Olesia Platonova
Hello and warm welcome!

I am Olesia, a PhD candidate in cognitive science of language.

My research interests lay mostly in the topics of psycholinguistics and speech processing, as well as embodied cognition.

I currently work on researching speech percpetion in dyslexia with EEG and behavioural methods at Institut Pasteur in Paris.

I am also passionate about the idea of expanding formal research methods with artistic explorations and interested in projects merging science and art.

I always seek for opportunities and collaborations within or around my topics of interest, so please feel free to reach out - let's connect!

enterprise and research

Experience

PhD program in Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Science

Junior Researcher

Oct 2022 - Present (Institut Pasteur, Hearing Institute, Paris, France)

I prepare my doctoral thesis in the NeuroSpeech team at the Hearing Institute, under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bouton and Dr. Anne-Lise Giraud.

As a part of my main PhD project, our team digs into the understanding of cortical oscillations in a dyslexic vs. typical brain using EEG and behavioral tests.
On a practical front, we are searching for solutions that would improve reading in dyslexic children. Particularly, we test remediation programs based on speech rhythmic stimulation and grapho-phonological correspondences.
As a side project, I also experiment with intelligibility of distorted speech.

Research and Project Development

Alternance / apprenticeship

Jul 2021 - Sept 2022 (Elapse, Paris, France)

Alternance: research and project development for experimental performing art company.

During a year and a half of collaboration with Elapse, which consisted of an internship followed by an alternance (French work and study contract), I have been exposed to interdisciplinary project development.
By collaborating on 'Cathexis: Truth on Trial', a transdisciplinary project exploring the future of justice system, supported by Creative Europe program, I worked on various angles of project development: from establishing collaborations between research institutions and artists to searching and applying for funding. From researching into the human behaviour of intellegent systems with a series of questionnaires to finding science behind staging dreams and reading minds. From putting in place lab experiments to programming life experiences.

Research Internship at Potsdam Embodied Cognition group

Intern

Jan 2021 - June 2022 (Universität Potsdam, Germany)

Internship in Potsdam Embodied Cognition group. We are currently working on Perceptual Semantics: trying to see if meaning is grounded in sensory perception.
Some of the results: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/A85H7

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education

Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté

Master of Arts, Cultural Project Management

September 2020 - September 2022 (Dijon, France)


Specialization in science-art project development, with honours.
Project management for innovative solutions in culture.

Tomsk State University

Master of Science, Cognitive Linguistics

September 2020 - September 2022 (Tomsk, Russia)


Specialization in psycholinguistics, with honours.
Thesis 'Perceptual semantics is activated even during surface lexical processing' is written in collaboration with Potsdam Embodied cognition group.

University of Liège

Master's degree, Erasmus in Communication

January 2021 - June 2021 (Liège, Belgium)


One semester program of academic exchange, M1 in Communication.
Courses taught in French.

Nantes Université

Bachelor's degree, Erasmus, Psychology department

September 2019 - January 2020 (Nantes, France)


Academic exchange program for a duration of one semester: L3 of Psychology.
Courses taught in French.

Novosibirsk State University

Bachelor's degree, Applied Linguistics

September 2016 - August 2020 (Novosibirsk, Russia)


Specialization in neurolinguistics.
Thesis on Analysis of EEG reactions and implicit behavioral indicators in recognizing vocabulary describing situations of cooperation and competition.
Activities and societies: Cultural event managemant (dance/performance/theatre); university open days; volonteering.

Languages:

Russian (native)
English (advanced)
French (upper-intermediate)
German (elementary)
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