Florent Lebon -

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Cognition, Action, and sensorimotor plasticity

Florent Lebon

Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2011

MCU
		florent.lebon{[at]}u-bourgogne.fr		Laboratoire INSERM U1093 Université de Bourgogne Faculté des Sciences du Sport (UFR Staps) BP 27877 21078 Dijon France
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Specialities

Neurosciences, motor imagery, action observation, motor learning, sensorimotor plasticity, motor cognition

Experience

2011		Post-doctorate fellow at University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA). « Preparation of actual and imagined movements ».

2010		Post-doctorate fellow at University of Auckland (New-Zealand). « Cognitive inhibition during motor imagery ».

2009		PhD in Sport Science, University of Lyon (France): « Efficiency of mental training on the development and the recovery of motor capacities »

2006		MSc in Sport Science, University of Lyon (France).

2004		BSc in Sport Science, University of Valenciennes (France).

My main topic is focused on the effect of motor imagery on motor learning, performance and rehabilitation after peripheral and central injuries. My research encompasses behavioural and cognitive neuroscience and psychophysiology.
The main tools/methods of my scientific activity are: electromyographic activity, measurement of the autonomic nervous system (cutaneous resistance, heart rate), transcranial magnetic stimulation, and peripheral nerve stimulation.
My first axe of research consists in understanding the neural mechanisms of motor imagery and action observation. My second axe aims at assessing the benefits of mental practice on motor performance. Finally, my third axe explores new techniques of cognitive stimulation to promote motor rehabilitation.