Nora
Turoman,
PhD
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Junior Group Leader
- Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow '22-'24
WomCogDev Lab
University of Geneva, CH
Nora Turoman, PhD
WomCogDev Lab
University of Geneva, CH
My journey as an experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist started in 2014 when I was a Research Assistant at the BLIP lab at Nanyang Technological Unversity in Singapore. This is when I first got interested in interactions between the sesnes and the links thereof with higher cognitive processes like attention, memory, and learning. I continued on the path of multisensory research in my MSc in Psychological Research at the University of Oxford, with the Crossmodal Research lab, where I developed my first independent research project. Next, I moved onto a PhD in Neuroscience, at the University of Lausanne, with the GROWN group (within the LINE lab). Here, I combined behavioural measures with traditional and advanced EEG analyses to investigate the development of attentional control over visual and multisensory objects from early childhood to adulthood. Since graduating in 2020, I have been working at the Working Memory, Cognition and Development lab at the University of Geneva. My research here has had a dual focus: 1) on clarifying the relationships between selectve attention and working memory in a multisensory framework, with the goal to better understand learning in real-world environments (funded by a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship since 2022), and 2) on understanding the nature of working memory representations in adults and children. Apart from research work, I teach classes on the development of attention and on Open Science topics to undergraduate students at the Univesrity of Geneva, and pursue various science outreach projects.
Turoman, N.
, Vergauwe, E. (
In-principle acceptance, 2023
). The effect of Multisensory distraction on working memory: A role
for task relevance? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Preprint:
https://psyarxiv.com/fd9xh
Preregistration:
https://osf.io/z6jwt
Open data, and materials:
https://osf.io/y84ks/
Turoman, N., Fiave, P.A., Zahnd, C., deBettencourt, M., & Vergauwe, E. (Under review). Decoding the content
of working memory in school-aged children. Cortex.
Preprint:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.10.527990v1.abstract
Open data, materials, and code:
https://osf.io/jeh67/
Turoman, N., Heyard, R., Schwab, S., Furrer, E., Vergauwe, E., & Held, L. (under review). Constructing and
implementing PRECHECK: A checklist to evaluate preprints on COVID-19 and beyond. F1000 Research on Research 2022.
Preprint:
https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/nb928/
Open data, and supplementary materials:
https://osf.io/8k9ac/
Tivadar, R. I., Arnold, R. C., Turoman, N., Knebel, J. F., & Murray, M. M. (2022). Digital Haptics Improve Speed
of Visual Search Performance in a Dual-Task Setting. Scientific Reports, 12, 9728.
Turoman, N., Hautekiet, C., Jeanneret, S., Valentini, B., & Langerock, N. (2022). Open and reproducible
practices in developmental psychology research: The workflow of the WomCogDev lab as an example. Infant
and Child Development, e2333, 1-17.
Pre-print:
https://psyarxiv.com/73bwu/
Turoman, N., Tivadar, R. I., Retsa, C., Murray, M. M., and Matusz, P. (2021). Towards understanding how we
pay attention in naturalistic visual search settings. NeuroImage, 244, 118556.
Pre-print:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.30.229617v4
Turoman, N., Tivadar, R. I., Retsa, C., Maillard, A. M., Scerif, G., and Matusz, P. (2021). Uncovering the
mechanisms of real-world attentional control over the course of primary education. Mind, Brain, and Education,
15(4), 344-353.
Pre-print:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.20.342758v2.abstract
Turoman, N., Tivadar, R. I., Retsa, C., Maillard, A. M., Scerif, G., and Matusz, P. (2021). The development of
attentional control mechanisms in multisensory environments. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 48, 100930.
Pre-print:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.23.166975v3.abstract
Matusz, P., Turoman, N., Tivadar, R., Retsa, C., and Murray, M.M. (2019). Brain and cognitive mechanisms of
top-down attentional control in a multisensory world: Benefits of electrical neuroimaging. Journal of Cognitive
Neuroscience, 31(3), 412-430.
Tivadar, R.I., Rouillard, T., Chappaz, C., Knebel, J.-F., Turoman, N., Anaflous, F., Roche, J., Matusz, P., and
Murray, M.M. (2019). Mental Rotation of Digitally-Rendered Haptic Objects. Frontiers in Integrative
Neuroscience, 13, 7.
Tivadar, R.I., Retsa, C., Turoman, N., Matusz, P.-J., and Murray, M.M. (2018). Sounds enhance visual completion
processes. Neuroimage, 179, 480-488.
Turoman, N., Velasco, C., Chen, Y.-C., Huang, P.-C., and Spence, C. (2018). Symmetry and its role in the
crossmodal correspondence between shape and taste. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 80(3), 738-751.
Open data, materials, and code:
https://osf.io/qn593/
Turoman, N., and Styles, S. J. (2017). Glyph guessing for ‘oo’ and ‘ee’: spatial frequency information in sound
symbolic matching for ancient and unfamiliar scripts. Royal Society Open Science, 4(9), 170882.
Open materials:
https://osf.io/xufmd/
Turoman N, Merkley R, Scerif G and Matusz P (2017) How Do Kids and Grown-Ups Get Distracted in Everyday
Situations? Frontiers for Young Minds. 5(8). 1-9.
