Louis Bherer

Louis Bherer is interested in cognitive changes associated with normal aging, in attention control and in executive functions, together with factors which modulate cognitive loss of older adults (education, way of life, physical condition). He studies the effect of cognitive training in laboratory on attention control mecanisms of older people. Another of his research interests is the impact of physical condition and of physical training on cognitive vitality of older adults.

Erickson, KI, Colcombe, SJ, Wadhwa, R, Bherer, L, Peterson, MS, Scalf, PE, Kim, JS, Alavrado, M, Kramer, AF (2006). Training-induced plasticity in older adults: effects of training on hemispheric asymmetry. Neurobiology of Aging (Advance access online, February 9).

Erickson, KI, Colcombe, SJ, Wadhwa, R, Bherer, L, Peterson, MS, Scalf, PE, Kim, JS, Alavrado, M, Kramer, AF (2006). Training-induced functional activation changes in dual-task processing: an fMRI study. Cerebral Cortex (Advance access online, February 8).

Lemaire & Bherer (2005). Psychologie du vieillissement: une perspective cognitive. De Boeck Éditeur.

Bherer, L., Kramer, A.F., Peterson, M.S., Colcombe, S., Erickson, K. & Becic, E. (2005) Training effects on dual-task performance: Are there age-related differences in plasticity of attentional control? Psychology and Aging. 20(4), 695-709.

Bherer, L. (2005). Le vieillissement cognitif chez les personnes âgées en bonne santé. CARDINALE: Revue de cardiologie.

Erickson, K. L., Colcombe, S. J., Wadhwa, R., Bherer, L., Peterson, M., Scalf, P. E. & Kramer, A. F. (2005). The neural correlates of dual-task performance after minimizing effects of task-preparation. Neuroimage, 28(4):967-79.

Renaud, M. & Bherer, L. (2005). L’impact de la condition physique sur le vieillissement cognitif/Impact of physical fitness on cognitive aging. Psychologie et NeuroPsychiatrie du Vieillissement. 3(3) 199-206.

Gilbert, B., Belleville, S., Bherer, L. & Chouinard, S. (2005). A Study of Working Memory in Parkinson’s Disease. Neuropsychology. 19(1), 106-114.

Bherer, L., Belleville, S., Hudon, C. (2004). Le déclin des fonctions exécutives au cours du vieillissement normal, dans la maladie d’Alzheimer et dans la démence frontotemporale. Psychologie et NeuroPsychiatrie du Vieillissement. 2(3), 181-189.

Kramer, A.F., Bherer, L., Colcombe, S., Dong, W. & Greenough W. T. (2004). Influence of Structured and Unstructured Environments on Cognitive and Brain Plasticity During Aging. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 59:M940-M957.

Bherer, L. & Belleville, S. (2004). The effect of training on preparatory attention in older adults: evidence for the role of uncertainty in age-related preparatory deficits. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 11(1), 37-50.

Bherer, L. & Belleville, S. (2004). Age-related differences in response preparation: the role of time uncertainty. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. 59: P66-P74.