Claire Pleche

I'm interested in the behavioral and neural correlates of adaptive behavior and decision making under uncertainty. Particularly how we extract information, build expectations and then utilize those predictions in order to make inferences and interact with our complex environment. 

During my PhD, I'm studying how we form and transfer expectations across sensory modalities, using behavioral, neurophysiological and pupillometric data.

I hold a BSc in Animal Physiology from Lyon 1 University, as well as a MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from Ecole Normal Supérieure Ulm-PSL in Paris. 

Prior to my PhD, I worked on topics including: language processing, episodic memory, social threat learning, statistical learning and uncertainty processing, using various imaging methods. My most prevalent previous work were the study of (i) the acquisition, and rewiring, of statistical sequence learning using EEG and TMS with Dezső Nemeth in Lyon (CRNL), and, (ii) the role of brain signal variability during uncertainty processing using fMRI and eye-tracking with Douglas Garrett and Julian Kosciessa in Berlin (MPI).