Dr. Rita Sleimen-Malkoun
Rita Sleimen-Malkoun is an assistant professor at the Aix-Marseille University in France (AMU). She is affiliated to the Faculty of Sports Sciences and the Institute of Movement Science Etienne-Jules Marey (UMR7287, AMU-CNRS). She holds a degree in Physical Therapy and a PhD in Human Movement Science. Her research particularly aims at understanding the interaction between cognition and motor control in different functional contexts, and characterizing behavioral adaptability through the analysis of the variability of neuro-physiological and behavioral signals. It sees applications in the domains of prevention, training, and rehabilitation. For the past ten years, a major part of her work has been dedicated to the study of healthy aging, its signatures, mediators and moderators.
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Selected Publications
Temprado, J.-J., Torre, M. M., Langeard, A., Julien-Vintrou, M., Devillers-Réolon, L., Sleimen-Malkoun, R., & Berton, E. (2020). Intentional Switching Between Bimanual Coordination Patterns in Older Adults: Is It Mediated by Inhibition Processes? Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.00029
Sleimen-Malkoun, R., Temprado, J.-J., & Hong, S. L. (2014). Aging induced loss of complexity and dedifferentiation: consequences for coordination dynamics within and between brain, muscular and behavioral levels. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00140
Sleimen-Malkoun, R., Temprado, J.-J., & Berton, E. (2013). Age-related changes of movement patterns in discrete Fitts’ task. BMC Neuroscience, 14(1), 145. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-14-145
Sleimen-Malkoun, R., Temprado, J.-J., & Berton, E. (2013). Age-related differentiation of cognitive and motor slowing: insight from the comparison of Hick–Hyman and Fitts’ laws. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2013.00062
Sleimen-Malkoun, R., Temprado, J.-J., Thefenne, L., & Berton, E. (2011). Bimanual training in stroke: How do coupling and symmetry-breaking matter? BMC Neurology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-11-11