Group

This page displays the members of the Psy-NAPS Group. Most of the group are co-supervised / co-promoted with collaborators, demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of the group's research. The '*' symbol indicates the principal co-promoter. The order of presentation is based on the expected year of project completion / the most recent completion.

If you want to join the the Psy-NAPS group, send your CV to martin.edwards@uclouvain. (see these movies: 1/2/3)

Group Coordinator: Martin Edwards (1999 - 2040...)

2022 - present: Professor (Ordinaire), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2013 - 2022: Professor, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2010 - 2013: Chargé de Cours, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2002 - 2010: Lecturer, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
2000 - 2002: Research Fellow with Glyn Humphreys, University of Birmingham, UK
1998 - 2000: Research Fellow with Janice Kay and Rick Hanley, University of Exeter, UK
1995 - 1999: PhD, University of Birmingham, UK. Routes to action: Neuropsychological evidence, supervised by Glyn Humphreys, and examined by Ian Robertson (Trinity College, IE) and Alan Wing (Birmingham, UK).
1992 - 1995: BSc (hons) Psychology, University of Wales: Bangor, UK. Project: The neuropsychology of prehension, with Stephen Jackson

PhD: Gregorio Sorrentino (2022 - 2026)

2022 - present: PhD, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Using virtual reality and eye-tracking to define spatial and non-spatial attention in hemineglect, co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Thierry Lejeune. Funded by the FSR.
2016 - 2020: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2008 - 2014: Medical Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pavia, Italy

PhD: Pranav Pandya (2022 - 2026)

2022 - 2026: PhD, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Urban green infrastructure for stress reduction and thermal comfort, co-supervised by Maider Llaguno-Munitxa* and Martin Edwards, Funded by the FNRS Aspirant.
2021 - 2022: Junior research fellow, Flame University, India
2021 : TREES Intern: Space Application Center (SAC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
2019 - 2021: Master's 120 Technology in Geoinformatics & Surveying Technology, Symbiosis International University, India

Research Fellow: Magda Mustile (2023 - 2025)

2023 - 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher. Using mobile EEG with Parkinson’s Disease patients to better understand the neural processes involved in motor and cognition inhibition. Supervised by Martin Edwards*, with collaborators Thierry Lejeune (UCLouvain IREC/NMSK), Magdalena Ietswaart (University of Stirling, UK) and David Donaldson (University of St Andrews, UK). Funded by the FSR.
2018 - 2022: PhD, University of Stirling, Mobile EEG to asses s real world movements in healthy participants and in Parkinson's disease patients.
2013 - 2014: Master's in Clinical Neuroscience, LUMSA University of Rome, Italy
2009 - 2012: Master's in Neuroscience of Cognitive processes, Second University of Studies of Naples, Italy

Research Fellow: Emilie Lacroix (2018 - 2020 / 2022 - 2025)

2022 - 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher. Show me how you move; I will tell you how you perceive the
world. Better understanding of the interactions between vestibular loss, compensation and cognition in patients with vestibular disorders. Funded by the FNRS, postdoctoral fellowship programme.
2020 - 2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Royal Military Academy
2020 - 2022: Collaborative Research project funded by Louvain Bionics. Tell me how you move, and I will tell you who you are: Body movement analysis and automatic recognition of associated vestibular impairment patterns
2018 - 2020: Research Fellow funded by DG06 BioWin in collaboration with Sunrise. Development of the EFSAT - Executive Function Sleep Apnea Test.
2009 - present: Clinical neuropsychologist and director of Innovasquare
2013 - 2018: PhD (part-time), Université catholique de Louvain. A neuropsychological approach to better understanding cognition in child and adult patients with vestibular loss, co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Naïma Deggouj (external examined by Christophe Lopez and Olivier Collignon)
2011 - 2018: Clinical neuropsychologist, Centre d'Audiophonologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles.

Independent Collaborative VR developer: Stéphane Grade (2019 - present)

2024 - present: CEO VR SPARX (linkedin)
2019 - 2024: Spinout development VR serious games (funded by Région Wallonne)
2017 - 2019: Research Fellow, based at the Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège, in collaboration with the Université catholique de Louvain and 303% Media, ORVAMU, funded by DG06 Wallonie Region
2016 - 2017: Independent Research Fellow, Université catholique de Louvain. Embodied perception and action.
2011 - 2016: PhD, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Perception and action in body space boundary, co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Mauro Pesenti. Funded by a FSR Project and FNRS Aspirant funds.
2009 - 2011: Masters in Psychology, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Alumni Research Fellows and Assistants

Stéphanie Dehem (2019-21), Proof of Concept of a combined robotic device and serious game to assess and rehabilitate upper limb function and cognition in stroke patients, co-supervised by Thierry Lejeune* and Martin Edwards, and funded by DG06 Region Wallonie.
Adrien Denis (2014-18), Technical and information manager, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.Programmed the Axinesis ReaPlan Rehabilitation Robots. Half funded by the FNRS: PDR and half funded by Louvain Bionics
Emanuele Pasqualotto (2012-14), Research Fellow, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Perception and action, EEG, virtual reality, brain-computer-interfaces and mirror box therapy. Co-funded FSR and EC Marie Curie Research Fellowship.
Craig McAllister (2007-10), Research Fellow, Using TMS to measure the neural processes active during action observation. The research was collaborative between Paul Holmes* (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) and Martin Edwards, and was funded by and based at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Alumni PhD

Khawla Ajana (2023), Innovations in neuropsychology assessment methods using immersive Virtual Reality, co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Thierry Lejeune. Funded by the Région Wallonne, SPW-Economie-Emploi-Recherche programme Win2Wal (convention n°1810108). Examined by Nele Demeyer (University of Oxford, UK), Lars Evald (University of Aarhus, Denmark). Michael Andres, Valérie Goffaux, Gaetan Stoquart and Marie Van Reybroeck (UCL).
Gauthier Everard (2022), Virtual reality to improve assessment and rehabilitation in stroke rehabilitation, co supervised by Thierry Lejeune* and Martin Edwards. Funded by the Région Wallonne, SPW-Economie-Emploi-Recherche programme Win2Wal (convention n°1810108). Examined by Gert Kwakkel (Amsterdam UMC), Geert Verheyden (KU Leuven), Stéphanie Dehem (UCL), Gaëtan Stoquart (UCL) and Yves Vandermeeren (UCL)
Vincenza Montedoro (2018), New insights into the diagnosis, rehabilitation and understanding of hemineglect using new technologies, co supervised by Martin Edwards* and Thierry Lejeune. Funded by the DG06, Programme Wallonie-Bruxelles Health Exercise. Examined by Yves Rossetti (Centre de recherche en neurosciences de Lyon, France), Magdalena Ietswaart (University of Stirling, UK), Michael Andres (UCL) and Arnaud Szmalec (UCL)
Stéphanie Dehem (2018), Combining a robotic device and a serious game to assess and rehabilitate the upper limb among stroke patients, co supervised by Thierry Lejeune* and Martin Edwards. Funded by the DG06, Programme Wallonie-Bruxelles Health Exercise. Examined by Alain Yelnik (Hôpital Lariboisière, France), Geert Verheyden (KU Leuven), Anne Renders (UCL), Bruno Dehez (UCL) and Yves Vandermeeren (UCL)
Marie Alsamour (2018), Perception and action in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy, co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Gaëtan Stoquart. Funded by the F.R.S. FNRS Projet de Recherche. Examined by Beatriz Calvo-Merino (City, University of London), Bernard Dan (Université libre de Bruxelles), Dana Samson (UCL) and Isabelle Roskam (UCL)
Emilie Lacroix (2018), A neuropsychological approach to better understanding cognition in child and adult patients with vestibular loss, co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Naïma Deggouj. Examined by Christophe Lopez (CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université), Olivier Collignon (UCL), Anne De Volder (UCL), Marie-Pascale Noël (UCL) and Philippe Rombaux (UCL)
Eleonore Smalle (2017), A memory perspective on sensitive periods in language acquisition, supervised by Arnaud Szmalec*, co-supervised by Martin Edwards and Wouter Duyck (UGhent), funded by the F.R.S. FNRS Aspirant scheme. Examined by Dezsö Németh (Eötvös Lorand University, Hungary), Marie-Pascal Noël (UCL), Dana Samson (UCL) and Valérie Goffaux (UCL).
Stéphane Grade (2016), Implication of motor and numerical cognitive processes in the perception of external space, co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Mauro Pesenti. Based at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, and financed by the Fonds Spécial de Recherche and F.R.S. FNRS Aspirant schemes. Examined by Yann Coello (Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3), Matthew Longo (Birkbeck, University of London), Arnaud Szmalec (UCL), Valérie Dormal (UCL) and Michael Andres (UCL).
Clément Letesson (2016), Towards an integrative approach to action observation processes, co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Dana Samson. Based at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium and financed by the F.R.S. FNRS Fundamental Collective Research Fund. Examined by Patric Bach (University of Plymouth, UK), Marcel Brass (UGent), Pierre Feyereisen (UCL) and Nicolas Vermeulen (UCL)
Carys Evans (2015), Applying mirror neuron evidence to stroke rehabilitation, co-supervised by Magdalena Ietswaart* and Martin Edwards. The research was a collaboration project funded by a Northumbria University Grant.
Dan Jiang (2014), The neuroscience of visual and kinesthetic movement imagery, co-supervised by Nichola Callow*, Robert Rafal and Martin Edwards. The research was a collaboration project based at and funded by the University of Bangor.
Ashley Routen (2013), Exercise intervention for overweight children, co-supervised by Derek Peters*, Dominic Upton and Martin Edwards. The research was a collaboration project based at and funded by the University of Worcester.
Islam Salama (2011), Using action observation for movement rehabilitation. The research was supervised by Martin Edwards* (in collaboration with Mark Hollands and Glyn Humphreys, University of Birmingham), funded by the Egyptian Culture Bureau, and based at the University of Birmingham. The thesis was examined by Nick Smeeton (University of Brighton) and Douglas Carroll (University of Birmingham).
Mareen Weber (2010), The neuropsychology of sport concussion. The research was supervised by Martin Edwards* (in collaboration with Chris Ring, University of Birmingham) and based at the University of Birmingham. The thesis was examined by Edward de Haan (University of Amsterdam, NL) and Douglas Carroll (University of Birmingham).
Robert Hardwick (2010), Neurobehavioural representations of observed action viewpoint. The research was supervised by Martin Edwards* (in collaboration with Jennifer Cumming, University of Birmingham), and based at the University of Birmingham. The thesis was examined by Steven Tipper (Bangor University) and Kim Quinn (University of Birmingham).
Jason Martin (2009), Relationships between age and movement function. The research was co-supervised by Martin Edwards* (University of Birmingham), Derek Peters and Chris Hughes (University of Worcester), funded by a joint scholarship between the two universities, but based at the University of Birmingham. The thesis was examined by Yann Coello (Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille III, FR) and Anna Phillips (University of Birmingham).
Richard Ramsey (2008), Neural and behavioural processes of action imagery. The research was co-supervised by Martin Edwards* and Jennifer Cumming, and based at the University of Birmingham. The thesis was examined by Lew Hardy (Bangor University) and Nikos Ntoumanis (University of Birmingham)
Daniel Eastough (2008), Object representations in action. The research was supervised by Martin Edwards and based at the University of Birmingham. The thesis was examined by David Milner (Durham University) and Alan Wing (University of Birmingham).