CI-NAPS - Centre d’Imagerie-Neurosciences et d’Applications aux PathologieS

Position

 Since 1999, Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Caen Basse-Normandie

 Since 2003, Researcher in the Group of Neurofunctionnal Imaging of DEVelopment (GINDEV), UMR 6232 (CI-NAPS), CNRS, CEA, Universities of Caen Basse-Normandie and Paris Descartes.

Address

Visiting address : Campus Jules Horowitz, Boulevard Becquerel, 14074 Caen, France.

Building : Centre Cyceron first floor Room number : C 122

Postal address : Ci-Naps U. M. R. 6232, Bd Becquerel, BP 5229, 14074 Caen Cedex, France

E-mail : rossi@cyceron.fr

Phone : +33 (0) 2 31 47 01 37

Fax : +33 (0) 2 31 47 02 22

Research Interests

The role of executive functions in the error detection and correction children, adolescents and adults. Domains : reasoning, decision making, calculation. Protocols : comportemental and neuroimaging studies.

Academics

PhD. Degree in Cognitive Psychology, University of Aix-en-Provence, January 1999.

Master’s degree (2nd level - DEA) in Cognitive Psychology, University of Aix-en-Provence, June 1995

Master’s degree (1st level - Maîtrise) in Experimental Psychology, University of Aix-en-Provence, June 1994

Undergraduate level (DEUG and Licence) in Psychology, University of Aix-en-Provence, June 1993

Publications

Papers

Rossi, S.*, Houde, O.*, Lubin, L., Joliot, M. (in pess). Mapping numerical processing, reading, and executive functions in the developing brain : an fMRI meta-analysis of 52 studies including 842 children. Developmental Science, DOI : 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00938.x *equally contributors

Lubin, A., Poirel, N., Rossi, S., Lanoe, C., Pineau, A., Houdé, O. (in press). Pedagogical effect of action on arithmetic performances in Wynn-like tasks solved by 2-year-olds. Experimental Psychology.

Lubin, A., Poirel, N., Rossi, S., Pineau, A., Houdé, O. (2009). Math in Actions : Actor mode reveals the true arithmetic abilities of French-speaking two-year-olds in a magic task. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 103, 376-385.

Leroux, G., Spiess, J., Zago, L., Rossi, S., Lubin, A., Turbelin, M-R., Mazoyer, B., Tzourio-Mazoyer, N., Houdé, O., & Joliot, M. (2009). Adult’s brain doesn’t fully overcomes biases that lead to incorrect performance during development : An fMRI study in young adults completing a Piaget-like task. Developmental Science, 12, 326-338.

Beaunieux, H., Hubert, V., Witkowski, T., Rossi, S., Danion, J.M., Desgranges, B., & Eustache, F. (2006). Evaluation of cognitive processes implied in cognitive procedural learning. Memory, 14, 521-539.

Butera, F., Caverni, J-P, & Rossi. S. (2005). Interaction with a high versus low competence influence source in inductive reasoning. The Journal of Social Psychology, 145(2), 173-190.

Van der Henst, J.B., Rossi, S., & Schroyens, W. (2002). When participants are not misled they are not so bad after all : A pragmatic analysis of a rule discovery task. In W.D. Gray & C. Shunn (Eds.), Proceeding of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 902-907. Mahwah, NJ : Laurence Erlbaum Associates.

Rossi, S., Caverni, J. P., & Girotto, V. (2001). Hypothesis testing in a rule discovery problem : When a focused procedure is effective. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 54A, 263-267.

Caverni, J. P., & Rossi, S. (1997). A nice bit of scandal : About a disconfirmation bias in the Wason’s 2-4-6 problem. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 56, 239-242.

Book

Rossi, S., et van der Henst, J-B. (Eds.) (2007). Psychologies du raisonnement. Bruxelles : De Boeck.

Book chapters

Rossi, S., et Moutier, S. (2007). Psychologie et neurosciences du raisonnement. In S. Rossi et J-B. Van der Henst (Eds.), pp. 252-281. Psychologies du Raisonnement. Bruxelles : de Boeck.

Noveck, I, Mercier, H., Rossi, S., et Van der Henst, J-B. (2007). Psychologie Cognitive du Raisonnement. In S. Rossi et J-B. Van der Henst (Eds.), pp. 38-76. Psychologies du Raisonnement. Bruxelles : de Boeck.

Caverni, J.P., Rossi, S., & Péris, J.L. (2005). How to defocus in hypothesis testing : Manipulating the status of the initial triple in the 2-4-6 problem. In V. Girotto & P.N. Johnson-Laird (Eds.) The shape of reason. Hove : Psychology Press.

Caverni, J. P., Rossi, S., & Péris, J. L. (2000). The alternatives taken into account in hypotheses testing : Two new paradigms for investigating strategies In J.A. Garcia-Madruga, N. Carriedo, & M.J. Gonzalez-Labra (Eds.), pp. 133-141. Mental Models in Reasoning. Madrid : UNED.

Communications

International communications

Rossi, S., Lubin, A., Joliot, M., and Houdé, O. (2010). Academic learning in the developing brain : fMRI meta-analyses on numerical abilities and reading. 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 6-10, Barcelona, Spain.

Lanoë, C., Leroux, G., Perchey, G., Lubin, A., Turbelin, M-R., Rossi, S. Poirel, N., Delcroix, N., Lamberton, F., Vigneau, M., Mellet, E., Mazoyer, B., Pineau, A., and Houdé, O. (2010). FMRI neo-Piagetian analysis of the developing brain in failing, intermediate, and successful children. 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 6-10, Barcelona, Spain.

Houdé, O., Pineau, A., Leroux, G., Perchey, G., Lubin, A., Lanoe, C., Turbelin, M-R., Rossi, S., Poirel, N., Delcroix, N., Joliot, M., Lamberton, F., Tzourio-Mazoyer, N., Vigneau, M., Mellet, E., & Mazoyer, B. (2009). FMRI study of Piagetian cognitive stages in human development : A neo-Piagetian approach. 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 18-23, San Francisco, USA.

Houdé, O., Rossi, S., Lubin, A., & Joliot, M. (2009). Meta-analysis of fMRI data on executive functions in children and adolescents : A developmental asymmetry in the insular cortex. 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 18-23, San Francisco, USA.

Leroux, G., Pineau, A., Perchey, G., Lanoë, C., Lubin, A., Turbelin, M-R., Rossi, S., Poirel, N., Delcroix, N., Lamberton, F., Vigneau, M., Mellet, E., Mazoyer, B., & Houdé, O. (2009). Neuroimaging of typical cognitive development : A neo-Piagetian framework. Workshop challenges and methods in developmental neuroimaging, May 18-20, Amsterdam, Holland.

Lubin, A., Poirel, N., Rossi, S., Pineau, A., & Houdé, O. (2009). Math in Actions : Actor mode reveals the true arithmetic abilities of French-speaking two-year-olds in a magic task. 14th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, August 18-22, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Pineau, A., Leroux, G., Perchey, G., Lanoë, C., Lubin, A., Turbelin, M-R., Rossi, S., Poirel, N., Vigneau, M., Mellet, E., Mazoyer, B., & Houdé, O. (2009). Neurocognitive changes in the Piagetian conservation-of-number task : An fMRI study in children aged 5 to 11. 14th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, August 18-22, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Rossi, S., Lubin, A., Joliot, M., & Houdé, O. (2009). Brain imaging of executive development in children and adolescents : A meta-analysis of 25 fMRI studies. 14th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, August 18-22, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Houdé, O., Rossi, S., & Joliot, M. (2008). Brain imaging of cognitive development : A meta-analysis of 36 fMRI studies. 29th International Congress of Psychology. July 20-25, Berlin, Germany.

Houdé, O. Leroux, G., Spiess, J., Zago, L., Rossi, S., Turbelin, M.-R., Mazoyer, B., Tzourio-Mazoyer, N., & Joliot, M. (2007). Adult’s brain never fully overcomes biases that lead to incorrect performance during development : A fMRI study in young adults completing a Piaget-like task. 13th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, August 21-25, Jena, Germany.

Denieul, C. & Rossi, S. (2004). Working memory and executive functions involvement in hypothetico-deductive reasoning. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on ThinkingJuly 22-24, Leuven, Belgium.

Rossi, S., Denieul, C., Caverni, J. P., & Houdé, O. (2004). Hypothesis testing in Wason’s 246 rule discovery task and matching-bias inhibition training. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Thinking, July 22-24, Leuven, Belgium.

Van der Henst, J.B., Rossi, S., & Schroyens, W. (2002). When participants are not misled they are not so bad after all : A pragmatic analysis of a rule discovery task. Workshop on Deductive Reasoning, Ghent, Belgium.

Butera, F., Caverni, J. P., & Rossi, S. (2000). Expert versus non-expert models in hypothesis testing. 4th International Conference on Thinking, 24th – 26th august, Durham, Great Britain.

Butera, F., Caverni, J. P., Girotto, V., & Rossi, S. (1999). Social interaction in inductive reasoning. European Conference on Cognitive Science, 27th-30th october, Siena, Italy.

Caverni, J. P., & Rossi, S. (1998). Improving the alternatives taking into account in inductive hypotheses testing. Mental Models Meeting in honour of Philip Johnson-Laird, Madrid, Spain.

Rossi, S. & Caverni, J. P. (1998). Hypothesis testing strategies in a rule discovery task. About a disconfirmation bias. XI Congress of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Jerusalem, Israel.

Rossi, S. (1998). Searching for Counterexamples and Inductive Reasoning. First Workshop on Reasoning and Decision Making, University of Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Rossi, S. & Caverni, J. P. (1997). Expected feed-back is to be taken into account to trace confirming vs disconfirming strategies in hypothesis testing. Small group meeting of European Association of Experimental Social Psychology on Reasoning and Positive-Negative Asymetry, Kracow, Poland.

Rossi, S. & Caverni, J. P. (1997). The falsification strategy in the Wason’s 2-4-6 task : A new look. In S. D. Cromie et al. (Eds.), Fifth European Congress of Psychology, Abstracts (p. 194). Dublin : Psychological Society of Ireland.

National communications

Rossi, S., Lubin, A., Joliot, M., et Houdé, O. (2010). Approche développementale des bases neurales des fonctions exécutives : Méta-analyses des données en IRMf chez l’enfant et l’adolescent. 4ième Journée Internationnale de Neuropsychologie des Lobes Frontaux et des Fonctions Exécutives, 18-19 octobre, Angers, France.

Rossi, S., Leroux, G., Lubin, A., Lanoe, C., Poirel, N., Pineau, A., et Houdé, O. (2010). Imagerie du développement des enfants d’âge scolaire : Apports de la neuroimagerie à la compréhension du développement cognitif de l’enfant en lien avec les apprentissages scolaires. Applications en psychopédagogie. Entretiens Francophones de la Psychologie. Paris, France.

Denieul, C. & Rossi, S. (2003). Implication de la mémoire de travail et des fonctions exécutives dans le raisonnement hypothético-déductif. Atelier de Conjoncture de la Société Française de Psychologie « Cerveau, Cognition, et Comportement », 20-22 mars, Rennes, France.

Denieul, C. & Rossi, S. (2003). Implication de la mémoire de travail et des fonctions exécutives dans le raisonnement hypothético-déductif. Journées Nationales sur les Modèles de Raisonnement, 27-28 Novembre, Paris, France.

Beaunieux, H., Hubert, V., Rossi, S., Witkowski, T., Desgranges, B., & Eustache, F. (2002). Apprentissage procédural cognitif chez le sujet jeune : arguments en faveur d’une vision intégrée de la mémoire procédurale. Réunion d’Hiver de la Société de Neuropsychologie de Langue Française.

Kehlhoffner, E., Ripoll, T., Rossi, S., & Ripoll, H. (1999). Effet de la structuration des connaissances sur la détection d’informations visuelles dans des structures visuo-spaciales : l’exemple du basket-ball. Congrès National de la Société Française de Psychologie, 25-27 mai, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Rossi, S. (1999). Test d’hypothèses dans une tâche de découverte de règles : limites d’une interprétation en termes de biais de confirmation. Congrès National de la Société Française de Psychologie, 25-27 mai, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Rossi, S. (1996). De la confirmation à l’infirmation dans le test d’hypothèse. Atelier de conjoncture du département recherche de la Société Française de Psychologie "Psychologie et Vieillissement", Tours, France.

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