APPOINTMENTS

Sept. 2005 - present

Post-doctoral Scholar, CALTECH, Division of Biology, Pasadena CA, USA. Prof. Shinsuke Shimojo

Sept. 2005 - June 2006

Post-doctoral Scholar, UCLA, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles CA, USA.  Dr. Ladan Shams 

July 2004 - Sept. 2005

Post-doctoral Scholar, UCSF, Department of Radiology, San Francisco CA, USA. Dr. Srikantan Nagarajan

EDUCATION

Sept. 1999 - June 2004

Ph.D. Neurosciences and Cognitive Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, USA. Mentor: Prof. David Poeppel.

Jan. 1998 - Dec. 1998

Bachelor of Science (BS) Neurophysiology and Individualized Studies (GPA = 3.97/4) University of Maryland, College Park, USA.  

Sept. 1996 - June 1997

Licence Biologie, University of Rennes I, Rennes, France.

Sept. 1994 - June 1996 

DEUG Sciences de la vie, University of Rennes I, Rennes, France. 

Sept. 1993 - June 1994

Classe Préparatoire aux Ecoles Vétérinaires, Lycée Clémenceau, Nantes, France.

FUNDING

Jan. 2008

Gordon Ross Senior Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Caltech, USA. Covers one year salary.

Aug. 2007

Initiative Postdoc 2007 of the Académie des Sciences, French Ministère de la Recherche, €4500 for one year to foster collaborative work with French labs. 

Summer 2002

Summer Fellowship, Neurosciences and Cognitive Sciences Graduate Program, UMCP, USA.

Summer 2000

Eugene Clark Research Summer Fellowship, UMCP, USA.

PUBLICATIONS

            See here for up to date list 

Proceedings (peer-reviewed)

            van Wassenhove V. (2007) Analysis-by-synthesis in auditory-visual speech perception: multi-sensory motor interfacing. International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Saarbrücken, Germany.

Brungart, D.S., van Wassenhove V., Brandewie, E., Romigh, G. (2007) The effects of temporal acceleration and deceleration on auditory-visual speech perception. International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (AVSP), Kasteel Groenendael, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands.

van Wassenhove V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2003) Electrophysiology of auditory-visual speech integration. International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (AVSP), St Jorioz, France, pp. 31-35. 

Grant K.W., van Wassenhove, V., Poeppel D. (2003) Auditory-visual speech integration. International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing (AVSP), St Jorioz, France, pp. 37-42.

Invited Talks & Seminar Guest Speaker

            van Wassenhove, V. (2007) Multisensory perceptions and the missing Gestalts. Neurospin, Paris, France, December.

van Wassenhove, V. (2007) Analysis-by-synthesis in auditory-visual speech perception: multi-sensory motor nterfacing. International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Saarbrücken, Germany, August.

van Wassenhove, V., Buonomano, D., Shimojo, S. & Shams, L. (2006) Altering subjective time perception within and across senses. 36^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurosciences, Atlanta, USA, October 2006.

van Wassenhove, V. (2006) Multisensory (auditory-visual) perceptions: speech and non-speech analysis systems. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.

van Wassenhove, V., Seitz, A.R., & Shams, L. (2006) Statistical Learning of auditory-visual associations. nternational Multisensory Research Forum 7^th Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, June 2006.

van Wassenhove, V. (2005) “Analysis-by-synthesis” in auditory-visual speech perception. 6^th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, Rovereto, Italy, June 2005.

            van Wassenhove, V. (2004) A brain’s eye-view of auditory-visual speech perception. University of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

van Wassenhove, V. (2004) Analysis-by-synthesis in auditory-visual speech perception: a forward model of multisensory integration. Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY, USA.

Grant, K.W., van Wassenhove, V. (2004) Spectro-temporal interactions in auditory-visual perception: how the eyes modulate what the ears hear. Acoustical Society of America, New York, NY, May 2004.

van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2004) Neural dynamics of auditory-visual speech fusion. EPIC XIV, Leipzig, Germany, March 2004.

van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2003) A forward model of auditory visual speech fusion. Brain and Language Conference sponsored by KIT and MIT, Tokyo, Japan.

Posters

            Stoegbauer, H., van Wassenhove, V. & Shimojo (2007) Visual processing of saltation illusion. Vision Sciences Society 7^th Annual Meeting, Sarasota, USA

            Kiebel, S. J., van Wassenhove, V., Friston, Karl J., von Kriegstein, K. (2007) Predictive coding in speech perception. Annual Meeting of The Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Chicago, USA.

Segnini, R., van Wassenhove, V., Okada, M., Shimojo, S., Kashino, M. (2007) Integrating Subjective and Objective Measurements in Gesture Research. International Society for Gestures Studies, Evanston, USA.

Shams, L., Seitz, A.R. & van Wassenhove, V. (2006) Auditory-visual statistical learning. Vision Sciences Society 6^th Annual Meeting, Sarasota, USA.

van Wassenhove, V., Srikantan, N.S. (2006) Auditory-visual habituation in perceptual recalibration. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 13^th Annual meeting, San Francisco, USA.

van Wassenhove, V., Srikantan, N.S. (2005) Multisensory habituation to auditory-visual (de)synchrony. Society for Neurosciences 35^th Annual meeting, Washington D.C., USA.

Srikantan, N.S., van Wassenhove, V., Hairston, I.S. (2005) Plasticity of auditory cortex associated with perceptual improvements in a temporal modulation rate discrimination task. Society for Neurosciences 35^th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA.

Skipper, J. I., Nusbaum, H. C., van Wassenhove, V., Barber, C., Chen, E. E., and Small, S. L. (2005). The role of ventral premotor and primary motor cortex in audiovisual speech perception. The Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Toronto, Canada.

van Wassenhove, V.,  Hairston, I.S., Srikantan, N.S. (2005) Neural correlates of auditory perceptual learning for modulation rate discrimination. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 12^th Annual Meeting, New York City, USA.

 van Wassenhove, V.,  Hairston, I.S., Srikantan, N.S. (2005) Neural correlates of auditory perceptual learning for modulation rate discrimination. Imaging Research Symposium, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2004) “Analysis-by-synthesis" in auditory-visual speech perception. Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA.

Skipper, J.I., van Wassenhove, V, Nusbaum, H.C., Small, S.L. (2004) Hearing lips and seeing voices in the brain: motor mechanisms of speech perception. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 11^th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Skipper, J.I., Nusbaum, H.C., van Wassenhove, V., Dick, F., Small, S.L. (2004) Your brain says what it sees: motor mechanisms of audiovisual speech perception. Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, Hungary.

            van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2003) Electrophysiological study of auditory-visual speech desynchronization. Society for Neurosciences 33^rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA.

van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2003) Electrophysiological characterization of multisensory facilitation effects in bimodal speech. Bioscience Day, College Park, USA.

 van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2003) Electrophysiological characterization of multisensory facilitation effects in bimodal speech. International Multisensory Research Forum, Hamilton, Canada.

 van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2003) Electrophysiological profile of auditory-visual speech: an event-related study. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 10^th Annual Meeting, New York, USA.

 van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2002) Temporal Integration in the McGurk Effect. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 9^th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

van Wassenhove, V., Grant, K.W., Poeppel, D. (2001) Timing of Auditory-Visual Integration in the McGurk Effect. Society for Neurosciences 30^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA.