Prof. Dr Pamela Banta Lavenex

Axes de recherche

• Le développement et le fonctionnement des différents systèmes de mémoire au cours de la vie
• Les systèmes de mémoire chez les personnes avec syndrome de Down ou de Williams
• Les liens entre activité cérébrale (EEG) et capacités cognitives
   

• Publications

  2026

  • Postnatal Development of the Perirhinal and Parahippocampal Cortices: A Stereological Study in Macaque Monkeys
    Justine Villard, Loïc J. Chareyron, Pamela Banta Lavenex, David G. Amaral, Pierre Lavenex
    Journal of Comparative Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.70130

  2024

  • Conditional learning abilities in Down syndrome and Williams syndrome
    Emilie Bochud-Fragnière, Paola Bittolo, Giada Ehrensperger, Nicole Antonicelli, Floriana Costanzo, Deny Menghini, Stefano Vicari, Pamela Banta Lavenex, Pierre Lavenex
    Journal of Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2024.2390538
  • Development of conditional learning abilities in children from 3 to 12 years of age
    Emilie Bochud-Fragnière, Pierre Lavenex, Pamela Banta Lavenex
    Journal of Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2024.2314973
  • EEG markers of successful allocentric spatial working memory maintenance in humans
    Hadj Boumediene Meziane, Adeline Jabès, Giuliana Klencklen, Pamela Banta Lavenex, Pierre Lavenex
    European Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16446
  • Effective learning with a personal AI tutor: A case study
    Ambroise Baillifard, Maxime Gabella, Pamela Banta Lavenex, Corinna S. Martarelli
    Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-12888-5
  • Stereological Analysis of the Rhesus Monkey Perirhinal and Parahippocampal Cortices
    Justine Villard, Loïc J. Chareyron, Pamela Banta Lavenex, David G. Amaral, Pierre Lavenex
    Journal of Comparative Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25684
  • Well-designed manufacturing work improves some cognitive abilities in individuals with cognitive impairments
    Pamela Banta Lavenex, Marie-Laure Blandin, Caroline Gaborieau, Pierre Lavenex
    Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2024.1377133
  • Why do individuals with Williams syndrome or Down syndrome fail the Weather Prediction Task?
    Emilie Bochud‐Fragnière, Gianni Lonchampt, Paola Bittolo, Giada Ehrensperger, Antonella Rita Circelli, Nicole Antonicelli, Floriana Costanzo, Deny Menghini, Stefano Vicari, Pamela Banta Lavenex, Pierre Lavenex
    Developmental Psychobiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22503

  2023

  • Anxiety in families of individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
    Giona Di Poi, Daniel Dukes, Ben Meuleman, Pamela Banta Lavenex, Pierre Lavenex, Anouk Papon, Michel Tran, Lina Stallmann, Noémie Treichel, Andrea C. Samson
    Frontiers in Education. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.951970
  • Anxiety, concerns and COVID-19: Cross-country perspectives from families and individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions
    Vassilis Sideropoulos, Jo Van Herwegen, Ben Meuleman, Michael Alessandri, Faisal M Alnemary, Jamal Amani Rad, Pamela A Banta Lavenex, Nikita Bolshakov, Sven Bölte, Paulina Buffle, Ru Y Cai, Ruth Campos, Adela Chirita-Emandi, Andreia P Costa, Floriana Costanzo, Vincent Des Portes, Daniel Dukes, Laurence Faivre, Nawelle Famelart, Marisa H Fisher, Liudmilla Gamaiunova, Aikaterini Giannadou, Rashmi Gupta, Antonio Y Hardan, Françoise Houdayer-Robert, Lenka Hrncirova, Roberto Tadeu Iaochite, Katarina Jariabkova, Bonita P Klein-Tasman, Pierre Lavenex, Supriya Malik, Francesca Mari, Pastora Martinez-Castilla, Deny Menghini, Heather J Nuske, Olympia Palikara, Anouk Papon, Robin S Pegg, Hamidreza Pouretemad, Luise Poustka, Ingolf Prosetzky, Alessandra Renieri, Sinead M Rhodes, Deborah M Riby, Massimiliano Rossi, Saeid Sadeghi, Xueyen Su, Claire Tai, Michel Tran, Fionnuala Tynan, Mirko Uljarević, Pamela Banta Lavenex
    Journal of Global Health. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.13.04081
  • Structural plasticity in the entorhinal and perirhinal cortices following hippocampal lesions in rhesus monkeys
    Justine Villard, Loïc J. Chareyron, Olivia Piguet, Pauline Lambercy, Gianni Lonchampt, Pamela Banta Lavenex, David G. Amaral, Pierre Lavenex
    Hippocampus. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23567
  • When and how do children solve the Weather Prediction Task?
    Emilie Bochud‐Fragnière, Pierre Lavenex, Pamela Banta Lavenex
    Developmental Psychobiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22407

  2022

  • What Is the Weather Prediction Task Good for? A New Analysis of Learning Strategies Reveals How Young Adults Solve the Task
    Pamela Banta Lavenex
    Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.886339

  2021

  • A Critical Review of Spatial Abilities in Down and Williams Syndromes: Not All Space Is Created Equal
    Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.669320
  • Age-Related Differences in Resting-State EEG and Allocentric Spatial Working Memory Performance
    Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.704362
  • Introducing the COVID-19 crisis Special Education Needs Coping Survey
    Daniel Dukes, Jo Van Herwegen, Michael Alessandri, Faisal Alnemary, Jamal Amani Rad, Pamela Banta Lavenex, Nikita Bolshakov, Sven Bölte, Paulina Buffle, Ru Ying Cai, Ruth Campos García, Adela Chirita, Andreia P. Costa, Floriana Costanzo, Giona Di Poi, Vincent Des Portes, Laurence Faivre, Nawelle Famelart, Marisa Fisher, Liudmila Gamaiunova, Aikaterini Giannadou, Rashmi Gupta, Mary Hanley, Antonio Hardan, Françoise Houdayer, Lenka Hrncirova, Anne Hugon, Bonnie Klein-Tasman, Panagiota Kovani, Pierre Lavenex, Robin Libove, Supriya Malik, Francesca Mari, Pastora Martinez-Castilla, Deny Menghini, Ben Meuleman, Heather Nuske, Olympia Palikara, Athina Papageorgiou, Anouk Papon, Robin Pegg, Luise Poustka, Ingolf Prosetzsky, Alessandra Renieri, Hamid Reza Pouretemad, Sinead Rhodes, Deborah M Riby, Massimiliano Rossi, Saeid Sadeghi, Lina Stallmann, Myriam Squillaci, Xueyun Su, Hungtzu Tai, Michel Tran, Noémie Treichel, Fionnuala Tynan, Mirko Uljarevic, Amy Van Hecke, Guida Veiga, Alain Verloes, Stefano Vicari, Sonja Werneck-Rohrer, Eric Zander, Andrea C. Samson
    https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rtswa
  • Le développement de la mémoire spatiale chez l’enfant entre 2 et 9 ans
    Enfance. https://doi.org/10.3917/enf2.211.0019
  • Life and Death of Immature Neurons in the Juvenile and Adult Primate Amygdala
    Loïc J. Chareyron, Pamela Banta Lavenex, David G. Amaral, Pierre Lavenex
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22136691
  • Resting‐State EEG Microstates Parallel Age‐Related Differences in Allocentric Spatial Working Memory Performance
    Brain Topography. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-021-00835-3

  2020

  • Children five-to-nine years old can use path integration to build a cognitive map without vision.
    Bostelmann M, Lavenex P, Banta Lavenex P
    Cognitive psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2020.101307
  • Path Integration and Cognitive Mapping Capacities in Down and Williams Syndromes
    Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.571394
  • Postnatal development of the entorhinal cortex: A stereological study in macaque monkeys
    Olivia Piguet, Loïc J Chareyron, Pamela Banta Lavenex, David G Amaral, Pierre Lavenex
    Journal of Comparative Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24897

  2019

  • Les systèmes de mémoire spatiale et le syndrome de Williams.
    Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l’Enfant

  2018

  • Low-Resolution Place and Response Learning Capacities in Down Syndrome.
    Bostelmann M, Costanzo F, Martorana L, Menghini D, Vicari S, Lavenex PB, Lavenex P
    Frontiers in psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02049
  • Spatial-Numerical Associations Enhance the Short-Term Memorization of Digit Locations.
    Thevenot C, Dewi J, Lavenex PB, Bagnoud J
    Frontiers in psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00636
  • Stereological analysis of the rhesus monkey entorhinal cortex
    Olivia Piguet, Loïc J. Chareyron, Pamela Banta Lavenex, David G. Amaral, Pierre Lavenex
    Journal of Comparative Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24496

  2017

  • Dissociation of spatial memory systems in Williams syndrome
    Mathilde Bostelmann, Emilie Fragnière, Floriana Costanzo, Silvia Di Vara, Deny Menghini, Stefano Vicari, Pierre Lavenex, Pamela Banta Lavenex
    Hippocampus. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.22764
  • Functional organization of the medial temporal lobe memory system following neonatal hippocampal lesion in rhesus monkeys
    Loïc J. Chareyron, Pamela Banta Lavenex, David G. Amaral, Pierre Lavenex
    Brain Structure and Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1441-z
  • The “when” and the “where” of single-trial allocentric spatial memory performance in young children: Insights into the development of episodic memory
    Ribordy Lambert, F., Lavenex, P., Banta Lavenex, P.
    Developmental Psychobiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21479
  • Working memory decline in normal aging: Is it really worse in space than in color?
    Klencklen, G., Banta Lavenex, P., Brandner, C., Lavenex, P.
    Learning and Motivation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2017.01.007
  • Working memory decline in normal aging: Memory load and representational demands affect performance
    Klencklen, G., Banta Lavenex, P., Brandner, C., Lavenex, P.
    Learning and Motivation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2017.09.002

  2015

  • Allocentric spatial learning and memory deficits in Down syndrome.
    Lavenex PB, Bostelmann M, Brandner C, Costanzo F, Fragnière E, Klencklen G, Lavenex P, Menghini D, Vicari S
    Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00062
  • Commentary: The ontogeny of human memory: Where are we going?
    International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415573645
  • Human short-term spatial memory: Precision predicts capacity
    Banta Lavenex, P., Boujon, V., Ndarugendamwo, A., Lavenex, P.
    Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2015.02.001
  • Improvement of allocentric spatial memory resolution in children from 2 to 4 years of age
    International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415584808
  • No association between ApoE polymorphism and febrile seizures.
    Lavenex P, Lavenex PB, Cachat F, Gehri M, Juvet T
    Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2351-6

  2014

  • The human hippocampus beyond the cognitive map: Evidence from a densely amnesic patient
    Banta Lavenex, P.A., Lavenex, P., Colombo, F., Lambert, F.R., Lavenex, P.
    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00711
  • What animals can teach clinicians about the hippocampus
    Lavenex, P., Banta Lavenex, P., Favre, G.
    Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1159/000356418

  2013

  • Building hippocampal circuits to learn and remember: Insights into the development of human memory
    Lavenex, P., Banta Lavenex, P.
    Behavioural Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2013.02.007
  • Development of allocentric spatial memory abilities in children from 18 months to 5 years of age
    Ribordy, F., Jabès, A., Banta Lavenex, P., Lavenex, P.
    Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2012.08.001

  2012

  • Developmental regulation of expression of schizophrenia susceptibility genes in the primate hippocampal formation.
    Favre, G., Banta Lavenex, P., Lavenex, P.
    Translational psychiatry
  • miRNA Regulation of Gene Expression: A Predictive Bioinformatics Analysis in the Postnatally Developing Monkey Hippocampus
    Favre, G., Banta Lavenex, P., Lavenex, P.
    PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043435
  • Postnatal development of the amygdala: A stereological study in macaque monkeys.
    Chareyron LJ, Lavenex PB, Amaral DG, Lavenex P
    The Journal of comparative neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.23023
  • Postnatal development of the amygdala: a stereological study in rats.
    Chareyron LJ, Lavenex PB, Lavenex P
    The Journal of comparative neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.23132

  2011

  • As the world turns: Short-term human spatial memory in egocentric and allocentric coordinates
    Banta Lavenex, P., Lecci, S., Prêtre, V., Brandner, C., Mazza, C., Pasquier, J., Lavenex, P.
    Behavioural Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2010.12.035
  • Developmental regulation of gene expression and astrocytic processes may explain selective hippocampal vulnerability.
    Lavenex P, Sugden SG, Davis RR, Gregg JP, Lavenex PB
    Hippocampus. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.20730
  • Postnatal development of the hippocampal formation: a stereological study in macaque monkeys.
    Jabès A, Lavenex PB, Amaral DG, Lavenex P
    The Journal of comparative neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22549
  • Stereological analysis of the rat and monkey amygdala
    Chareyron, L.J., Banta Lavenex, P., Amaral, D.G., Lavenex, P.
    Journal of Comparative Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22677

  2010

  • Quantitative analysis of postnatal neurogenesis and neuron number in the macaque monkey dentate gyrus.
    Jabès A, Lavenex PB, Amaral DG, Lavenex P
    The European journal of neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07061.x
  • Spatial relational learning and memory abilities do not differ between men and women in a real-world, open-field environment
    Banta Lavenex, P., Lavenex, P.
    Behavioural Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2009.09.046

  2009

  • Postmortem changes in the neuroanatomical characteristics of the primate brain: hippocampal formation.
    Lavenex P, Lavenex PB, Bennett JL, Amaral DG
    The Journal of comparative neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.21906
  • Spatial memory and the monkey hippocampus: not all space is created equal.
    Banta Lavenex P, Lavenex P
    Hippocampus. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.20485

  2007

  • Spatial relational learning persists following neonatal hippocampal lesions in macaque monkeys
    Nature Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1820

  2006

  • Hippocampal lesion prevents spatial relational learning in adult macaque monkeys.
    Lavenex PB, Amaral DG, Lavenex P
    The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.5412-05.2006
  • Postnatal development of the primate hippocampal formation
    Lavenex, P., Banta Lavenex, P., Amaral, D.G.
    Developmental Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1159/000096222
  • Spatial relational memory in 9-month-old macaque monkeys.
    Lavenex P, Lavenex PB
    Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.). https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.97606

  2004

  • Nonphosphorylated high-molecular-weight neurofilament expression suggests early maturation of the monkey subiculum.
    Lavenex P, Lavenex PB, Amaral DG
    Hippocampus. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.20028

  2001

  • Comparative studies of postnatal neurogenesis and learning: a critical review.
    Banta Lavenex P, Lavenex P, Clayton NS
    Avian and poultry biology reviews.

  2000

  • Lesions in the budgerigar vocal control nucleus NLc affect production, but not memory, of english words and natural vocalizations.
    Lavenex PB
    The Journal of comparative neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(20000612)421:4<437::aid-cne1>3.0.co;2-a

  1999

  • Vocal production mechanisms in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus): the presence and implications of amplitude modulation.
    Lavenex PB
    The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.427079

  1998

  • Allospecific vocal learning by grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus): A failure of videotaped instruction under certain conditions
    Pepperberg, I.M., Naughton, J.R., Banta, P.A.
    Behavioural Processes. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00073-9
  • Measurement of Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) trachea via magnetic resonance imaging, dissection, and electron beam computed tomography
    Pepperberg, I.M., Howell, K.S., Banta, P.A., Patterson, D.K., Meister, M.
    Journal of Morphology. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199810)238:1<81::AID-JMOR7>3.0.CO;2-Q

  1990

  • Size‐dependent responses to dehydration in the terrestrial slug, Limax maximus L.: Locomotor activity and huddling behavior
    Welsford, I.G., Banta, P.A., Prior, D.J.
    Journal of Experimental Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402530214
  • Water-orientation behavior in the terrestrial gastropod Limax maximus: the effects of dehydration and arginine vasotocin
    Banta, P.A., Welsford, I.G., Prior, D.J.
    Physiological Zoology

  1989

  • Behavioural Effects Of Injection Of Small Cardioactive Peptide, SCPB, On The Slug Limax maximus
    Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Ingestion of substrate fluid by Helix aspersa muller: A feeding response induced by low molecular weight chemical stimuli
    Prior, D.J., Welsford, I.G., Banta, P.A.
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(89)90787-1