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Karen Davranche


Karen Davranche, PhD
Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, UMR 7290
Equipe Cognition et Contexte Social,
CNRS / Aix-Marseille Université
Fédération de Recherche 3C
3 Place Victor Hugo, Case D
13331 Marseille, cedex 3
France


Tel: +33 (0)4 13 55 11 35
Fax: +33 (0)4 13 55 09 98
Email: karen.davranche@univ-amu.fr


Research Interests

Information processing, Stress factors, Cognitive control, Motor cortex activation, Neural Inhibition, Social cognition, Audience, Co-action, Mental chronometry, Electromyography, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Electroencephalography, fMRI 


Degrees
2003 PhD. (Sciences), Université de Poitiers, France
2000
Master (Sport, Health & Society), Université de Poitiers, France
1999 Bachelor (Sciences and Technics in Physical and Sport Activity), Université de Poitiers, France
1998 Licence (Sciences and Technics in Physical and Sport Activity), Université de Poitiers, France
1991 Baccalauréat (Mathematics and Arts)
          
French Lecturer Qualification

2004, 2009 Sciences and Technology of Physical and Sporting Activities
2006, 2010 Neurosciences
2010 Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
           
Biographics
Since 2010 CR1 Senior Research Fellow
CNRS and Université de Provence
Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, Marseille, France
2008-2010
Research Associate
CNRS and Université de Provence
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de la Cognition, Marseille, France
 2007-2008
Post-doctoral Researcher
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences  University of Chichester, United-Kingdom
2006-2007
Research Assistant
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences  University of Chichester, United-Kingdom
2005-2006
Post-doctoral Researcher
CNRS and Université de Provence
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de la Cognition, Marseille, France
Assistant Professor
Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, France
2004-2005
Post-doctoral Researcher
National Center for Scientific Research and Université de Provence
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de la Cognition, Marseille, France
2003-2004 Post-doctoral Researcher
Laboratoire Performance, Motricité et Cognition, Université de Poitiers, France
Assistant Professor
Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France

2000-2003 PhD Student (MENRT grant)
Laboratoire de la Performance Motrice Humaine, Université de Poitiers, France
Teaching Assistant
Université de Poitiers, France
Awards
2004 2nd Thesis Award, Journée de la Communication Scientifique, Ecole Doctorale Sciences Humaines Economiques et Sociales, Université de Poitiers, France
2003 Young Researcher Award, Xème Congrès International de l'Association des Chercheurs en Activités Physiques et Sportives, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
2001 First Master Award, Journée de la Communication Scientifique, Ecole Doctorale Sciences Humaines Economiques et Sociales, Université de Poitiers, France
2000 Valedictorian  of the Master Sport, Health & Society, Université de Poitiers, France
Papers
2015
pdf.gif- Smith C, Davranche K, Easthope Schmidt C, Colson S, Brisswalter J, Radel R. (in press) Pushing to the limits: the dynamics of cognitive control during exhausting exercise. Neuropsychologia.
pdf.gif- Davranche K, Temesi J, Verges S, Hasbroucq T (2015). Transcranial magnetic stimulation probes the excitability of the primary motor cortex: a framework to account for the facilitating effects of acute whole-body exercise on motor processes. Journal of Sport & Health Science. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2014.09.001
pdf.gif- Davranche K., Brisswalter J., Radel R. (2015). Where are the limits of the effects of exercise intensity on cognitive control? Journal of Sport and Health Science. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2014.08.004
pdf.gif- Radel R, Davranche K, Fournier M, Dietrich A (2015). The role of (dis)inhibition in creativity: Decreased inhibition improves idea generation. Cognition, 134:110-20. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.09.001
2014
pdf.gif- Pomportes L, Davranche K, Brisswalter I, Hays A, Brisswalter J. (2014). Heart rate variability and cognitive function following a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement with added Guarana (Paullinia cupana). Nutrients, 7(1):196-208. doi: 10.3390/nu7010196.
pdf.gif- Joyce, J., Smyth, PJ., Donnelly, A. & Davranche, K. (2014). The Simon task and aging: Does acute moderate exercise influence cognitive control? Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 46(3), 630-9.
2013
pdf.gif - Temesi J., Arnal, P.J., Davranche, K., Bonnefoy, R., Levy, P., Verges, S., & Mille, G.Y. (2013). Does central fatigue explain reduced cycling after complete sleep deprivation? Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 45(12), 2243-53.
2012
pdf.gif - Coull, J., Davranche, K., Nazarian, B., Vidal, F. (2012). Functional anatomy of timing differs for production versus prediction of time intervals. Neuropsychologia, 51(2):309-19. 
pdf.gif - Tandonnet, C., Davranche, K., Meynier, C., Burle, B., Vidal, F. & Hasbroucq, T. (2012). How does temporal preparation speed up response implementation in choice tasks? Evidence for an early cortical activation. Psychophysiology49(2), 252-260.
- Joyce J., Donnelly A.E., Smyth P.J., Davranche, K. (2012). Does acute exercise benefit reaction time performance and cognitive control in adults aged 60-70 years? Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 20, S38-S38
2011
pdf.gif - Davranche, K., Nazarian, B., Vidal, F. & Coull, J. (2011). Orienting attention in time activates left inferior parietal cortex for perceptual and motor task goals. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(11), 3318-3330.

2009
- Davranche, K., Labarelle, J. and Hasbroucq, T. (2009). Etude de la prise de décision pendant l’effort chez des kayakistes de niveau national. Publications techniques de la Fédération Française de Canoë-Kayak (Les publications transversales, Recherches).
http://www.ffcanoe.asso.fr/renseigner/index2.php3?page=savoir/publications_techniques.html
- Davranche, K. Hall, B. and McMorris, T. (2009). Effect of acute exercise on cognitive control required during an Eriksen flanker task. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 31(5), 628-639.
- Davranche, K., Paleresompoulle, D., Pernaud, R., Labarelle, J., and Hasbroucq, T. (2009). Decision making in elite white-water athletes paddling on a kayak ergometer. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 31(4), 554-565.

See video illustration
- McMorris, T., Davranche, K., Jones, G., Hall, B., Corbett, J., and Minter, C. (2009). Acute incremental exercise, performance of a central executive task, and sympathoadrenal system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 73, 334-340.
- Joyce, J., Graydon, J., McMorris, T. and Davranche, K. (2009). The time course effect of moderate intensity exercise on response execution and response inhibition. Brain and Cognition, 71(1), 14-19.
- Davranche, K. and McMorris, T. (2009). Specific effects of acute moderate exercise on cognitive control. Brain and Cognition, 69(3), 565-570.
- Davranche, K. and Audiffren, M. (2009). A chronometric and electromyographic approach of the effect of exercise on reaction time. In T. McMorris et al. (Eds.), Exercise and Cognitive Function, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons.

2007
- Davranche, K., Tandonnet, C., Burle, B., Meynier, C., Vidal, F., and Hasbroucq, T. (2007). The dual nature of time preparation: Neural activation and suppression revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience, 25(12), 3766-3774.

2006
- Davranche, K., Burle, B., Audiffren, M., and Hasbroucq, T. (2006). Physical exercise facilitates motor processes in simple reaction time performance: An electromyographic analysis, Neuroscience Letters, 396, 54-56.
- Davranche, K., Audiffren, M., and Denjean, A. (2006). A distributional analysis of the effect of physical exercise on choice reaction time task, Journal of Sports Sciences, 24(3), 323-329.

2005
- Davranche, K. and Pichon, A. (2005). Critical flicker frequency threshold increment after an exhausting exercise, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 27(4), 515-520.
- Davranche, K., Burle, B., Audiffren, M., and Hasbroucq, T. (2005). Information processing during physical exercise: A chronometric and electromyographic study, Experimental Brain Research, 165, 532-540.

2004 and before
- Davranche, K. and Audiffren, M. (2004). Facilitating effects of exercise on information processing, Journal of Sport Sciences, 22, 419-428.
- Davranche, K. and Audiffren, M. (2002). Effects of a low dose of transdermal nicotine administration on information processing, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 4(3), 275-285.

In preparation
or submitted for publication 
- Smith C, Davranche K, Easthope Schmidt C, Colson S, Brisswalter J, Radel R. Pushing to the limits: the dynamics of cognitive control during exhausting exercise. Neuropsychologia
- Davranche K, Carbonnell L, Belletier C, Hasbroucq T, Huguet P. Electromyographic study of joint action 
- Belletier C, Davranche K, Tellier I, Dumas F, Vidal F, Hasbroucq T, Huguet P. Choking under monitoring pressure: being watched by the experimenter reduces executive attention 
- Tellier, I., Davranche, K., Conty, L., George, N., & Huguet, P. What about mechanisms underlying the eye contact effect?





Updated, January 9th 2015