e(ye)BRAIN

MAGALI SEASSAU, PhD
Chief Sciences Officer

Position
Magali Seassau is the head of clinical studies at EyeBrain. Its aim is to speed up the development of clinical research tools for neurological and psychiatric diseases.

Education
Magali is a doctor of neurosciences and a neuropsychologist. She wrote her thesis in collaboration with the Inserm U610 laboratory at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris and the CNRS UMR-8620, at University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI.

Research
Magali's research projects focus on oculomotricity and cognition in healthy volunteers and patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric illnesses. Her general approach is to develop a method using neuropsychological tests, analysis of the physiological markers, and analysis of eye movements in order to better understand cognitive functions.

Publications

Published Communications

Seassau, M. & Bucci, M. P. (in revisions). Reading and Visual Search: a developmental study in Normal Children. PloS One
Bucci, M.P., Lions, C., Gaertner, C., Ajrezo, L., Bui-Quoc, E., Wiener-Vacher, S., & Seassau, M. (en prep.). Poor binocular coordination of saccades during reading in children with visual deficits. Eds.: Nova editions
Seassau, M., & Bucci, M. P. (en prep.). Vertical Saccades in children: a developmental study. Experimental Brain Research
Lions, C., Bui-Quoc, E., Seassau, M., & Bucci, M. P. (2013). Binocular Coordination of Saccades During Reading In Strabismic Children. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 54(1), 620‑628.
Bucci, M. P., & Seassau, M. (2012). Saccadic eye movements in children: a developmental study. Experimental Brain Research, 222(1-2), 21‑30.
Bucci, M. P., Nassibi, N., Gerard, C.-L., Bui-Quoc, E., & Seassau, M. (2012). Immaturity of the oculomotor saccade and vergence interaction in dyslexic children: evidence from a reading and visual search study. PloS one, 7(3), e33458.
Bucci, M., Nassibi, N., Gerard, C. L., Bui-Quoc, E., & Seassau, M. (2012). Antisaccades in Dyslexic Children: Evidence for Immaturity of Oculomotor Cortical Structures. In Dyslexia – A Comprehensive and International Approach (Teodora Smiljanic., Chap. 5). Eds: Taeko N. Wydell and Liory Fern-Pollak.
Seassau, M. (2012). La mémoire émotionnelle exist-t-elle ? (Presses Académiques Francophones.). Sarrebruck Allemagne: PAF.
Koric, L., Volle, E., Seassau, M., Bernard, F. A., Mancini, J., Dubois, B., … Levy, R. (2012). How cognitive performance-induced stress can influence right VLPFC activation: An fMRI study in healthy subjects and in patients with social phobia. Human Brain Mapping, 33(8), 1973–1986.
Volle, E., Kinkingnéhun, S., Pochon, J.-B., Mondon, K., Thiebaut de Schotten, M., Seassau, M., … Levy, R. (2008). The functional architecture of the left posterior and lateral prefrontal cortex in humans. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y.: 1991), 18(10), 2460‑2469.
Barba, G., & Seassau, M. (2007). Confabulation in Dementia, constantly compensating memory systems. Neuropsychoanalysis: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Psychoanalysis and the Neurosciences, 9(1), 22‑25.
Boisgueheneuc, F. du, Levy, R., Volle, E., Seassau, M., Duffau, H., Kinkingnehun, S., … Dubois, B. (2006). Functions of the left superior frontal gyrus in humans: a lesion study. Brain, 129(12), 3315‑3328.
Muller, D., Alexopoulos, T., Ric, F., & Seassau, M. (2006). Affective stimuli and attention: attraction, holding or both? In B. Dardenne, Affect and social cognition.
Seassau, M., Gisquet-Verrier, P., Dubois, B. et Levy, R. (2006). Implicit Emotional Cues Modulate Episodic Retrieval, IPSEN, Memories, Molecules and Circuits, Paris.
Moreaud, O., Baciu, M., DeAnna, F., Seassau, M. et Lebas, J.F. (2004). Accessing Semantic Knowledge without Overt Naming: An fMRI Study, Neurology, 62 (Supplt 5), A166-A167.

Oral Communications

Seassau M., Intérêt de l’oculomotricité dans l’évaluation de l’efficacité d’un traitement pharmacologique, ex. du MPH dans le TDAH. ICM, Paris, 2012
Seassau, M. J’ai la mémoire qui flanche, Bar des Sciences, Montbelliard, 2012
Seassau, M. J’ai la mémoire qui flanche. 1er RDV des Sciences Ivry-sur-Seine, 2012
Bucci, MP. … & Seassau, M. Binocular Reading in dyslexic vs normal children. ECEM, Marseille, 2011
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Seassau, M. et Gisquet-Verrier, P. Emotion can modulate memory Retrieval in Humans, European Brain and Behaviour Society, Trieste, 2007
Seassau, M., Levy, R. et Gisquet-Verrier, P. The Emotional Retrieval is modulated by Time and Valence, Twenty-Fifth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, 2007
Seassau, M. Le Rappel Mnésique chez l’Homme : Mise en évidence chez le Sujet Sain et dans la Maladie d’Alzheimer, NeuroMem, Bordeaux, 2006
Seassau, M., Intérêt d’une Approche Homme / Animal, NeuroMem, Bordeaux, 2006
Seassau, M., How Implicit Emotional Primes Can Modulate Episodic Retrieval in Normal Human Subjects? Twenty-Third European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, 2005
Seassau, M., Rappel Emotionnel chez l’Homme, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de l’Apprentissage, de la Mémoire et de la Communication, Orsay, 2005
Seassau, M., Rôle du Contexte Emotionnel dans le Rappel Episodique, Université René Descartes Paris V, Laboratoire de Psychologie Expérimentale, Boulogne, 2005
Seassau, M., Interactions Emotion-Mémoire, Approche Neuropsychologique, Institution Nationale des Invalides, Unité Sensori-Cognitive, Pr. Madjlessi, Paris, 2005
Seassau, M., Mémoire et Emotion, Hôpital Charles Richet, AP-HP, Villiers Le Bel, 2003

Written Communications

Seassau, M. … Duval, F. Is Oculomotricity a good marker of MPH efficiency in ADHD? APA, San Francisco, 2013
Seassau, M. … Duval, F. Is Oculomotricity a good marker of MPH efficiency in ADHD? SoBP, San Francisco, 2013
Seassau, M. … Duval, F. Does MPH have an impact on Ocular Motor System ? A Controlled study on children with ADHD. CINP, Stockholm, 2012
Seassau, M., Maillard, M., Kinkingnéhun, S. Metric Issue of Eye Movements in Healthy Humans, a Meta-Analysis. INOS, Lyon, 2010
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Seassau, M., Gisquet-Verrier, P., Dubois, B., Levy, R., Un nouvel outil permettant d’évaluer la mémoire émotionnelle dans la maladie d’Alzheimer, 9ème réunion francophone sur la Maladie D’Alzheimer, Nice, 2007
Seassau, M., Levy, R. et Gisquet-Verrier, P., Emotion Modulates Episodic Recall Through Implicit Processes
14th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New York, 2007
Seassau, M., Levy, R. et Gisquet-Verrier, P., The Emotional Retrieval is modulated by Time and Valence, Twenty-Fifth European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, 2007
Seassau, M., Gisquet-Verrier, P., Dubois, B. et Levy, R., Implicit Emotional Cues Modulate Episodic Retrieval, Memories, Molecules and Circuits, Fondation IPSEN, Paris, 2006
Seassau, M., Gisquet-Verrier, P. et Levy, R., Emotional retrieval cues can modulate the efficacy of retrieval in normal human subjects, 5th Forum of European Neuroscience, FENS, Vienne, 2006
Seassau, M., Gisquet-Verrier, P., Levy, R., Pillon, B. et Dubois, B., How Implicit Emotional Primes Can Modulate Episodic Retrieval in Normal Human Subjects ? Twenty-Third European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, Bressanone, 2005
Seassau, M., Levy, R., Gisquet-Verrier, P. et Dubois, B., Quel Rôle pour l’Emotion dans le Rappel Episodique ?
Journées de Neurologie de Langue Française, Marseille, 2005
Seassau, M., Gisquet-Verrier, P., Levy, R. et Dubois, B., Modulation du Rappel Episodique par l’Emotion, Comportement, Neuroimagerie et Pathologies, 13ème Colloque de l’Ecole Doctorale « Cerveau-Cognition-Comportement », Roscoff, 2005

Patent

Seassau, M., & Kinkingnehun, S. (2013, février 15). Detection of an Oculomotor Abnormality in a Patient by Means of a Visual Search Test. Consulté à l’adresse : http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/WO2013021144