Christophe Fitamen
Doctor of philosophy in psychology
christophe.fitamen@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 7669
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-7325
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Lecturer,
Department of Psychology
RM 01 bu. C-3.109
Rue P.A. de Faucigny 2
1700 Fribourg -
Senior Researcher,
Department of Psychology
RM 01 bu. C-3.109
Rue P.A. de Faucigny 2
1700 Fribourg
Biography
Ongoing Research
- Influence of reward on the allocation of attentional resources in working memory in collaboration with Prof. Valérie Camos and Dr. Maximilien Labaronne (University of Fribourg).
- Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment in collaboration with Prof. Chantal Martin Sölch (University of Fribourg)
- Availability of attentional resources and working memory in children with reading impairments
Teaching
- Cognitive development, University of Fribourg, University of Neuchâtel
- Continuing education, Universities of Aix-Marseille, Fribourg
Psychologist at Centre de psychologie de la santé, University of Fribourg
Research and publications
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Magazine articles
5 publications
Rentrée des classes à Fribourg, dernier canton de Suisse romande , in RTS
Christophe Fitamen (28.8.2025) | Press articleDes béquilles pour la mémoire , in Universitas
Christophe Fitamen, Christian Doninelli (2024) | Press articleLe maintien du but chez les enfants , in REISO, Revue d'information sociale
Christophe Fitamen (11.11.2021) | Press articleDans la tête... d’un indécis , in RTS
Christophe Fitamen (13.10.2021) | Press articleJouer = QI au carré ? , in Universitas
Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, Christian Doninelli, Christian Doninelli (2019) | Press article -
Presentations
38 publications
The Role of Attention in Working Memory among Children with Language Difficulties
Inès Deyres, Camille Peterlini, Christophe Fitamen, Cindy Fux, (9.9.2025) | ConferencePrioritization of verbal items based on their reward value: the role of attentional resources in working memory
Valérie Camos, Chantal Martin Sölch, Maximilien Labaronne, Christophe Fitamen, 24th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (5.9.2025) | ConferencePriorisation d’items verbaux selon leur valeur de récompense : le rôle des ressources attentionnelles en mémoire de travail
Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, Maximilien Labaronne, Chantal Martin Sölch, 2ème colloque du Collectif Cognitif (10.7.2025) | ConferencePrioritization of Items in Working Memory Based on Reward Value: The Role of Attentional Resources Allocation
Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, Maximilien Labaronne, Chantal Martin-Sölch, 65th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society: (24.11.2024) | ConferenceLa mémoire de travail dans les apprentissages scolaires
Christophe Fitamen, 3ème Congrès suisse de psychologie scolaire (9.11.2024) | ConferenceAméliorer la mémoire de travail visuo-spatiale des enfants de 3.5 à 7 ans en étayant leurs stratégies de maintien
Christophe Fitamen, Agnès Blaye, Nicolas Chevalier, Valérie Camos, 3ème Congrès suisse de psychologie scolaire: (9.11.2024) | ConferenceThe role of attention on the impact of reward value on working memory prioritization
Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, Chantal Martin Sölch, 4th International Conference on Working Memory (ICWM): (27.6.2024) | ConferenceLe développement des fonctions exécutives chez l’enfant et l’adolescent
Christophe Fitamen, XIe Journée Scientifique Neurodys/CERTA (21.6.2024) | ConferenceSupport visuel et mémoire de travail visuo-spatial chez l’enfant et l’adulte
Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 1er colloque du Collectif Cognitif (15.5.2024) | ConferenceEnhancing visuo-spatial working memory performance in children by scaffolding their maintenance strategies
Agnès Blaye, Nicolas Chevalier, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 64th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society (11.2023) | Conference -
Publications
11 publications
New evidence for a visuo-spatial cumulative rehearsal strategy in children’s working memory
International Journal of Behavioral Development (2025) | Journal articleEnhancing visuo-spatial working memory: the role of visual support in preschoolers and adults
Journal of Cognitive Psychology (2024) | Journal articleDo goal cue and motor activity impact preschoolers’ working memory?
British Journal of Developmental Psychology (2022) | Journal articleLa qualité des amitiés corrèle positivement avec les compétences de régulation émotionnelle : étude sur 49 enfants tessinois·e·s âgé·e·s de 8 à 11 ans
Cortica (2022) | Journal articlePlay First Before Doing Your Exercise: Does Acting in a Game-Like Task Improve 5-Year-Olds’ Working Memory Performance?
Frontiers in Psychology (2021) | Journal articleLa mémoire de travail dans le développement typique
A.N.A.E. (2021) | Journal articleFive-Year-Old Children’s Working Memory Can Be Improved When Children Act On A Transparent Goal Cue
Scientific Reports (2019) | Journal articleHow Goal Cue and Motor Activity Modulate Working Memory Performance in Preschoolers?
Christophe Fitamen and Blaye Agnès and Valerie Camos, (2019) | PreprintThe role of goal cueing in kindergarteners’ working memory
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2019) | Journal articleSenseCam: A new tool for memory rehabilitation?
Revue Neurologique (2016) | Journal article -
Research projects
Attentional resource sharing during a working memory task according to the value of the information to be memorize
Status: Ongoing