Arik Lévy Fonction: Postdoc FNS Bureau: C-4.103 Téléphone: ++41 26 300 7476 Courriel: arik.levy@unifr.ch

Situation professionnelle 

2011 -
Post-doctoral fellow on the FNS project "Gender Representation in toddlers", University of Fribourg, Switzerland

2011-
Representative of the Corps Intermédiaire to the Ethical Committee of the Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

2010 - 2011
Teaching: Psychologie scolaire, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

2009 - 2010
Post-doctoral fellow on the FNS project "Gender Representation in Language : Learning to interpret the masculine form as generic", University of Fribourg, Switzerland

2003 - 2009
PhD assistant, Laboratory of Language Development and Disabilities, FPSE, University of Geneva, Switzerland

2004 - 2005
Coordinator for the Certificate of Neurosciences, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, CMU, University of Geneva, Switzerland

1999 - 2000
Graduate Assistant, Unity of Haematology, HUG, Switzerland

1999
Graduate Assistant, Center for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, Sussex University, UK  

1997 - 1999
Graduate Assistant, Laboratory of Ethology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Intérêts de recherche 

Perception et cognition 

Representations mentales du genre

Publications

Gygax, P.M., Sarrasin, O., Lévy, A., Sato., S., & Gabriel, U. (in press). La représentation mentale du genre pendant la lecture : état actuel de la recherche et directions futures. Journal of French Language Studies

Gygax, P., Gabriel, U., Lévy, A., Pool, E., Grivel, M., & Pedrazzini, E. (2012). The masculine form and its competing interpretations in French: When linking grammatically masculine role names to female referents is difficult. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 24, 395-408.

Zesiger, P., Dupuis Lozeron, E., Lévy, A., & Frauenfelder, U. (2011). Phonological specificity in 12- and 17-month-old French-speaking infants. Infancy, 17(1): 1-19.

Lévy A. (2009). Apprentissage perceptif chez l'enfant dyslexique avec déficit des processus auditifs. Aphasie et Domaines associés, 24(1): 61-75. 

Lévy, A., & Zesiger, P. (2007). Trouble spécifique du langage avec ou sans difficultés de lecture : le déficit auditif fait-il la différence ? Rééducation orthophonique, 230, 47-73.

Etienne, A. S., Maurer, R., Boulens V., Levy A., & Rowe T. (2004). Resetting the path integrator: a basic condition for route-based navigation. Journal of Experimental Biology, Apr;207(Pt 9): 1491-508.

Etienne, A. S., Maurer, R., & Levy, A. (1999). Navigation by path integration and visual cues in rodents. Correspondences between behaviour and the firing of place and head direction cells. Neural plasticity, supplement 1, 140-141.

Publications soumises ou en révision

Conférences (congrès)

Lévy, A., Gygax P., & Gabriel, U. (2012). First insight into gender representation in toddlers. DC to be presented at the British Society Annual Conference 2012, London, England, April 18-20.

Lévy, A., Gygax P. (2011).Gender representation: From adulthood to toddlerhood. DC èresented at the Division of Educational & Child Psychology Annual Professional Development Event, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, January 11-13.

Lévy, A. (2011). Gender representation in toddlers: what do we know so far. OC presented at the 12th Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society, Fribourg, Switzerland, September 12-13.

Lévy A. & Gygax P (2011). Overcoming the specific interpretation of the masculine form in French: The challenge of implicit learning and influence of social construct. DC presented at the 21th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Poitiers, France, July 11-13.

Gygax, P. & Lévy A. (2011). Gender representation in language and grammatical cues: When beauticians, musicians and mechanics remain men. DC presented at the 21th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Poitiers, France, July 11-13.

Lévy. A., Zesiger P., & Eliez S. (2010). Literacy rehabilitation through auditory processing. DC presented at 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Chicago, IL, August 16-18. 

Lévy, A., & Zesiger, P. (2008). Dyslexia with or without Specific Language Impairment: Differences in phonology and in auditory processing. DC presented at 11th International Association for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 28-August 1.

Zesiger P., Schoenhals L, Lévy A., Mounir, D. G., & Friend, M. (2008). Vocabulary assessment in toddlers: A comparison between 2 versions of the French adaptation of the computerized comprehension test. DC presented at 11th International Association for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 28-August 1.

Zesiger P., Mounir, D. G., Schoenhals L, Lévy A., & Johr, J. L. (2008). Phonological specificity in 12 and 18 month old French-speaking infants. DC presented at 11th International Association for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 28-August 1.

Zesiger, P., Lévy, A., Gabriel Mounir, D., Schoenhals, L., & Frauenfelder, U. (2007). Phonological specificity in 12- and 18-month-old French-speaking infants. OC presented at 10ème congrès de la Société Suisse de Psychologie, Zurich, September 13-14.

Zesiger, P., Lévy, A., Nanchen, T., Zufferey, V., & Gabriel Mounir, D. (2007). Phonological and short-term memory contributions to lexical skills in 4 year olds children. DC presented at 4th Afasic International Symposium, University of Warwick, April.

Zesiger, P., Lévy, A., Nanchen, T., Touvet, P., & Altieri, M. (2006). The impact of phonology and of short-term memory on lexical skills in French-speaking 4-year-olds. DC presented at Child Language Seminar, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, July 19-21.

Zesiger, P., Brun, M., Dupuis Lozeron, E., Lévy, A., Taccoz, M., & Zanier, G. (2005). Computerized assessment of lexical comprehension in toddlers. OC at Emergence of language Abilities: Ontogeny and phylogeny, Lyon, December 8-10.

Zesiger, P., Brun, M:, Keplinger, M., Lévy, A., & Taccoz, M. (2005). Lexical assessment in toddlers : An adaptation of the Computerized Comprehension Test in French. DC presented at 9th Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology, Geneva, September 29-30.

Lévy, A., & Zesiger, P. (2005). Auditory processing and language comprehension: Are they related? DC presented at 9th Congress of the Swiss Society for Psychology, Geneva, September 29-30.

Zesiger, P., Brun, M., Keplinger, M., Lévy, A., & Taccoz, M. (2005). Lexical assessment in toddlers: An adaptation of the Computerized Comprehension Test in French. OC presented at Xth International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Berlin, July 25-29.

Lévy, A., & Zesiger, P. (2005). Relation between auditory processing and language comprehension. DC presented at Latis Colloquium, University of Geneva, January 26-28.

Etienne A.S., Maurer R., Levy A. (1999) Navigation by path integration and visual cues. The behaviour of hamsters parallels the behaviour of place and head direction cells in rats. DC presented at 31st Annual General Meeting of the European Brain and Behaviour Society - EBBS, Rome Septembre 29-Octobre 2.

Conférences (invitations)

Lévy, A. (2011). Gender representation in toddlers. Exchange meeting with the Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, CNRS, Lyon2, December 8th.

Lévy, A. (2011). Gender representation: From adult to toddler. During the Gender representation Workshop, Cognitive Psychology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, February 11th.

Lévy, A. & Gygax, P. (2010). Reading role names: The underlying gender representation. During the the ITN Marie Curie - Language Cognition and Gender: Workshop on Theoretical Approaches, Morat, Switzerland, April 12-17.

Lévy, A. (2010). Rehabilitation of dyslexic children through auditory processing. During the Lunchtime Seminars, Fribourg, 25th February.

Lévy, A. (2008). Traitement auditif, phonologie et troubles du langage chez l'enfant. During the Research Colloquium of Logopédie, Geneva, December 9.

Lévy, A. (2008). Dyslexie développementale et Trouble Spécifique du Langage : l’enjeu des processus de traitements auditifs. During the Jubileum of Aphasie Suisse, Soleure, October 23-24.