Julie Franco
Julie Franco
Speech and Language Therapist, Post-doc
Chemin de Pinchat 22, 1224 Carouge, bureau 119
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THESIS
Short-term and consolidation of word learning through immersive virtual reality in neurotypical adults and in speakers with aphasia : behavioral and ERP investigations
ACADEMIC INTERESTS
- Word Learning
- Semantic
- Virtual reality
- Word production
- Aphasic reeducation
- ERP/EEG
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Franco, J., & Laganaro, M. (2024). Are brain activity changes underlying rare word production after learning specific or do they extend to semantically related rare words?. Cortex, 178, 174-189.
POSTER AND SLIDE SLAM SESSIONS AT CONFERENCES
Franco, J., & Laganaro, M. (October 2021). Word learning through immersive virtual reality. Slide slam session presented at the Neurobiology of language meeting, Virtual conference.
Franco, J., & Laganaro, M. (Août 2022). Electrophysiological correlates of short-term word learnign and consolidation. Poster session presented at Microstate conference, Bern.
Franco, J., Couvreu de Deckersberg, M., Bourdon, V., & Laganaro, M. (Septembre 2022). Short-term and consolidation through immersive virtual reality. Poster session presented at Science of Aphasia, Bordeaux.
Franco, J., & Laganaro, M. (Août 2022). Electrophysiological correlates of short-term word learnign and consolidation. Poster session presented at the the Neurobiology of language meeting, Philadelphie.
Franco, J., Couvreu de Deckersberg, M., Glize, B., & Laganaro, M. (Septembre 2023). Treatment for anomia with immersive virtual reality as compared to static digital approaches. Oral presentation at Science of Aphasia, Nice, France.
Franco, J., Glize, B., & Laganaro, M. (Septembre 2024). Does immersive virtual reality favour lexical-sematic processing in neurotypical adult word learning and in (re)learning
in post-stroke aphasia?. Oral presentation at Science of Aphasia, Geneva, Switzerland.
EDUCATION
Post-doc in Speech and Language Therapy
September 2024 – ...
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPSE) - University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
PhD student in Speech and Language Therapy
September 2020 – August 2024
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPSE) - University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Master of Science in Speech and Language Therapy
September 2018 – June 2020
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPSE) - University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
September 2015 – June 2018
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPSE) - University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland