Christophe Le Dantec

Christophe Le Dantec
Christophe Le Dantec, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Psychology Department

Education: 

  • West Coast CrawFly Invertebrate Neurophysiology Course, June 5-8th, 2014, Pomona College, Claremont, CA.
  • EEGlab workshop (12th,) University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, November 18-22nd, 2010. Supervisors: Scott Makeig Ph.D and Arnaud Delorme Ph.D.
  • ERPbootcamp, University of California – Davis, Davis, July 20-29th, 2009. Supervisor: Pr Steven Luck.
  • PhD in Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience). Role and dynamic of prefronto-frontal & parieto-occipital structures in duration discrimination and identification tasks: A psychological and electrophysiological approach. Rouen Human Sciences University, November 28th, 2007. Supervisor: Pr Mohamed Rebaï. Thesis defense committee: Viviane Pouthas (Ph.D), Robert Lalonde (Pr), Daniel Mellier (Pr), Franck Vidal (Pr), John Wearden (Pr). Honor: Congratulations of the Jury (Highest distinction in the French education system).
  • Master’s degree in Cognitive Science. Rouen Human Sciences University, 2003. Supervisors: Pr Mohamed Rebaï & Pr Robert Lalonde.
  • Master’s degree in Cognitive Psychology. Rouen Human Sciences University, 2002. Supervisors: Pr Mohamed Rebaï & Pr Robert Lalonde.
  • Degree in Psychology (Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology). Rouen Human Sciences University, 2001 (equivalent to B.Sc.).
  • First Cycle of Medical Studies. Faculty of Medicine in Rouen University, 1998.

Principal Research Interests

The human ability of adapt to environmental changes is largely mediated by brain processing. In our laboratory, we focus on two important aspects of adaptation using distinct and complementary approaches (behavioral and electroencephalographic): The first one deals with our ability to process temporal information, which is crucial for a number of human activities ranging from motricity to language. The second one is interested in understanding how neural plasticity serves as support to the development of various skills like being able to interpret medical exam such as a CT scan or becoming an expert in specific video game.

Research Areas: 

  • Time Perception
  • Perceptual Learning
  • Contextual Learning
  • Multisensory Perception
  • Synaesthesia
E-mail: cledante@lasierra.edu
Phone: (951) 785-2493

AWARDS

  1. Exploration of the cognitive processes. Bonus Quality Research, University of Rouen Grant Period: 2007-2008. Direct cost: 20000€ to buy a new EEG recording device.
  2. Teaching Neuropsychophysiology (EEG, EKG and EMG in class). Bonus Quality Teaching, University of Rouen. Grant Period: 2007-2008. Direct cost: 13000€ to buy materials to teach electrophysiological techniques to undergraduate students.

Representative Publications

  1. Leclercq V., Le Dantec C. C., Seitz A. R. (2014). Encoding of episodic information through fast Task-Irrelevant Perceptual Learning. Vision Research. pii: S0042-6989(13)00232-0. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2013.09.006.
  2. Hládek L., Le Dantec C. C., Kopco N., Seitz A. R. (2013). Ventriloquism effect and aftereffect in the distance dimension. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. Vol. 19, 050042.
  3. Hládek L., Le Dantec C. C., Kopco N., Seitz A. R. (2013). Ventriloquism effect and aftereffect in the distance dimension. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(5):3287. DOI:10.1121/1.4805399 pp.3287
  4. Le Dantec C. C. and Seitz A. (2012). High Resolution, High Capacity, Spatial Specificity in Perceptual Learning. Frontiers in Psychology 3:222. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00222
  5. Le Dantec C. C., Melton E. E., Seitz A. R. (2012). A triple dissociation between learning of target, distractors and spatial contexts. Journal of Vision, 12(2):1–12.
  6. Le Dantec C. C., Seitz A. R., Melton E. E. (2011). Triply Dissociated Learning of Context, Target Orientation and Distractor Orientation in Visual Search. Journal of Vision. September 23, 11(11): 1029.
  7. Le Dantec C. C., Seitz A. R. (2011). Orientation and location specificities in the co-development of perceptual learning and contextual learning. Perception, 40, 128.
  8. Paul I., Wearden J., Bannier D., Gontier E., Le Dantec C., Rebaï M. (2011). Making decisions about time: Event-related potentials and judgements about the equality of durations. Biological Psychology. 88(1):94-103.
  9. Le Dantec C. C., Seitz A. R. (2010). The co-development of perceptual learning and contextual learning in a visual search task. Perception, 39, page 39.
  10. Montalan B., Caharel S., Le Dantec C., Personnaz B., Germain R., Bernard C., Lalonde R., Rebaï M. (2009). Sensitivity of N170 and late positive components to social categorization and emotional valence. Brain Research. 1233:120-128.
  11. Gontier E., Paul I., Le Dantec C., Pouthas V., Bernard C., Lalonde R., Rebaï M. (2009). ERPs in anterior and posterior regions associated with duration and size discriminations. Neuropsychology. Vol. 23, No. 5, 668–678.
  12. Gontier E., Le Dantec C., Paul I., Bernard C., Lalonde R., Rebaï M. (2008). A prefrontal ERP involved in decision making during visual duration and size discrimination tasks. International Journal of Neuroscience, 118(1):149-62.
  13. Gontier E., Le Dantec C., Leleu A., Paul I., Charvin H., Bernard C., Lalonde R., Rebaï M. (2007). Frontal and parietal ERPs associated with or without task interference. Brain Research, 1170: 79-89.
  14. Le Dantec C., Gontier E., Paul I., Bernard C., Lalonde R., Charvin H., Rebaï M. (2007). Comparative study of ERPs associated with visual duration discriminations in prefrontal and parietal cortex. Acta Psychologica, 125(1) :85-98.
  15. Le Dantec C., Paul I., Bernard C., Lalonde R., Rebaï M. (2003). Event-related cortical potentials correlated with behavioral performances in a duration discrimination task. Perception, 32, 174-175.
  16. Paul I., Le Dantec C., Bernard C., Lalonde R., Rebaï M. (2003). Frontal lobe event-related potentials in a visual duration discrimination task. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 20(5):351-360.