PhD program in 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 - Pasteur 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, distilling the features necessary for comprehension.

PLATONOVA O., Goldina S., Neau C., Henke L., Veggiotti L., Masson R., Faye É., Leloup G., Marchesotti S., Giraud A.-L., Bouton S. Comparaison des Thérapies Rythmiques et Grapho-Phonologiques pour la Dyslexie : Résultats Préliminaires. 2024. Rééducation Orthophonique, n°298, READ.
A few other projects are soon in press:
Platonova, O., Dogonasheva, O., Gutkin, B., Giraud, A-L., Bouton, S. (in prep). Optimizing Speech Comprehension: The Role of Theta Oscillations and Temporal Chunking in Processing Compressed and Respaced Speech.
Platonova, O., Masson, R., Faye, E., Giraud, A-L., Bouton, S. (in prep). Oscillatory Dynamics in Dyslexia: Investigating Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Temporal Sampling Deficits in Children.

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 on the topic of Perceptual Semantics. Is the meaning grounded in sensory perception?


PLATONOVA O., Miklashevsky A. Warm and Fuzzy: Perceptual Semantics Can Be Activated Even During Shallow Lexical Processing. 2025. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. DOI: 10.1037/xlm0001429

Körner A., Castillo M., Drijvers L., Fischer M.H., Günther F., Marelli M., PLATONOVA O., Rinaldi L., Shaki S., Trujillo J.P., Tsaregorodtseva O., Glenberg A.M. Embodied Processing at Six Linguistic Granularity Levels: A Consensus Paper. 2023. Journal of Cognition, 6(1), p.60. DOI: 10.5334/joc.231.
Project data can be found here: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/A85H7

Internship at the Laboratory of Linguistic Anthropology

Intern

September 2020 - May 2021 (Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia)

How do differences in grammatical categorization influence on the conceptualization of objects? Exploring the case of Russian-French bilinguials.

Teaching Internship in an Intercultural Association

Intern

October 2019 – December 2019 (Russies étonNantes, Nantes, France)

Student Internship at Laboratory of Differential Psychophysiology

Intern

September 2017 – May 2019 (Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia)

Intern at the Laboratory of Differential Psychophysiology, Research Institute of Physiology and Fundamental Medicine.
Research project on neural (EEG) and behavioral correlates of competition and cooperation when reading sentences describing those situations.

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

Erasmus in Communication, during MA program

January 2021 - June 2021 (Liège, Belgium)

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

Nantes Université

Erasmus in Psychology, during BA program

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.

Specialized Educational Scientific Center of Novosibirsk State University

High School Diploma

August 2015 - August 2016 (Novosibirsk, Russia)

Boarding school in a research cluster of Akademgorodok.
Specialization: STEM subjects.