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SUMMARY:In the pursuit of biomarkers of real-life learning and behaviour
DTSTART:20200217T093000
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DESCRIPTION:Paul Matusz is a junior group leader and principal investigato
 r at the Institute for Information Systems at HES-SO Valais and Department
  of Radiology of University of Lausanne\, as well as an adjunct professor 
 at the Hearing and Speech Department of Vanderbilt University in Nashville
 \, Tennessee. He is interested in how adults and children process informat
 ion in naturalistic settings\, from the underlying brain mechanisms to con
 sequences for learning domain-specific skills. Moreover\, he studies how a
 udiovisual processes contribute to neuroplasticity associated with gaming 
 and VR interventions. In his work\, he combines psychophysical\, neuroimag
 ing\, computational and neurotechnological approaches in humans from typic
 al and atypical populations. Since 2018\, Paul fulfills the role of board 
 member of the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research. Paul has receive
 d several prestigious grants and awards\, such as the Young Investigator A
 ward from CHUV-UNIL Faculty of Biology and Medicine and Ambizione grant fr
 om Swiss National Science Foundation. His work is supported also by the EU
  Marie Sklodowska Curie Action\, Fondation Asile des Aveugles\, Fondation 
 Pierre Mercier\, UK Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council UK an
 d National Institutes of Health (NIH).\n\n \nLearning environments like c
 lassrooms are cluttered busy environments. They are also profoundly multis
 ensory in nature\, with both the to-be-learnt material and distractors typ
 ically engage multiple senses. However\, it remains unclear whether and ho
 w multisensory information processing studied in the laboratory can predic
 t real-life behaviour and learning. In my talk\, I will discuss how the st
 udy of multisensory processes across the lifespan can bring us closer to h
 ow individuals process information in everyday situations. I will present 
 findings showing how multisensory processes as studied with psychophysical
  and electrophysiological methods are linked to object recognition and sta
 ndardised measures of cognitive and behavioural functioning or educational
  achievement\, and illustrate how multisensory processes could be an easy 
 access point for measuring efficacy of learning.\n\n\n 
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