We study time perception, attention, working memory and executive functions, notably with electrophysiology, and we develop open neuropsychological tasks to measure them.
Department of Health Sciences, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Research
The questions we work on
Axis 1
Time perception
How do attention and working memory shape our perception of duration?
See the projectsAxis 2
Executive and cognitive functions
How do brain oscillations support working memory and executive control?
See the projectsAxis 3
Open-access tasks
How can we give neuropsychologists in Québec tasks that are validated and normed for their population?
See the projects
Director
Nicola Thibault, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences, and Director of Pulsar Lab
View profileRecent work
- 2026
Assessing the Impact of Language on Visual Threat Detection: cTBS over the anterior temporal lobe impairs semantic processing but not visual threat detection
Adam Fahmi, Nicola Thibault, Roxane Hoyer, Philippe Albouy, Isabelle Blanchette. PsyArXiv.
- 2026
The temporal architecture of decision regulation: Development and initial validation of the Decision Regulation Inventory
Nicola Thibault, Alana Arrouet, Roxane Hoyer. PsyArXiv.
- 2026
Time, Theta, and Theory: A Critical Look at Recurring Cortical Rhythms
Nicola Thibault, Narayanan Srinivasan. Brain Connectivity.