Simon Thibault

1 month ago | biorxiv.org | Simon Thibault |Aaron Wong |Laurel J Buxbaum |Thomas Jefferson

AbstractIndividuals who have experienced a left hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (LCVA) have been shown to make errors in naturalistic action tasks designed to assess the ability to perform everyday activities such as preparing a cup of coffee. Naturalistic action errors in this population are often attributed to limb apraxia, a common deficit in the representation and performance of object-related actions.

Jun 12, 2024 | jneurosci.org | Simon Thibault

Using tools is an extraordinarily refined motor skill in humans (Vaesen, 2012). The neural correlates of tool use have been studied for a long time, initially with neuropsychological investigations (Liepmann, 1908) and more recently with neuroimaging techniques (Brandi et al., 2014; Thibault et al., 2021). These studies converge to show that using tools involves a left-lateralized network including the frontal, parietal, and occipitotemporal areas (Lewis, 2006).

Apr 15, 2023 | ledevoir.com | Simon Thibault

De Simone Weil à Gérard Bouchard, en passant bien sûr par les incontournables Hannah Arendt et Fernand Dumont, moult femmes et hommes nous ont rappelé l’importance de l’enracinement pour la condition humaine, alors que celui-ci s’effritait avec la montée ces dernières décennies de l’individualisme.