Michel Denis

(In reverse chronological order.)

 

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Denis, M., Mores, C., Gras, D., Gyselinck, V., & Daniel, M.-P. (2014). Is memory for routes enhanced by an environment’s richness in visual landmarks? Spatial Cognition and Computation, 14, 284-305.

Picinali, L., Afonso, A., Denis, M., & Katz, B. F. G. (2014). Exploration of architectural spaces by blind people using auditory virtual reality for the construction of spatial knowledge. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 72, 393-407.

Denis, M., & Fernandez, G.  (2013). The processing of landmarks in route directions. In T. Tenbrink, J. Wiener, & C. Claramunt (Eds.), Representing space in cognition: Interrelations of behaviour, language, and formal models (pp. 42-55). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Gallay, M., Denis, M., & Auvray, M.  (2013). Navigation assistance for blind pedestrians: Guidelines for the design of devices and implications for spatial cognition. In T. Tenbrink, J. Wiener, & C. Claramunt (Eds.), Representing space in cognition: Interrelations of behaviour, language, and formal models (pp. 244-267). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Avraamides, M. N., Galati, A., Pazzaglia, F., Meneghetti, C., & Denis, M. (2013). Encoding and updating spatial information presented in narratives. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66, 642-670.

Katz, B. F. G., Kammoun, S., Parseihian, G., Gutierrez, O., Brilhault, A., Auvray, M., Truillet, P., Denis, M., Thorpe, S., & Jouffrais, C. (2012). NAVIG: Augmented reality guidance system for the visually impaired. Virtual Reality, 16, 253-269.

Denis, M. (2012). Decades of images: Reminiscences of a shared scientific journey. In V. Gyselinck & F. Pazzaglia (Eds.), From mental imagery to spatial cognition and language: Essays in honour of Michel Denis (pp. 203-254). Hove, UK: Psychology Press.

Picinali, L., Katz, B. F. G., Afonso, A., & Denis, M. (2011). Acquisition of spatial knowledge of architectural spaces via active and passive aural explorations by the blind. In Forum Acusticum 2011 (pp. 1311-1316), Aalborg, Denmark, 27 June – 1July 2011.

Afonso, A., Blum, A., Katz, B. F. G., Tarroux, P., Borst, G., & Denis, M. (2010). Structural properties of spatial representations in blind people: Scanning images constructed from haptic exploration or from locomotion in a 3-D audio virtual environment. Memory and Cognition, 38, 591-604.

Denis, M. (2008). Assessing the symbolic distance effect in mental images constructed from verbal descriptions: A study of individual differences in the mental comparison of distances. Acta Psychologica, 127, 197-210.

Daniel, M.-P., Mores Dibo-Cohen, C., Carité, L., Boyer, P., & Denis, M. (2007). Dysfunctions of spatial cognition in schizophrenic patients. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 7, 287-309.

Deyzac, E., Logie, R. H., & Denis, M. (2006). Visuospatial working memory and the processing of spatial descriptions. British Journal of Psychology, 97, 217-243.

Borst, G., Kosslyn, S. M., & Denis, M. (2006). Different cognitive processes in two image-scanning paradigms. Memory and Cognition, 34, 475-490.

Péruch, P., Chabanne, V., Nesa, M.-P., Thinus-Blanc, C., & Denis, M. (2006). Comparing distances in mental images constructed from visual experience or verbal descriptions: The impact of survey versus route perspective. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59, 1950-1967.

Logie, R. H., Della Sala, S., Beschin, N., & Denis, M. (2005). Dissociating mental transformations and visuo-spatial storage in working memory: Evidence from representational neglect. Memory, 13, 430-434.

Afonso, A., Katz, B. F. G., Blum, A., Jacquemin, C., & Denis, M. (2005). A study of spatial cognition in an immersive virtual audio environment: Comparing blind and blindfolded individuals. Proceedings of the Eleventh Meeting of the International Conference on Auditory Display (CD-ROM), Limerick, Ireland, 6-9 July 2005.

Fontaine, S., Edwards, G., Tversky, B., & Denis, M. (2005). Expert and non-expert knowledge of loosely structured environments. In A. G. Cohn & D. M. Mark (Eds.), Spatial information theory (Proceedings of COSIT 2005) (pp. 363-378). Berlin: Springer.

Rinck, M., & Denis, M. (2004). The metrics of spatial distance traversed during mental imagery. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30, 1211-1218.

Klein, I., Dubois, J., Mangin, J.-F., Kherif, F., Flandin, G., Poline, J.-B., Denis, M., Kosslyn, S. M., & Le Bihan, D. (2004). Retinotopic organization of visual mental images as revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging. Cognitive Brain Research, 22, 26-31.

Tom, A., & Denis, M. (2004). Language and spatial cognition: Comparing the roles of landmarks and street names in route instructions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 1213-1230.

Daniel, M.-P., & Denis, M. (2004). The production of route directions: Investigating conditions that favour conciseness in spatial discourse. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 57-75.

Della Sala, S., Logie, R. H., Beschin, N., & Denis, M. (2004). Preserved visuo-spatial transformations in representational neglect. Neuropsychologia, 42, 1358-1364.

Daniel, M.-P., Tom, A., Manghi, E., & Denis, M. (2003). Testing the value of route directions through navigational performance. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 3, 269-289.

Tom, A., & Denis, M. (2003). Referring to landmark or street information in route directions: What difference does it make? In W. Kuhn, M. F. Worboys, & S. Timpf (Eds.), Spatial information theory: Foundations of geographic information science (Proceedings of COSIT 2003) (pp. 384-397). Berlin: Springer.

Denis, M., Beschin, N., Logie, R. H., & Della Sala, S. (2002). Visual perception and verbal descriptions as sources for generating mental representations: Evidence from representational neglect. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 19, 97-112.

Mellet, E., Bricogne, S., Crivello, F., Mazoyer, B., Denis, M., & Tzourio-Mazoyer, N. (2002). Neural basis of mental scanning of a topographic representation built from a text. Cerebral Cortex, 12, 1322-1330.

Michon, P.-E., & Denis, M. (2001). When and why are visual landmarks used in giving directions? In D. R. Montello (Ed.), Spatial information theory: Foundations of geographic information science (Proceedings of COSIT 2001) (pp. 292-305). Berlin: Springer.

Mellet, E., Tzourio-Mazoyer, N., Bricogne, S., Mazoyer, B., Kosslyn, S. M., & Denis, M. (2000). Functional anatomy of high-resolution visual mental imagery. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12, 98-109.

Mellet, E., Bricogne, S., Tzourio-Mazoyer, N., Ghaëm, O., Petit, L., Zago, L., Etard, O., Berthoz, A., Mazoyer, B., & Denis, M. (2000). Neural correlates of topographic mental exploration: The impact of route versus survey perspective learning. NeuroImage, 12, 588-600.

Denis, M., & Kosslyn, S. M. (1999). Scanning visual mental images: A window on the mind. Current Psychology of Cognition, 18, 409-465.

Denis, M., Pazzaglia, F., Cornoldi, C., & Bertolo, L. (1999). Spatial discourse and navigation: An analysis of route directions in the city of Venice. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 13, 145-174.

Fontaine, S., & Denis, M. (1999). The production of route instructions in underground and urban environments. In C. Freksa & D. M. Mark (Eds.), Spatial information theory: Cognitive and computational foundations of geographic information science (Proceedings of COSIT 1999) (pp. 83-94). Berlin: Springer.

Mellet, E., Tzourio, N., Denis, M., & Mazoyer, B. (1998). Cortical anatomy of mental imagery of concrete nouns based on their dictionary definition. NeuroReport, 9, 803-809.

Mellet, E., Petit, L., Mazoyer, B., Denis, M., & Tzourio, N. (1998). Reopening the mental imagery debate: Lessons from functional anatomy. NeuroImage, 8, 129-139.

Ghaëm, O., Mellet, E., Crivello, F., Tzourio, N., Mazoyer, B., Berthoz, A., & Denis, M. (1997). Mental navigation along memorized routes activates the hippocampus, precuneus, and insula. NeuroReport, 8, 739-744.

Denis, M. (1997). The description of routes: A cognitive approach to the production of spatial discourse. Current Psychology of Cognition, 16, 409-458.

Denis, M., & Cocude, M. (1997). On the metric properties of visual images generated from verbal descriptions: Evidence for the robustness of the mental scanning effect. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 9, 353-379.

Mellet, E., Tzourio, N., Crivello, F., Joliot, M., Denis, M., & Mazoyer, B. (1996). Functional anatomy of spatial mental imagery generated from verbal instructions. Journal of Neuroscience, 16, 6504-6512.

Denis, M. (1996). Imagery and the description of spatial configurations. In M. de Vega, M. J. Intons-Peterson, P. N. Johnson-Laird, M. Denis, & M. Marschark, Models of visuospatial cognition (pp. 128-197). New York: Oxford University Press.

Denis, M., Gonçalves, M.-R., & Memmi, D. (1995). Mental scanning of visual images generated from verbal descriptions: Towards a model of image accuracy. Neuropsychologia, 33, 1511-1530.

Mellet, E., Tzourio, N., Denis, M., & Mazoyer, B. (1995). A positron emission tomography study of visual and mental spatial exploration. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 7, 433-445.

Charlot, V., Tzourio, N., Zilbovicius, M., Mazoyer, B., & Denis, M. (1992). Different mental imagery abilities result in different regional cerebral blood flow activation patterns during cognitive tasks. Neuropsychologia, 30, 565-580.

Denis, M., & Cocude, M. (1992). Structural properties of visual images constructed from poorly or well-structured verbal descriptions. Memory and Cognition, 20, 497-506.

Denis, M., & Zimmer, H. D. (1992). Analog properties of cognitive maps constructed from verbal descriptions. Psychological Research, 54, 286-298.