After a bachelor's degree in mathematics, computer science and cognitive sciences at the University of Grenoble, I studied cognitive science at the University of Bordeaux and psychology at the University of Toulouse. In 2022, I obtained a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Bordeaux, under the supervision of Dr. Emmanuel Mellet.

During my PhD, I used a neuroarchaeological approach to study the neural bases of visual perception of abstract Paleolithic engravings and culturized faces. The aim was to propose hypotheses concerning the evolution of cognition, and in particular the emergence of symbolic thought in species belonging to the genus Homo.

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva. I’m working on projects using neuroimaging (fMRI, rs-fMRI) to address the links between odors and emotions

Research interests: emotion, olfaction, visual perception, symbolic behavior, neuroimaging, archaeology, anthropology, cognitive science, affective neuroscience

PUBLICATIONS

Scientific Articles

2024

• Salagnon, M., d’Errico, F., Rigaud, S., & Mellet, E. (2024). Assigning a social status from face adornments: An fMRI study. Brain Structure and Function, 229, 1103-1120. doi: 10.1007/s00429-024-02786-4

2023

• de Sousa, A. A., Beaudet, A., Calvey, T., Bardo, A., Benoit, J., Charvet, C. J., Dehay, C., Gómez-Robles, A., Gunz, P., Heuer, K., van den Heuvel, M. P., Hurst, S., Lauters, P., Reed, D., Salagnon, M., Sherwood, C. C., Ströckens, F., Tawane, M., Todorov, O. S., Roberto, T., & Wei, Y. (2023). From fossils to mind. Communications Biology, 6(1), Article 636. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04803-4

• Salagnon, M. (2023). Naissance de la pensée symbolique chez l'Homme : étude des bases neurales de la perception des gravures paléolithiques abstraites et des visages culturalisés en neuroimagerie fonctionnelle [Emergence of symbolic thinking in humans: Investigating the neural bases involved in the perception of abstract Palaeolithic engravings and culturized faces using functional neuroimaging]. Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, 35(2). doi: 10.4000/bmsap.12150

2022

• Salagnon, M., Cremona, S., Joliot, M., d’Errico, F., & Mellet, E. (2022). Neural correlates of perceiving and interpreting engraved prehistoric patterns as human production: Effect of archaeological expertise. PLOS ONE, 17(8), Article e0271732. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271732

2020

• Salagnon, M., d'Errico, F., & Mellet, E. (2020). Neuroimaging and neuroarchaeology: A window on cognitive evolution. Intellectica, 73, 67-92.

2019

• Mellet, E., Salagnon, M., Majkić, A., Cremona, S., Joliot, M., Jobard, G., Mazoyer, B., Tzourio Mazoyer, N., & d’Errico, F. (2019). Neuroimaging supports the representational nature of the earliest human engravings. Royal Society Open Science, 6(7), Article 190086. doi: 10.1098/rsos.190086

CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS

Oral Communications

2022

• Salagnon, M. (2022, November 4). Le projet NEUROBEAD [Présentation orale]. Réunion scientifique du laboratoire PACEA, Pessac, France.

2021

• Salagnon, M., Cremona, S., Joliot, M., d’Errico, F., Mellet, E. (2021, December 1). Neural correlates of perceiving and interpreting engraved prehistoric patterns as human productions: Effect of archaeological expertise [Oral presentation]. From Fossils to Mind Workshop, Southern African Neuroscience Society.

Posters

2022

• Salagnon, M., Cremona, S., d’Errico, F., & Mellet, E. (2022, June 3). Expertise during the visual analysis of Palaeolithic abstract engravings: An fMRI Study [Poster session]. Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases scientific day, Bordeaux, France.
  
  Awarded for the 2^nd best poster presentation.

2021

• Salagnon, M., Cremona, S., d’Errico, F., & Mellet, E. (2021, June 21-25). Expertise during the visual analysis of Palaeolithic abstract engravings: An fMRI study [Poster session]. OHBM 2021, Virtual Meeting.

2017

• Salagnon, M., Majkić, A., Cremona, S., Mazoyer, B., Joliot, M., Tzourio-Mazoyer, N., d’Errico, F., & Mellet, E. (2017, May 17-19). Neural network involved in the perception of abstract Palaeolithic engravings [Poster session]. NeuroFrance 2017, Bordeaux, France.