christophe.fitamen@unifr.ch
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-7325

• Lecturer, Department of Psychology
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• PhD Assistant, Department of Psychology
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  Rue P.A. de Faucigny 2
  1700 Fribourg

   

  RM 01, C-3.109

   

  +41 26 300 7669

   
• Senior Researcher, Department of Psychology
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  Rue P.A. de Faucigny 2
  1700 Fribourg

   

  RM 01, C-3.109

   

  +41 26 300 7669

   

Biography

Now

• Teaching and research in cognitive development, University of Fribourg
  • Specializes in working memory development and goal maintenance

2019

• PhD: University of Fribourg, Switzerland & University of Aix-Marseille, France
  • Title: "Working memory development and support for goal maintenance: The role of goal cueing in verbal working memory functioning in 4- to 9-year-old children"

 2015

• Research assistant, Université de Bourgogne
• Professional title of Psychologist (France & Switzerland):
  • Internship in Neuropsychology in a "Memory consultation", Geriatric service at Hospital Philippe le Bon, Beaune (France).
  • Internship in School Psychology (Institut Médico-Educatif) la Clarté, Moulins (France). 

2014

• Master's degree in Psychology, Université de Bourgogne

2012

• Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Université de Bourgogne

Research and publications

• List
  Articles

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2021) Do goal cue and motor activity impact preschoolers’ working memory? British Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12376

   

  Fitamen, C., & Camos, V. (2021) Play first before doing your exercise: Does acting in a game-like task improve 5-year-olds’ working memory performance? Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.659020

   

  Fitamen, C., & Camos, V. (2021). La mémoire de travail dans le développement typique. A.N.A.E., 171, 143-153.

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2019) Five-Year-Old Children's Working Memory Can Be Improved When Children Act On A Transparent Goal Cue. Scientif Reports, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51869-4

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2019). The Role of Goal Cueing in Kindergarteners' Working Memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 187, 104666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104666

   

  Dubourg, L., Silva, A. R., Fitamen, C., Moulin, C. J. A., & Souchay, C. (2016). SenseCam: A new tool for memory rehabilitation? Revue Neurologique, 172, 735–747. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurol.2016.03.009

   

  Preprint

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2019, November 18). How Goal Cue and Motor Activity Modulate Working Memory Performance in Preschoolers? https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sr8hd

   

  Chapitre de livre

   

  Bonin, P., Ferreri, L., Gelin, M., Fitamen, C., Bard, P., & Bugaiska, A. (2016). Spotlight on the Survival Processing Advantage: An fNIRS Study on Adaptive Memory. Forthcoming. In E. A. Thayer (Ed.), Spatial, Long-and Short-Term Memory: Functions, Differences and Effects of Injury. New York: NOVA Science Publishers.

   

  Pour le grand public

   

  Émission « Dans la tête… d’un indécis » à la RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) du 13 octobre 2021. La prise de décision chez l’enfant. https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/12561572?startTime=718

   

  Camos, V., & Fitamen, C. (2019). Jouer = QI au carré ? Interview pour le magazine scientifique de l’Université de Fribourg, Universitas. https://www3.unifr.ch/universitas/fr/editions/2019-2020/spielen/jouer-qi-au-carre.html  

   

  Fitamen, C., (2018). Ma Thèse en 180 secondes (MT180). Concours de vulgarisation de mes recherches menées en doctorat, Fribourg, Suisse. https://youtu.be/5t7YzxcPRno?t=12m5s

   

  Communications

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2020, September). Where did the teddy bear go? Scaffolding maintenance strategies in visual working memory. Oral presentation at the 10^th European Working Memory Symposium, Cardiff (online), Wales. https://youtu.be/9mWMDsbIrCc

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2019, November). Where did the teddy bear go? Preschoolers’ visual working memory performance is enhanced by location cues presentation. Poster session at the 1^st annual meeting of the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research, Lausanne, Switzerland.

   

  Camos, V., Fitamen, C., & Blaye, A., (2019, September). Scaffolding maintenance strategies in preschoolers' visual working memory. Poster session at the 21^th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Tenerife, Spain.

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2019, March). Does visual support help goal maintenance during a visual working memory task in preschoolers? Oral presentation at the 2^nd Swiss Working Memory Meeting, Fribourg, Switzerland

   

  Fitamen, C., Camos, V., & Blaye, A. (2018, August). Concurrent motor activity is detrimental to 5-year-olds' WM in oral recall but not in recognition. Poster session at the 9^th European Working Memory Symposium, Pavia, Italy. http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13994.47045

   

  Fitamen, C., Camos, V., & Blaye, A. (2018, June). Playing first helps 5-year-olds to perform well in a subsequent working memory task. Poster session at the 3^rd Jean Piaget conferences: The origins of number, Geneva, Switzerland. http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29328.10245

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2018, May). What role does goal maintenance play in verbal working memory development? Oral presentation at the 48^th Jean Piaget Society annual conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2017, November). Do goal cue or goal oriented activity improve preschoolers' working memory? Poster session at the 58^th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13029.91362

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2017, October). Le contexte de jeu comme aide à la mémorisation. Oral presentation at the colloquium “Jeu et Apprentissage”, Fribourg, Switzerland.

   

  Fitamen, C., Camos, V., & Blaye, A. (2017, October). Goal cues impact in a different way verbal working memory and executive control in kindergarteners. Oral presentation at the Fribourg day of Cognition, Fribourg, Switzerland.

   

  Fitamen, C., Camos, V., & Blaye, A. (2017, September). How goal cues impact verbal working memory in kindergarteners? Poster session at the 20^th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Potsdam, Germany. http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36670.79684

   

  Fitamen, C., Camos, V., & Blaye, A. (2017, June). Does motor activity influence goal maintenance in preschoolers' verbal working memory? Oral presentation at the workshop: attention in working memory, Ovronnaz, Switzerland.

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V.  (2016, October). A visual goal cue and an oriented motor activity improve 5-year-olds' working memory: What's next? Oral presentation at the 1^st Swiss Working Memory Meeting, Fribourg, Switzerland.

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V.  (2016, October). Preschoolers’ working memory: Could cueing reduce goal neglect and improve performance? Oral presentation at the Fribourg day of Cognition, Fribourg, Switzerland.

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2016,  September). Goal maintenance and working memory in preschoolers. Can goal cueing improve their performance and under what conditions? Poster session presented at the 8^th European Working Memory Symposium, Liège, Belgium.

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2016, July). Goal maintenance and working memory in preschoolers. Can goal cueing improve their performance and under what conditions? Poster session presented at the 6^th International Conference On Memory, Budapest, Hungary. http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10525.92642

   

  Moulin, C.J.A., Fitamen, C., Barbeau, E., & Meyer, J. (2016, July). Novelty and recognition memory in Alzheimer's disease. Oral presentation at the 6^th International Conference On Memory, Budapest, Hungary.

   

  Fitamen, C., Blaye, A., & Camos, V. (2016, June). Goal maintenance and working memory in preschoolers. Can goal cueing improve their performance and under what conditions? Poster session presented at the 2^nd Jean Piaget conferences: Infant development from Piaget to today, Geneva, Switzerland.

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