CAP

The CAP team explores the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying perception, cognition, and communication in humans and animals, as well as their alteration in various pathologies and neurodevelopmental disorders. We aim to understand how the brain processes and integrates sounds (voices, cries, music, environmental sounds), and how these auditory inputs interact with other sensory modalities, memory, attention, and biological rhythms. 

Our research relies on a wide range of methods, from psychoacoustic and behavioral approaches to multimodal brain imaging (PET, MRI, EEG, polysomnography, combined techniques), as well as eye-tracking, actimetry, biological analyses, and bioacoustics. This methodological complementarity allows us to study communication both in naturalistic and laboratory contexts, while opening new clinical perspectives. 

Our projects are organized around three main research axes:

• Fundamental mechanisms of auditory perception and cognition
  Psychoacoustic studies, voice and music perception, auditory and verbal memory, development and evolution of sensory systems.
   
• Communication and interaction with the environment
  Multisensory integration, perception in natural contexts, learning of environmental statistical regularities, and links between perception, the body, and the environment.
   
• Clinical and translational applications
  Investigation of auditory disorders, disorders of consciousness, autism, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative diseases; development of interventions based on auditory or musical stimulation; and close collaborations with medical and industrial partners.

This integrative approach, bridging basic science and clinical applications, defines the identity of the CAP team.

Finally, the CAP team is committed to developing and implementing ethical scientific practices, integrating human, technical, and environmental dimensions.