HAMAOUI Jad
PhD student in Developmental Psychology (2019- 2022)
University of Strasbourg (Unistra)
Laboratoire de Psychologie des Cognitions (LPC), EA 4440
Email.: jhamaoui@unistra.fr
Room: 210
Research topics
- Laterality
- Prenatal environment
- Cognitive and motor development
- Perceptual biases
- Graphomotor asymmetries
Research thesis
The goal of this thesis is twofold. Firstly, the theoretical objective was to investigate the involvement of the prenatal environment in the development of handedness. The influence of the vestibular system, fetal presentation, and other perinatal factors related to pregnancy complications and birth stressors were tested. Secondly, the applied objective was to simultaneously detect the different perceptual biases implicated in graphomotor productions.
Education and research experience
Since 2019: PhD in developmental psychology (LPC, Unistra). This project is funded by the Grand-Est region.
Title: « Development of laterality: asymmetrical human behaviors and perceptual biases ».
Supervisor: Hervé Segond, associate professor in developmental psychology at the University of Strasbourg
2017: Masters in Neuropsychology « Psychologie des Perturbations Cognitives : clinique de l’enfant et de l’adulte », University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Master’s thesis: Conducted a pilot study on the impact of physical activity on tobacco consumption and inhibition in patients suffering from psychotic disorders.
Supervisors: Dr. Fabien Giersky & Dr. Fabien Legrand, Associate Professors at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne.
2015: Bachelor in clinical psychology, Lebanese University, Lebanon
Research experience
Laboratoire de Psychologie des Cognitions, Strasbourg, France.
10/2021-Present : Teaching and Research Assistant
01/2019-09/2022: Early stage researcher in developmental psychology.
Institut Paul Bocuse Research Center (IPBR), Lyon, France.
02-08/2018: Research assistant in cognitive and developmental psychology.
Conducting a study to determine to which extent the degree of transformation of the food modulate inductive reasoning strategies in children from 4 to 7 years old.
Supervisors: Prof. Jean Pierre Thibaut, Professor in developmental psychology at the University of Burgundy, and Jérémie Lafraire, research group leader in cognitive sciences at the IPBR:
Publications
Peer reviewed publications
Hamaoui, J., Stefaniak, N., & Segond, H. (2022). The influence of vestibular system and fetal presentation on handedness, cognitive and motor development: A comparison between cephalic and breech presentation. Developmental Science, 00, e13317. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13317
Hamaoui, J., Maumy-Bertrand, M., & Segond, H. (2021). Laterality and visuospatial strategies among young children: A novel 3D-2D transcription task. Laterality, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2021.1892715
Lafraire, J., Rioux, C., Hamaoui, J., Girgis, H., Nguyen, S., & Thibaut, J. P. (2020). Food as a borderline domain of knowledge: The development of domain-specific inductive reasoning strategies in young children. Cognitive Development, 56, 100946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100946
International communications
Hamaoui, J., Minella, C., Sananes, N., & Segond, H. (2020). The influence of non-genetic factors in the ontogenesis of laterality: Consequences of the intrauterine asymmetries. Virtual North Sea Meeting on Laterality. University of Bergen, Norway, 27 August 2020.
Lafraire, J., Rioux, C., Hamaoui, J., Girgis, H., Nguyen, S., Thibaut, J.-P. (2019). The development of induction strategies in 4-7 years old children across three domains of knowledge. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD 2019 Biennial Meeting). Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 21 to 23 March 2019.
National communications
Hamaoui, J., Stefaniak, N., Segond, H. (2022). The role of intrauterine stress and vestibular asymmetries in the development of laterality. Journée jeunes chercheurs de la faculté de psychologie. Strasbourg, France, 1 Juillet 2022.
Hamaoui, J., Minella, C., Sananes, N., & Segond, H. (2020). Asymétries fœtales et développement vestibulaire : un modèle d'explication des origines prénatales des troubles de la coordination et des apprentissages. Strasbourg Translational Research on the Autism Spectrum & Neurodevelopmental Disorders (STRAS&ND). Strasbourg, France, 11 December 2020.
Hamaoui, J., Minella, C., Sananes, N., Maumy-Bertrand, M., Demont, E., Rohmer, O., Segond, H. (2019a). Position fœtale et système vestibulaire : un modèle explicatif des troubles de la coordination et des apprentissages. 15èmes journées du Groupe de Réflexion en Psychopathologie Cognitive (GREPACO). Reims Champagne-Ardenne, le 6-7 Juin 2019.
Hamaoui, J., Minella, C., Sananes, N., Maumy-Bertrand, M., Demont, E., Rohmer, O., Segond, H. (2019b). Projet LATERALCOG: Développement normal et pathologique de la Latéralité, Cognition et Apprentissages scolaires. 60e Congrès annuel de la Société Française de Psychologie : Apprentissages, Vulnérabilités, Préventions. Poitiers, le 4 au 6 Septembre 2019.
Hamaoui, J., Legrand, F., Giersky, F. (2017). La contribution de l’activité physique dans la réduction du craving chez les patients souffrants de troubles psychotiques. La thymi’dité des émotions. Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France, 9 June 2017.
Teaching activities
Teaching undergraduate students at the faculty of psychology, Strasbourg, France (2019-2022).
- Early child development (Masters)
- Aging (Masters)
- Fundamentals of research (Masters)
- Research project and thesis supervision (Masters)
- Prenatal origins (Bachelor)
- Child development and playing (Bachelor)
- Initiation to research (Bachelor)
- Psychometrics (Bachelor)
- Observation (Bachelor)
- Child social development (joint attention) (Bachelor)
Research activities
Member of the research committee of the faculty of psychology, University of Strasbourg (2019-present)
Organization of scientific events:
Organization of the scientific symposium « La thymi’dité des émotions » at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (2017)