex operculoinsular seizures. Epileptic Disorders, 18, 19-25.
  28. Boucher, O., et al. (2016). An ERP study of recognition memory for concrete and abstract pictures in school-aged children. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 106, 106-114.
  29. Boucher, O., et al. (2016). Altered fine motor function at school age in Inuit children exposed to PCBs, methylmerury, and lead. Environment International, 95, 144-151.
  30. Von Siebenthal, Z., Boucher, O., et al. (2017). Decision making impairments following insular and medial temporal lobe resection for drug-resistant epilepsy. Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 12, 128-137.
  31. Boucher, O., et al. (2017). Association between breast feeding duration and cognitive development, autistic traits and ADHD symptoms: a multicenter study in Spain. Pediatric Research, 81, 434-442.
  32. Ghaziri, J., Tucholka, A., Houde, J.-C., Boucher, O., et al. (2017). The corticocortical structural connectivity of the human insula. Cerebral Cortex, 27, 1216-1228.
  33. Aitouche, Y., Gibbs, S., Gilbert, G., Boucher, O., Bouthillier, A., & Nguyen, D. K. (2017). Proton MR spectroscopy in patients with nonlesional insular cortex epilepsy confirmed by invasive EEG recordings. Journal of Neuroimaging, 27, 517-523.
  34. Hébert-Seropian, B., Boucher, O., et al. (2017). Does unilateral insular resection disturb personality? A study with epileptic patients. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 43, 121-125.
  35. Levy, A., Tran, T. P., Boucher, O., et al. (2017). Operculo-insular epilepsy: scalp and intracranial electroencephalographic findings. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 34, 438-447.
  36. Uddin, L. C., Nomi, J, Hébert-Seropian, B., Ghaziri, J., & Boucher, O. (2017). Structure and function of the human insula. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 34, 300-306.
  37. Harroud, A., Boucher, O., et al. (2017). Precuneal epilepsy: clinical features and surgical outcome. Epilepsy & Behavior, 73, 77-82.
  38. Boucher, O., Citherlet, D., Ghaziri, J., Hébert-Seropian, B., Von Siebenthal, Z., & Nguyen, D. K. (2017). Insula: neuropsychologie du cinquième lobe du cerveau. Revue de neuropsychologie, 9, 154-161.
  39. Chibane, I. S., Boucher, O., et al. (2017). Orbitofrontal epilepsy: case series and review of literature. Epilepsy & Behavior, 76, 32-38.
  40. Fei, P., Soucy., J.-P., Obaid, S., Boucher, O., et al. (2018). The value of rCBF SPECT and FDG PET in operculo-insular epilepsy. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 43, e67-e73.
  41. Ghaziri, J., Tuchloka, A., Girard, G., Boucher, O., et al. (2018). Subcortical structural connectivity of insular subregions. Scientific Reports, 8, 8596.
  42. Citherlet, D., Boucher, O., et al. (2019). Insular cortex response to visual target detection revealed by intracranial EEG recordings. Brain Structure and Function, 224, 2045-2059.
  43. Lacazette, L., Boucher, O., et al. (2019). Epileptic Disorders, 21, 278-282.
  44. Desrochers-Couture, M., Courtemanche, Y., Forget-Dubois, N., Bélanger, R. E., Boucher, O., et al. (2019). Environmental Research, 178, 108679.
  45. Citherlet, D., Boucher, O., et al. (2020). Spatiotemporal dynamics of auditory information processing in the insular cortex: an intracranial electroencephalography study using an oddball paradigm. Brain Structure and Function, 225, 1537-1559.
  46. Citherlet, D., Boucher, O., et al. (2020). The effects of insular and mesio-temporal lesions on affective information processing: preliminary evidence from patients with epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy & Behavior, 111, 107264.
  47. Von Siebenthal, Z., Boucher, O., et al. (2020). Expected value and sensitivity to punishment modulate insular cortex activity during risky decision making. Scientific Reports, 10, 11920.
  48. Roy-Côté, F., Zahal, R., Frasnelli, J., Nguyen, D. K., Boucher, O. (2021). Insula and olfaction: a literature review and case report. Brain Sciences, 11, 198.
  49. Citherlet, D., Boucher, O., et al. (sous presse). Sensory profile alterations in patients with insular epilepsy surgery: preliminary results. Epilepsy & Behavior. DOI : doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107499

Disciplines

  • Psychology
  • Neurosciences

Areas of expertise

  • Neuropsychologie
  • Clinical neuropsychology
  • Epilepsy
  • Memory
  • Neuropsychological assessment of adults
  • Canada (Québec)
  • Neuroimaging
  • Cognitive neuroimaging