Sylvie Belleville
Biographic Data
| ID | 6636634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvie Belleville |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvie |
| FAMILY NAME | Belleville |
| SIGNATURE | BELLEVILLE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1046-1818 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Efficacy and transfer of a memory training based on the Episodic Specificity Induction in older adults
Previous studies have shown that a brief technique, Episodic Specificity Induction (ESI), can temporarily enhance episodic retrieval and facilitate transfer to complex tasks that rely on this process in older adults. In this randomised controlled trial, we examined whether the SPECTRA program – a memory training programme involving repeated practice of the ESI technique – would improve episodic retrieval and facilitate transfer to complex tasks t…
Prototipagem Do Aplicativo Móvel Memo Com Utilização De Heurísticas De Interface Para Pessoa Idosa
Objetivo: construir o protótipo de aplicativo móvel do treino cognitivo canadense Méthode d’Entrainement pour une Mémoire Optimale, com interface e design específicos para pessoas idosas. Método: estudo metodológico de produção tecnológica, incorporando heurísticas de interface de pequenas telas sensíveis ao toque para pessoas idosas, combinadas ao Paradigma da Prototipação, sistematizado em: (1) comunicação; (2) projeto rápido e modelagem; (3) c…
Prototyping the “Memo” Mobile Application Using Interface Heuristics for Older Adults
Objective: to build a mobile app prototype for the Canadian cognitive training program Méthode d’Entrainement pour une Mémoire Optimale, with an interface and design specifically for older adults. Method: a methodological study of technological production incorporating interface heuristics for small touchscreens for older adults, combined with the Prototyping Paradigm, systematized into: (1) communication; (2) rapid design and modeling; (3) proto…
Mechanisms of processing speed training and transfer effects across the adult lifespan: Protocol of a multi-site cognitive training study
This study will contribute to identifying the cognitive processes that change when training speeded tasks with varying attentional control demands across the adult lifespan. A better understanding of how processing speed training affects specific cognitive mechanisms will enable researchers to maximize the effectiveness of cognitive training in producing broad transfer to psychologically meaningful everyday life outcomes. Trial registration Open …
Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance
Several concepts, which in the aggregate get might be used to account for “resilience” against age‐ and disease‐related changes, have been the subject of much research. These include brain reserve, cognitive reserve, and brain maintenance. However, different investigators have use these terms in different ways, and there has never been an attempt to arrive at consensus on the definition of these concepts. Furthermore, there has been confusion reg…
The Association Between Dietary Pattern Adherence, Cognitive Stimulating Lifestyle, and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults From the Quebec Longitudinal Study on Nutrition and Successful Aging
Contributing to existing research supporting the negative impact of consuming an unhealthy diet on cognitive function, the current study suggests increased vulnerability among older adults who do not engage in a CSL. These findings can inform the development of lifestyle intervention programs that target brain health in later adulthood
Evidence of a Relation Between Hippocampal Volume, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition in Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment
As expected, the SCD group was shown to be cognitively healthy on tasks where MCI participants showed impairment. However, SCD's hippocampal volume related to episodic memory performances, and WMH to executive functions. Thus, SCD represents a valid research concept and should be used, alongside MCI, to better understand the preclinical/prodromal phase of AD
Normal Aging of the Attentional Control Functions That Underlie Working Memory
This pattern of results suggests that complex WM tasks reflect different ACFs and that this varies as a function of age
Essence of memory
This selection of reviews gives an up-to-date picture of memory research. Great progress has been made in identifying the memory trace at the molecular and cellular level and individual reviews address the major mechanisms by which changes in synaptic strength can persist. Exciting research at the systems level is also reviewed including the growing importance of changes in inhibitory interneurons and how they play a role in memory formation. Fin…
Age-Related Differences in Response Preparation: The Role of Time Uncertainty
This study explored the ability of younger and older participants to use a variable preparatory interval (PI) to enhance reaction time (RT) performance. In Experiment 1, 30 seniors and 15 young adults completed simple and choice RT tasks with short and long variable PIs. RT decreased with increasing PI duration in both younger and older adults, but the PI effect was larger in elderly individuals. The results of Experiment 2 (20 seniors and 20 you…
Irrelevant Speech Effect in Aging: An Assessment of Inhibitory Processes in Working Memory
The purpose of this study was to assess whether older adults can inhibit irrelevant auditory information while performing a span task. In Experiment 1, young and older participants recalled seven visually presented digits while subject to three types of irrelevant noise; white noise (nonverbal), and familiar and nonfamiliar language (verbal). A baseline measure was obtained in silence. The effect of each noise was also assessed under articulatory…
Age-Related Differences in Response Preparation: The Role of Time Uncertainty
This study explored the ability of younger and older participants to use a variable preparatory interval (PI) to enhance reaction time (RT) performance. In Experiment 1, 30 seniors and 15 young adults completed simple and choice RT tasks with short and long variable PIs. RT decreased with increasing PI duration in both younger and older adults, but the PI effect was larger in elderly individuals. The results of Experiment 2 (20 seniors and 20 you…
Normal Aging of the Attentional Control Functions That Underlie Working Memory
This pattern of results suggests that complex WM tasks reflect different ACFs and that this varies as a function of age
Irrelevant Speech Effect in Aging: An Assessment of Inhibitory Processes in Working Memory
The purpose of this study was to assess whether older adults can inhibit irrelevant auditory information while performing a span task. In Experiment 1, young and older participants recalled seven visually presented digits while subject to three types of irrelevant noise; white noise (nonverbal), and familiar and nonfamiliar language (verbal). A baseline measure was obtained in silence. The effect of each noise was also assessed under articulatory…
The Association Between Dietary Pattern Adherence, Cognitive Stimulating Lifestyle, and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults From the Quebec Longitudinal Study on Nutrition and Successful Aging
Contributing to existing research supporting the negative impact of consuming an unhealthy diet on cognitive function, the current study suggests increased vulnerability among older adults who do not engage in a CSL. These findings can inform the development of lifestyle intervention programs that target brain health in later adulthood
Evidence of a Relation Between Hippocampal Volume, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition in Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment
As expected, the SCD group was shown to be cognitively healthy on tasks where MCI participants showed impairment. However, SCD's hippocampal volume related to episodic memory performances, and WMH to executive functions. Thus, SCD represents a valid research concept and should be used, alongside MCI, to better understand the preclinical/prodromal phase of AD
Irrelevant Speech Effect in Aging: An Assessment of Inhibitory Processes in Working Memory
The purpose of this study was to assess whether older adults can inhibit irrelevant auditory information while performing a span task. In Experiment 1, young and older participants recalled seven visually presented digits while subject to three types of irrelevant noise; white noise (nonverbal), and familiar and nonfamiliar language (verbal). A baseline measure was obtained in silence. The effect of each noise was also assessed under articulatory…
Age-Related Differences in Response Preparation: The Role of Time Uncertainty
This study explored the ability of younger and older participants to use a variable preparatory interval (PI) to enhance reaction time (RT) performance. In Experiment 1, 30 seniors and 15 young adults completed simple and choice RT tasks with short and long variable PIs. RT decreased with increasing PI duration in both younger and older adults, but the PI effect was larger in elderly individuals. The results of Experiment 2 (20 seniors and 20 you…
Essence of memory
This selection of reviews gives an up-to-date picture of memory research. Great progress has been made in identifying the memory trace at the molecular and cellular level and individual reviews address the major mechanisms by which changes in synaptic strength can persist. Exciting research at the systems level is also reviewed including the growing importance of changes in inhibitory interneurons and how they play a role in memory formation. Fin…
Normal Aging of the Attentional Control Functions That Underlie Working Memory
This pattern of results suggests that complex WM tasks reflect different ACFs and that this varies as a function of age
Evidence of a Relation Between Hippocampal Volume, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition in Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment
As expected, the SCD group was shown to be cognitively healthy on tasks where MCI participants showed impairment. However, SCD's hippocampal volume related to episodic memory performances, and WMH to executive functions. Thus, SCD represents a valid research concept and should be used, alongside MCI, to better understand the preclinical/prodromal phase of AD
Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance
Several concepts, which in the aggregate get might be used to account for “resilience” against age‐ and disease‐related changes, have been the subject of much research. These include brain reserve, cognitive reserve, and brain maintenance. However, different investigators have use these terms in different ways, and there has never been an attempt to arrive at consensus on the definition of these concepts. Furthermore, there has been confusion reg…
The Association Between Dietary Pattern Adherence, Cognitive Stimulating Lifestyle, and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults From the Quebec Longitudinal Study on Nutrition and Successful Aging
Contributing to existing research supporting the negative impact of consuming an unhealthy diet on cognitive function, the current study suggests increased vulnerability among older adults who do not engage in a CSL. These findings can inform the development of lifestyle intervention programs that target brain health in later adulthood
Mechanisms of processing speed training and transfer effects across the adult lifespan: Protocol of a multi-site cognitive training study
This study will contribute to identifying the cognitive processes that change when training speeded tasks with varying attentional control demands across the adult lifespan. A better understanding of how processing speed training affects specific cognitive mechanisms will enable researchers to maximize the effectiveness of cognitive training in producing broad transfer to psychologically meaningful everyday life outcomes. Trial registration Open …
Prototipagem Do Aplicativo Móvel Memo Com Utilização De Heurísticas De Interface Para Pessoa Idosa
Objetivo: construir o protótipo de aplicativo móvel do treino cognitivo canadense Méthode d’Entrainement pour une Mémoire Optimale, com interface e design específicos para pessoas idosas. Método: estudo metodológico de produção tecnológica, incorporando heurísticas de interface de pequenas telas sensíveis ao toque para pessoas idosas, combinadas ao Paradigma da Prototipação, sistematizado em: (1) comunicação; (2) projeto rápido e modelagem; (3) c…
Prototyping the “Memo” Mobile Application Using Interface Heuristics for Older Adults
Objective: to build a mobile app prototype for the Canadian cognitive training program Méthode d’Entrainement pour une Mémoire Optimale, with an interface and design specifically for older adults. Method: a methodological study of technological production incorporating interface heuristics for small touchscreens for older adults, combined with the Prototyping Paradigm, systematized into: (1) communication; (2) rapid design and modeling; (3) proto…
Efficacy and transfer of a memory training based on the Episodic Specificity Induction in older adults
Previous studies have shown that a brief technique, Episodic Specificity Induction (ESI), can temporarily enhance episodic retrieval and facilitate transfer to complex tasks that rely on this process in older adults. In this randomised controlled trial, we examined whether the SPECTRA program – a memory training programme involving repeated practice of the ESI technique – would improve episodic retrieval and facilitate transfer to complex tasks t…
Psychology (8 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Neuroscience (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (4 works) · Cognitive Abilities and Testing (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (3 works) · Audiology (2 works)