Nora Turoman
Postdoctoral Researcher and Group Leader
Office 210 | Chemin de Pinchat 22 | 1227 Carouge
+41 22 379 92 52
Courriel
- Leader of the research group Lifespan Sensory & Cognitive Synergies (LSCS), University of Geneva
- Postdoctoral researcher at Cognitive Aging Lab at the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva
- Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow (2022-2024)
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Education
2016 - 2020 | PhD Neuroscience, University of Lausanne, CH |
2015 - 2016 | MSc Psychological Research, University of Oxford, UK |
2012 - 2014 | BSc (hons) Psychological Studies, Singapore branch of Cardiff Metropolitan University, SG |
Professional Experience
since 2024 |
Postdoctoral Researcher and Group Leader Cognitive Aging lab, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability (CIGEV), University of Geneva |
2020 - 2023 |
Postdoctoral Researcher and Junior Group Leader Working Memory Cognition and Development lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva |
2014 - 2015 |
Research Assistant Brain Language and Intersensory Perception (BLIP) lab, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, SG |
Grants and awards
2023: Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA), Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
2022: Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship (2022-2024)
2019: Flux pre-conference workshop stiped, Flux: the Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (funded by the Hope Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation)
2019: Lemanic Neuroscience Travel award, University of Lausanne
publications
Registered reports
- Turoman, N., Vergauwe, E. (2024). The effect of Multisensory distraction on working memory: A role for task relevance? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 50(8), 1220-1248. Preprint. Preregistration. Open data and materials.
Peer-reviewed publications
- Turoman, N., Walter, E., & Vergauwe, E. (Under review). Children’s working memory is surprisingly robust to multisensory distraction. Developmental Science. Preprint. Open data, materials, and code.
- Turoman, N., Fiave, P.A., Zahnd, C., deBettencourt, M., & Vergauwe, E. (2024). Decoding the content of working memory in school-aged children. Cortex, 171, 136-152. Preprint. Open data, materials, and code.
- Turoman, N.*, Heyard, R.*, Schwab, S., Furrer, E., Vergauwe, E., & Held, L. (2023). Constructing and implementing PRECHECK: A checklist to evaluate preprints on COVID-19 and beyond. F1000Research, 12, 588. Preprint. Open data, materials, and code.
- Tivadar, R. I., Arnold, R. C., Turoman, N., Knebel, J. F., & Murray, M. M. (2022). Digital Haptics Improve Speed of Visual Search Performance in a Dual-Task Setting. Scientific Reports, 12, 9728.
- Turoman, N., Hautekiet, C., Jeanneret, S., Valentini, B., & Langerock, N. (2022). Open and reproducible practices in developmental psychology research: The workflow of the WomCogDev lab as an example. Infant and Child Development, e2333, 1-17. Preprint.
- Turoman, N., Tivadar, R. I., Retsa, C., Murray, M. M., and Matusz, P. (2021). Towards understanding how we pay attention in naturalistic visual search settings. NeuroImage, 244, 118556. Preprint.
- Turoman, N., Tivadar, R. I., Retsa, C., Maillard, A. M., Scerif, G., and Matusz, P. (2021). Uncovering the mechanisms of real-world attentional control over the course of primary education. Mind, Brain, and Education, 15(4), 344-353. Preprint.
- Turoman, N., Tivadar, R. I., Retsa, C., Maillard, A. M., Scerif, G., and Matusz, P. (2021). The development of attentional control mechanisms in multisensory environments. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 48, 100930. Preprint.
- Matusz, P., Turoman, N., Tivadar, R., Retsa, C., and Murray, M.M. (2019). Brain and cognitive mechanisms of top-down attentional control in a multisensory world: Benefits of electrical neuroimaging. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31(3), 412-430.
- Tivadar, R.I., Rouillard, T., Chappaz, C., Knebel, J.-F., Turoman, N., Anaflous, F., Roche, J., Matusz, P., and Murray, M.M. (2019). Mental Rotation of Digitally-Rendered Haptic Objects. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 13, 7.
- Tivadar, R.I., Retsa, C., Turoman, N., Matusz, P.-J., and Murray, M.M. (2018). Sounds enhance visual completion processes. Neuroimage, 179, 480-488.
- Turoman, N., Velasco, C., Chen, Y.-C., Huang, P.-C., and Spence, C. (2018). Symmetry and its role in the crossmodal correspondence between shape and taste. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 80(3), 738-751. Preprint.
- Turoman, N., and Styles, S. J. (2017). Glyph guessing for ‘oo’ and ‘ee’: spatial frequency information in sound symbolic matching for ancient and unfamiliar scripts. Royal Society Open Science, 4(9), 170882. Open materials.
- Turoman N, Merkley R, Scerif G and Matusz P (2017) How Do Kids and Grown-Ups Get Distracted in Everyday Situations? Frontiers for Young Minds. 5(8). 1-9.
Manuscripts in preparation
- Turoman, N., Langerock, N., Vergauwe, E. (In preparation). Interferring with adults' and children's working memory maintenance: Does the sensory profile of distracting information matter?
- Turoman, N., Walter, E., Motz, A., & Klatt, L., (In preparation). Presenting features audiovisually improves working memory for bindings. Preregistration.