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Klara Kovarski

Ph.D

Maîtresse de conférences

Sorbonne Université

Klara Kovarski est maîtresse de conférences à Sorbonne Université (INSPE-Paris). Après une licence en philosophie (Université de Gênes), elle a obtenu 2013 un master en sciences cognitives (Cogmaster) et un en philosophie des sciences (Lophisc). Elle a réalisé une thèse en neurosciences cognitives à l'Université de Tours sous la direction de Magali Batty (Inserm, iBrain, 2018), et une mobilité de thèse au sein du laboratoire de Margot Taylor (Sickkids Hospital, Toronto). De 2018 à 2019, elle était post-doctorante à l'Hôpital Fondation Rothschild et à l'INCC (CNRS, Université Paris-Cité) sous la direction de Sylvie Chokron et ensuite chercheure, avant de rejoindre le LaPsyDÉ en septembre 2022. Ses recherches portent sur la fonction visuelle et le traitement des émotions dans le développement typique et dans l'autisme, au moyen d'enregistrements électrophysiologiques, en eye-tracking et en comportement. Entre 2020 et 2023 elle co-encadre avec Sylvie Chokron la thèse de Lucie Rose sur le développement de l'altruisme chez l'enfant.

PUBLICATIONS

Lacroix, A., Harquel, S., Barbosa, L. S., Kovarski, K., Garrido, M. I., Vercueil, L., Kauffmann, L., Dutheil, F., Gomot, M., & Mermillod, M. (2024). Reduced spatial frequency differentiation and sex‐related specificities in fearful face detection in autism: Insights from EEG and the predictive brain model. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3209

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Rose,  L., Kovarski, K., Caetta, F., Makowski, D., & Chokron, S. (2024).  Beyond empathy: Cognitive capabilities increase or curb altruism in  middle childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 239, 105810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105810.

Beaurenaut, M., Kovarski, K., Destais, C., Mennella, R., & Grèzes, J. (2024). Spontaneous instrumental approach-avoidance learning in social contexts in autism. Molecular Autism, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-024-00610-8


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Lacroix, A., Harquel, S., Mermillod, M., Garrido, M., Barbosa, L., Vercueil, L., Aleysson, D., Dutheil, F., Kovarski, K. & Gomot, M. (2024). Sex modulation of faces prediction error in the autistic brain. Communications Biology, 7, 127. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05807-4

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Rose, L., Caetta, F., Chokron, S., & Kovarski, K. (2023). Validation  of a French translation of the Altruism Scale for Children.  Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 4(1), 207-217.  https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000042

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Rose, L., Dezecache, G., Powell, T., Chokron, S., & Kovarski, K. (2022). The Emergency of Prosociality: A Developmental Perspective on Altruism and Other Prosocial Behavior in the Face of Disaster. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31(6), 486–492. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221114090

Kovarski, K., Charpentier, J., Houy-Durand, E., Batty, M., & Gomot, M. (2022). Emotional expression visual mismatch negativity in children. Developmental Psychobiology, 64(7), e22326. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22326

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Lacroix, A., Harquel, S., Mermillod, M., Vercueil, L., Alleysson, D., Dutheil, F., Kovarski, K., & Gomot, M. (2022). The Predictive Role of Low Spatial Frequencies in Automatic Face Processing: A Visual Mismatch Negativity Investigation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 838454. https://doi.org/doi:10.3389/fnhum.2022.838454

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Kovarski, K., Dos Reis, J., Chevais, C., Hamel, A., Makowski, D., & Sperduti, M. (2022). Movie editing influences spectators’ time perception. Scientific Reports, 12, 20084. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23992-2

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Lacroix, A., Nalborczyk, L., Dutheil, F., Kovarski, K., Chokron, S., Garrido, M., Gomot, M., & Mermillod, M. (2021). High spatial frequency filtered primes hastens happy faces categorization in autistic adults. Brain and Cognition, 155, 105811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105811

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Kovarski, K., Charpentier, J., Roux, S., Batty, M., Houy-Durand, E., & Gomot, M. (2021). Emotional visual mismatch negativity: a joint investigation of social and non-social dimensions in adults with autism. Translational Psychiatry, 11, 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01133-5


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Kovarski, K., Caetta, F., Mermillod, M., Peyrin, C., Perez, C., Granjon, L., Delorme, R., Cartigny, A., Zalla, T., & Chokron, S. (2021). Emotional face recognition in autism and in cerebral visual impairments: In search for specificity. Journal of Neuropsychology, 15,(2), 235-252. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12221

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Chokron, S., Kovarski, K., & Dutton, G. N. (2021). Cortical visual impairments and learning disabilities. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 713316. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.713316


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Kovarski, K., Batty, M., & Taylor, M. J. (2020). Visual responses to implicit emotional faces. In F. R. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp. 1-3). New York, NY: Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102334-1

Rose, L., Kovarski, K., Caetta, F., & Chokron, S. (2020). Effet d’une situation extraordinaire sur le comportement altruiste de l’enfant. Revue de Neuropsychologie, 12(2), 140-142. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2020.0552

Khanna, R., Kovarski, K., Arsene, S., Siwiaszczyk, M., Pisella, P., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., Batty, M., & Malvy, J.(2020). Ophthalmological findings in children with autism spectrum disorder. Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 258, 909-916.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-019-04594-7

Chokron, S., Kovarski, K., Zalla, T., & Dutton, G. N. (2020). The inter-relationships between cerebral visual impairment, autism and intellectual disability. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 114, 201-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.04.008

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Rose, L., Kovarski, K., Caetta, F., & Chokron, S. (2020). Développement du comportement prosocial et de l’altruisme chez l’enfant. Revue de Neuropsychologie, 12(4), 335-340. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2020.0600

Latimier, A., Kovarski, K., Peyre, H., Fernandez, L. G., Gras, D., Leboyer, M., & Zalla, T. (2019). Trustworthiness and dominance personality traits' judgments in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49, 4535-4546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04163-1

Kovarski, K., Malvy, J., Khanna, R. K., Arsène, S., Batty, M., & Latinus, M. (2019). Reduced visual evoked potential amplitude in autism spectrum disorder, a variability effect? Translational Psychiatry, 9, 341. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0672-6


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Latinus, M., Mofid, Y., Kovarski, K., Charpentier, J., Batty, M., & Bonnet-Brilhault, F. (2019). Atypical sound perception in ASD explained by inter-trial (in)consistency in EEG. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1177. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01177


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Kovarski, K., Mennella, R., Wong, S. M., Dunkley, B. T., Taylor, M. J., & Batty, M. (2019). Enhanced early visual responses during implicit emotional faces processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49, 871-886. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3787-3

Kovarski, K., Siwiaszczyk, M., Malvy, J., Batty, M., & Latinus, M. (2019). Faster eye movements in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12(2), 212-224. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2054

Kovarski, K., Meaux, E., & Batty, M. (2018). De l’exploration à la perception des visages chez les personnes avec un Trouble du Spectre de l’Autisme. In D. Boeck (Ed.), Neuropsychologie et Remédiations des Troubles du Spectre de l’Autisme.

Charpentier, J., Kovarski, K., Roux, S., Houy-Durand, E., Saby, A., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., Latinus, M., & Gomot, M. (2018). Brain mechanisms involved in angry prosody change detection in school-age children and adults, revealed by electrophysiology. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 18, 748–763. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-018-0602-8


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Charpentier, J., Kovarski, K., Houy-Durand, E., Malvy, J., Saby, A., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., Latinus, M., & Gomot, M. (2018). Emotional prosodic change detection in autism Spectrum disorder: an electrophysiological investigation in children and adults. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 10, 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-018-9246-9

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Kovarski, K., Latinus, M., Charpentier, J., Cléry, H., Roux, S., Houy-Durand, E., Saby, A., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., Batty, M., & Gomot, M. (2017). Facial Expression Related vMMN : Disentangling Emotional from Neutral Change Detection. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00018


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Kovarski, K.*, Thillay, A.*, Houy-Durand, E., Roux, S., Bidet-Caulet, A., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., & Batty, M. (2016). Brief report: Early VEPs to pattern-reversal in adolescents and adults with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46, 3377-3386.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2880-8

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