Education and Training
PhD R/I in Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Montreal
PhD in Neuropsychology from the University of Toulouse
Diploma in Speech Therapy from the Lebanese University
Member of the Ordre des Psychologues du Québec (OPQ)
Member of the Association Quebecoise de Neuropsychologie (AQNP)
Member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Clinical Work at the department
- Clinical evaluations of patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (ex: specific learning disorder, attention deficit, intellectual disability, developmental coordination disorder)
- Clinical evaluation of patients with acquired disorders (ex: epilepsy, dementia, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis)
- Cognitive rehabilitation following brain injuries or brain dysfunctions
- Follow-up consultation sessions for teachers and/or parents, and with other professionals concerning results of the assessment as well as specific recommendations.
Research interests
Specific cognitive profiles through neuropsychological tests
Memory and learning
Sleep and cognition
Cognitive rehabilitation
Publications
Sleep spindles predict neural and behavioural changes in motor sequence consolidation, Marc Barakat, Julie Carrier, Karen Debas; Ovidiu Lungu; Stuart Fogel; Gilles Vandewalle; Richard D. Hoge; Pierre Bellec; Avi Karni; Leslie G. Ungerleider; Habib Benali and Julien Doyon ; Human Brain Mapping (2013), 34(11):2918-28
Fast and slow spindle involvement in the consolidation of a new motor sequence, Marc Barakat; Julien Doyon; Karen Debas; Gilles Vandewalle; Amélie Morin; Gaetan Poirier; Nicolas Martin; Marjolaine Lafortune; Avi Karni; Lelsie G. Ungerleider; Habib Benali; Julie Carrier ; Behavioral Brain Research (2011), 217(1):117-21
Off-line consolidation of motor sequence learning results in greater integration within a cortico-striatal functional network, Karen Debas, Julie Carrier, Marc Barakat, Guillaume Marrelec, Pierre Bellec, Abdallah Hadj Tahar, Avi Karni, Leslie G. Ungerleider, Habib Benali, Julien Doyon; NeuroImage(2014), 99:50-58
Topography of age-related changes in sleep spindles, Nicolas Martin, Marjolaine Lafortune, Jonathan Godbout, Marc Barakat, Rebecca Robillard, Gaetan Poirier, Celyne Bastien, Julie Carrier; Neurobiology of Aging (2013), 34(2):468-76
NREM sleep oscillations and brain plasticity in aging, Stuart Fogel, Nicolas Martin, Marjolaine Lafortune, Marc Barakat, Karen Debas, Samuel Laventure, Véronique Latreille, Jean-François Gagnon, Julien Doyon, Julie Carrier; Front. Neurol. (2012), 14;3:176
The incidence and nature of cerebellar findings in schizophrenia: a quantitative review of fMRI literature, Ovidiu Lungu, Marc Barakat, Samuel Laventure, Karen Debas, Sébastien Proulx, David Luck, Emmanuel Stip; Schizophrenia Bulletin (2012), 39(4):797-806
Sleep slow wave changes during the middle years of life, Julie Carrier, Isabelle Viens, Gaétan Poirier, Rébecca Robillard, Marjolaine Lafortune, Gilles Vandewalle, Nicolas Martin, Marc Barakat, Jean Paquet, Daniel Filipini; European journal of neuroscience (2011), 33(4):758-66
Plasticité Fonctionnelle du Cerveau Associée à l’Apprentissage Moteur, Julien Doyon, Pierre Orban, Marc Barakat, Karen Debas, Ovidiu Lungu, Geneviève Albouy, Stuart Fogel, Sébastien Proulx, Samuel Laventure, Jonathan Deslauriers, Catherine Duchesne, Julie Carrier, Habib Benali. ; Médecine Science (2011), 27(4) : 413-420
Functional Neuroanatomies of Distinct Movement Kinematics Associated with Motor Sequence Learning, Pierre Orban, Philippe Peigneux, Ovidiu Lungu, Karen Debas, Marc Barakat, Pierre Maquet and Julien Doyon ; Neuroscience (2011), 179:94-103
Brain plasticity related to the consolidation of motor sequence learning and motor adaptation, Karen Debas, Julie Carrier, Pierre Orban, Marc Barakat, Ovidiu Lungu, Gilles Vandewalle, Abdallah Hadj Tahar, Pierre Bellec, Avi Karni, Leslie G. Ungerleider, Habib Benali, and Julien Doyon; PNAS (2010) 107,41: 17839-17844
Motor Sequence Learning Increases Sleep Spindles and Fast Frequencies in Post-Training Sleep, Amélie Morin, Julien Doyon, Valérie Dostie, Marc Barakat, Abdallah Hadj Tahar, Maria Korman, Habib Benali, Avi Karni, Leslie Ungerleider, Julie Carrier ; Sleep (2008), 31,8: 1149-1156