Prof. Dr Pamela Banta Lavenex
Pamela Banta Lavenex has been an Associate Professor in Psychology at UniDistance Suisse since 2020.
Pamela Banta Lavenex has an extensive and varied academic background. She has a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Arizona in the United States, where her research focused on investigating the neurobiological bases of cognitive abilities in budgerigars, utilizing cognitive neuroscience and comparative psychology techniques. She completed post-doctoral research at the MIND Institute (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) at the University of California in Davis, where she studied the development of memory and the hippocampus in monkeys.
Since coming to Switzerland, she has been pursuing a line of research supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation on the functional development of memory throughout life, in particular in typically developing children and in individuals with an atypical development, such as Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) or Williams syndrome. She works closely together with Professor Pierre Lavenex and the members of the Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Development (LABCD) at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Lausanne (UNIL).
News
When predicting the weather helps assess learning strategies
Teaching
M01 |
Introduction à la psychologie : thématique et disciplines (EN)
Bachelor en psychologie
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M11 |
Neuropsychologie et neurosciences
Bachelor en psychologie
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Functions at UniDistance Suisse
Faculty of Psychology
- Dean
- Associate Professor
Faculty Council of the Faculty of Psychology
- Dean
- Associate Professor
Academic Council
- Associate Professor
- Dean Faculty of Psychology
Neurocognitive Development
- Associate Professor
Research focus
- The development and functioning of different memory systems throughout life
- Memory systems in people with Down or Williams syndrome
- The relation between cerebral activity (EEG) and cognitive abilities
- The impact of intermodal training on cognition in people with learning disabilities
Recent publications
- Baillifard, A., Gabella, M., Banta Lavenex, P., & Martarelli, C. S. (2024). Effective learning with a personal AI tutor: A case study. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-12888-5
- Banta Lavenex, P., Blandin, M. L., Gaborieau, C., & Lavenex, P. (2024). Well-designed manufacturing work improves some cognitive abilities in individuals with cognitive impairments. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 5, 1377133. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fresc.2024.1377133/full
- Bochud‐Fragnière, E., Lonchampt, G., Bittolo, P., Ehrensperger, G., Circelli, A. R., Antonicelli, N., Costanzo, F., Menghini, D., Vicari, S., Banta Lavenex, P. & Lavenex, P. (2024). Why do individuals with Williams syndrome or Down syndrome fail the Weather Prediction Task?. Developmental Psychobiology, 66(5), e22503. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dev.22503
- Meziane, H. B., Jabès, A., Klencklen, G., Banta Lavenex, P., & Lavenex, P. (2024). EEG markers of successful allocentric spatial working memory maintenance in humans. European Journal of Neuroscience, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16446
- Bochud-Fragnière, E., Lavenex, P., & Banta Lavenex, P. (2024). Development of conditional learning abilities in children from 3 to 12 years of age. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2024.2314973
- Bochud-Fragnière, E., Lavenex, P. and Banta Lavenex P. (2023). When and how do children solve the Weather Prediction Task? Developmental Psychobiology, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.22407
- Villard, J., Chareyron, L.J., Piguet, O., Lambercy, P., Lonchampt, G., Banta Lavenex, P., Amaral, D.G. and Lavenex, P. (2023). Structural plasticity in the entorhinal and perirhinal cortices following hippocampal lesion in rhesus monkeys. Hippocampus, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hipo.23567
Research projects
Profiles of temporal order memory abilities in Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and typical development - It’s about time.
The impact of intermodal training on the cognitive capacities of individuals with handicaps
Interactions between memory systems in typical development and in neurodevelopmental disorders
Research groups
Neurocognitive Development
Faculty of Psychology