Biography

Ongoing Research

• Attentional resource sharing in working memory in collaboration with Prof. Valérie Camos (University of Fribourg) and Prof. Chantal Martin Sölch (University of Fribourg).
• Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment in collaboration with Prof. Chantal Martin Sölch (University of Fribourg), Prof. Francesca M. Bosco and Dr Ilaria Gabbatore (University of Turin).
• Working memory development and goal maintenance in collaboration with Prof. Valérie Camos (University of Fribourg), Prof. Agnès Blaye (Aix-Marseille University), Dr Nicolas Chevalier (University of Edinburgh).
• Help in written and oral comprehension for children in collobaration with Mrs. Léa Leuthold (University of Neuchâtel).

Teaching

• Cognitive development, University of Fribourg, University of Neuchâtel
• Continuing education, Universities of Aix-Marseille, Fribourg

Psychologist at Centre de psychologie de la santé, University of Fribourg

• https://www.unifr.ch/psycho/fr/instituts-et-centres/centre-de-psychologie-de-la-sante/psychologie-developpement.html

Research and publications

• Presentations
  33 publications

  The role of attention on the impact of reward value on working memory prioritization
  Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, Chantal Martin Sölch, 4th International Conference on Working Memory (ICWM): (27.6.2024) | Conference

  Le développement des fonctions exécutives chez l’enfant et l’adolescent
  Christophe Fitamen, XIe Journée Scientifique Neurodys/CERTA (21.6.2024) | Conference

  Support visuel et mémoire de travail visuo-spatial chez l’enfant et l’adulte
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 1er colloque du Collectif Cognitif (15.5.2024) | Conference

  Enhancing visuo-spatial working memory performance in children by scaffolding their maintenance strategies
  Agnès Blaye, Nicolas Chevalier, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 64th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society (11.2023) | Conference

  Le développement de la théorie de l’esprit
  Christophe Fitamen, Rencontre de psychologie scolaire 2023 (11.2023) | Conference

  Enhancing story memorization in children with weak phonological skills: the role of pictorial support and mode of presentation (listening or reading)
  Christophe Fitamen, Léa Leuthold, 23th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology: (9.2023) | Conference

  TDAH & Mémoire de travail
  Christophe Fitamen, Association Suisse romande de Parents d ́Enfants avec Déficit d ́Attention, avec ou sans Hyperactivité (ASPEDAH) (6.2023) | Conference

  Improving preschoolers' visuo-spatial working memory by scaffolding their maintenance strategies
  Christophe Fitamen, Agnès Blaye, Nicolas Chevalier, Valérie Camos, Fribourg day of Cognition: (10.2022) | Conference

  La mémoire de travail : quelle place dans les apprentissages ?
  Christophe Fitamen, Apprendre et Former avec les Sciences Cognitives (10.2022) | Conference

  Improving preschoolers' visuo-spatial working memory by scaffolding their maintenance strategies
  Christophe Fitamen, Agnès Blaye, Nicolas Chevalier, Valérie Camos, 22th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology: (8.2022) | Conference

  The role of goal maintenance in verbal working memory development
  22th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (8.2022) | Conference

  La mémoire de travail au service des apprentissages
  Christophe Fitamen, INSPÉ de Lyon (5.2022) | Conference

  La mémoire de travail dans le développement typique.
  Christophe Fitamen, Association de Psychologie et Psychopathologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent (A.P.P.E.A) (1.2022) | Conference

  Dans la tête... d’un indécis
  Christophe Fitamen, RTS (13.10.2021) | Conference

  Where did the teddy bear go? Scaffolding maintenance strategies in visual working memory
  Christophe Fitamen, Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, 10th European Working Memory Symposium (9.2020) | Conference

  Where did the teddy bear go? Preschoolers’ visual working memory performance is enhanced by location cues presentation.
  Christophe Fitamen, Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, 1st annual meeting of the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research: (11.2019) | Conference

  Scaffolding maintenance strategies in preschoolers' visual working memory.
  Valérie Camos, Agnès Blaye, Christophe Fitamen, 21th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology: (9.2019) | Conference

  Does visual support help goal maintenance during a visual working memory task in preschoolers?
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 2nd Swiss Working Memory Meeting (3.2019) | Conference

  Concurrent motor activity is detrimental to 5-year-olds' WM in oral recall but not in recognition
  Valérie Camos, Agnès Blaye, Christophe Fitamen, 9th European Working Memory Symposium: (8.2018) | Conference

  Playing first helps 5-year-olds to perform well in a subsequent working memory task.
  Valérie Camos, Agnès Blaye, Christophe Fitamen, 3rd Jean Piaget conferences: The origins of number: (6.2018) | Conference

  What role does goal maintenance play in verbal working memory development?
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 48th Jean Piaget Society annual conference (5.2018) | Conference

  Ma Thèse en 180 secondes (MT180)
  Christophe Fitamen, Ma Thèse en 180 secondes (MT180) (2018) | Conference

  Do goal cue or goal oriented activity improve preschoolers' working memory?
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 58th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society: (11.2017) | Conference

  Le contexte de jeu comme aide à la mémorisation.
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, Jeu et Apprentissage (10.2017) | Conference

  Goal cues impact in a different way verbal working memory and executive control in kindergarteners.
  Valérie Camos, Agnès Blaye, Christophe Fitamen, Fribourg day of Cognition (10.2017) | Conference

  How goal cues impact verbal working memory in kindergarteners?
  Valérie Camos, Agnès Blaye, Christophe Fitamen, 20th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology: (9.2017) | Conference

  Does motor activity influence goal maintenance in preschoolers' verbal working memory?
  Valérie Camos, Agnès Blaye, Christophe Fitamen, Attention in working memory (6.2017) | Conference

  A visual goal cue and an oriented motor activity improve 5-year-olds' working memory: What's next?
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 1st Swiss Working Memory Meeting (10.2016) | Conference

  Preschoolers’ working memory: Could cueing reduce goal neglect and improve performance?
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, Fribourg day of Cognition (10.2016) | Conference

  Goal maintenance and working memory in preschoolers. Can goal cueing improve their performance and under what conditions?
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 8th European Working Memory Symposium: (9.2016) | Conference

  Goal maintenance and working memory in preschoolers. Can goal cueing improve their performance and under what conditions?
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 6th International Conference On Memory: (7.2016) | Conference

  Novelty and recognition memory in Alzheimer's disease
  Christopher J. A. Moulin, Emmanuel Barbeau, Jonathan Meyer, Christophe Fitamen, 6th International Conference On Memory (7.2016) | Conference

  Goal maintenance and working memory in preschoolers. Can goal cueing improve their performance and under what conditions?
  Agnès Blaye, Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen, 2nd Jean Piaget conferences: Infant development from Piaget to today: (6.2016) | Conference
• Magazine articles
  2 publications

  Le maintien du but chez les enfants , in REISO, Revue d'information sociale
  Christophe Fitamen (11.11.2021) | Press article

  Jouer = QI au carré ? , in Universitas
  Valérie Camos, Christophe Fitamen (2019) | Press article

• Publications
  9 publications

  Do goal cue and motor activity impact preschoolers’ working memory?
  British Journal of Developmental Psychology (2022) | Journal article

  La qualité des amitiés corrèle positivement avec les compétences de régulation émotionnelle : étude sur 49 enfants tessinois·e·s âgé·e·s de 8 à 11 ans
  Cortica (2022) | Journal article

  Play First Before Doing Your Exercise: Does Acting in a Game-Like Task Improve 5-Year-Olds’ Working Memory Performance?
  Frontiers in Psychology (2021) | Journal article

  La mémoire de travail dans le développement typique
  A.N.A.E. (2021) | Journal article

  Five-Year-Old Children’s Working Memory Can Be Improved When Children Act On A Transparent Goal Cue
  Scientific Reports (2019) | Journal article

  How Goal Cue and Motor Activity Modulate Working Memory Performance in Preschoolers?
  Christophe Fitamen and Blaye Agnès and Valerie Camos, (2019) | Preprint

  The role of goal cueing in kindergarteners’ working memory
  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (2019) | Journal article

  SenseCam: A new tool for memory rehabilitation?
  Revue Neurologique (2016) | Journal article

  'Spotlight on the survival processing advantage': An fNIRS study on adaptive memory , in Spatial, Long-and Short-Term Memory: Functions, Differences and Effects of Injury
  Patrick Bonin, Laura Ferreri, Margaux Gelin, Christophe Fitamen, Patrick Bard, Aurélia Bugaiska (2016) | Book chapter

• Research projects

  Attentional resource sharing during a working memory task according to the value of the information to be memorize
  Status: Ongoing

  Start	01.05.2024
  End
  Funding	Unifr

Teaching and courses

Show in course program