RESEARCH INTERESTS
My past research reflects a passionate interest in human prosociality (i.e. altruism, cooperation) and interdisciplinary research (cognitive neuroscience, experimental and developmental psychology, behavioral economics, human evolution). My main contribution to the topic was a greater understanding of 1) the neural mechanisms of human prosociality (PhD in a cognitive psychology institute; Centre of Brain and Cognition), 2) the development of prosociality in young children (developmental psychology; School of Psychology in the University of Ottawa), 3) the different mechanisms (patience, social norms) that modulate the development of children prosociality (social sciences; Institute for Advanced Studies in Toulouse), and 4) the impact of genetic relatedness on children cooperation (human evolution; TSE and SETE).
My recent interest in environmental psychology, anthropology and philosophy of human-nature interactions allow me to reconsider my topic “prosociality” as a broader concept including not only “human-human” interactions but also “human-animals” or “human-nature” interactions. Indeed, in addition to an innate and instinctive tendency to engage in prosocial behaviors, young children also display an innate attraction and “childish animism” for non-human living beings (e.g. biophilia). However, such a spontaneous inclination to appreciate non-humans can flourish only if it is adequately stimulated. For instance, very young children (2–7 y) display a natural curiosity and affinity for animals, but if not given opportunities to develop, their instinctive biophilia can fade as they grow older and, in the worst case, even develop into an aversion to some non-human species. Based on accumulated findings on non-humans’ emotions and intelligence and from ethnographic observations, my interdisciplinary research program will provide a greater understanding on the way children integrate nature into their social and ethical world and will intend to develop and evaluate new methods to improve long-term human-nature connectedness (observational, experimental and interventional studies). Given the urgency to face the environmental crisis, I will develop and evaluate new educational programs to encourage children’s innate biophilia in a way that allow them to develop a sustainable and resilient relationship with other living beings as they grow and to engage in “prosocial” behaviors towards the natural world.
SUMMARY C.V.
Date of Birth: 14/08/1986
1 child
ACTUAL POSITION
⎯ October 2022 to Present: Researcher at the SETE
● Domain: Psychology, Ecology, Health, Conservation
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
⎯ May-2021 to September 2022: Post-doctoral researcher at the SETE
● Project: Human-nature connectedness and perception of climate change in children
● Domain: Psychology, Ecology, Health
● Supervisors: Dr. Camille Parmesan
⎯ May-2020 to April 2021 Post-doctoral researcher at the SETE
● Project: Human-nature connectedness and perception of climate change in children
● Domain: Theoretical ecology, Psychology, Philosophy
● Supervisors: Dr. Michel Loreau and Dr. Claire de Mazancourt
⎯ Nov-2019 to Mar-2020: Research collaborator at the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
● Project: Altruistic giving in young children: the role of patience and social norm internalization
● Domain: Developmental Psychology, Behavioral economics
● Collaborator: Dr. Astrid Hopfensitz
⎯ Aug-2017 to Oct-2019: Parental Leave
⎯ Sept-2014 to Aug-2017: Research Fellow at the IAST.
● Project: Ultimate and proximate causes of prosociality (i.e., cooperation, altruism) in children aged 3-8
● Domain: Developmental Psychology, Economics, Behavior, Evolution
● Collaborators: Dr. Astrid Hopfensitz (TSE, IAST), Pr. Cristina Atance (CCLL, Ottawa), Dr. Alexis Chaine (SETE), Dr. Marie Bourjade (CLLE, Toulouse III) and Dr. Jonathan Stieglitz (IAST).
⎯ Oct-2013 to Jun-2014: Research Collaborator at the Childhood Cognition and Learning Laboratory (CCLL), School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada.
● Project: The development of patience and future thinking in preschoolers
● Domain: Developmental Psychology
● Supervisor: Pr. Cristina Atance
⎯ Oct-2009 to Feb-2013: PhD in the Center of Brain and Cognition (CerCo), Toulouse, France.
● Project: The dynamics of familiar face recognition: from detection to recognition
● Domain: Neuroscience, Behavior, Cognition
● Description: Behavioral and electrophysiological studies on familiar face processing in human adults and epileptic patients
● Supervisor: Dr. Emmanuel Barbeau
⎯ Sept-2008 to Jun-2009: Master degree in Neuropsychology and Cognition [1rst Rank], University of Toulouse.
● Project: Tip of the tongue state in normal adults and epileptic patients
● Domain: Neuroscience, Behavior, Cognition, Health, Language
● Supervisors: Dr. Emmanuel Barbeau (PhD, CerCo) and Dr. Luc Valton (MD, Rangueil Hospital, Toulouse)
⎯ Sept-2006 to Jun-2007: License (eq. bachelor): Physiology and Cellular Biology, University of Poitiers, France.
⎯ Sept-2002 to Jun-2003: Baccalauréat (S) specialized in Biology in Angoulême, France.
PUBLICATIONS (* equal contributions; Impact factors (IF))
Working papers
17) Barragan-Jason, G. & Loreau, M. (in prep.). Five misconceptions that prevent humanity from achieving sustainability.
Peer-reviewed
20) Barragan-Jason, G., Loreau, M., de Mazancourt, C., Singer, M. C., & Parmesan, C. (2023). Psychological and physical connections with nature improve both human well-being and nature conservation: A systematic review of meta-analyses. Biological Conservation, 277, 109842. (IF : 7.50)
19) Cazalis, V., Loreau, M., & Barragan‐Jason, G. (2022). A global synthesis of trends in human experience of nature. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. (IF : 13.78)
18) Barragan‐Jason, G., de Mazancourt, C., Parmesan, C., Singer, M. C., & Loreau, M. (2022). Human–nature connectedness as a pathway to sustainability: A global meta‐analysis. Conservation Letters, 15(1), e12852. (IF : 10.07)
17) Cauchoix, M., Barragan Jason, G., Biganzoli, A., Briot, J., Guiraud, V., El Ksabi, N., ... & Chaine, A. S. (2022). The OpenFeeder: A flexible automated RFID feeder to measure interspecies and intraspecies differences in cognitive and behavioural performance in wild birds. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(9), 1955-1961. (IF : 8.33)
16) Barragan‐Jason, G., & Hopfensitz, A. (2022). Self‐control is negatively linked to prosociality in young children. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, e2314. (IF : 2.44)
15) Barragan-Jason, G. & Hopfensitz, A. (2021). Children with higher screen time exposure were less likely to show patience and to make school friends at 4-6 years of age. Acta Paediatrica (IF : 2.91)
14) Barragan-Jason, G., Cauchoix, M., Regnier A., Bourjade M., Hopfensitz A., Chaine AS. (2021) Schoolchildren cooperate more successfully with non-kin than with siblings. Proc. R. Soc. B 288: 2020951. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2951(IF : 5.53)
13) Delorme, A., Grandchamp, R., Curot, J., Barragan-Jason, G., Denuelle, M., Sol, J.C., & Valton, L. (2021). Effect of meditation on intracerebral EEG in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy: A case report. EXPLORE.(IF : 1.363)
12) Cauchoix, M., Chaine, A. S., & Barragan-Jason, G. (2020). Cognition in context: Plasticity in cognitive performance in response to ongoing environmental variables. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 106. (IF : 2.686)
11) Cauchoix M, Chow PKY, van Horik JO, Atance CM, Barbeau EJ, Barragan-Jason G, Bize P, BoussardA, Buechel SD, Cabirol A, Cauchard L, Claidière N, Dalesman S, Devaud JM, Didic M, Doligez B, Fagot J, Fichtel C, Henke-von der Malsburg J, Hermer E, Huber L, Huebner F, Kappeler PM, Klein S, Langbein J, Langley EJG, Lea SEG, Lihoreau M, Lovlie H, Matzel LD, Nakagawa S, Nawroth C, Oesterwind S, Sauce B, Smith E, Sorato E, Tebbich S, Wallis LJ, Whiteside MA, Wilkinson A, Chaine AS, Morand-Ferron J. (2018) The repeatability of cognitive performance: a meta-analysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373: 20170281. (IF : 6.139)
10) Barragan-Jason, G., Atance, C., Stieglitz, J., Hopfensitz, A., & Cauchoix, M. (2018). Commentary: Revisiting the Marshmallow Test: A Conceptual Replication Investigating Links Between Early Delay of Gratification and Later Outcomes. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 2719. (IF : 2.99)
9) Barragan-Jason, G., Atance, C., Kopp, L., & Hopfensitz, A. (2018). Two facets of patience in young children: Waiting with and without an explicit reward. Journal of experimental child psychology, 171, 14-30. (IF : 2.424)
8) Barragan‐Jason, G., & Atance, C. M. (2017). A new approach to measuring patience in preschoolers. Developmental psychobiology, 59(6), 738-748. (IF : 2.494)
7) Besson, G; Barragan-Jason, G; Thorpe, SJ; Fabre-Thorpe, M; Puma, S; Ceccaldi, M; Barbeau, EJ; (2017), From face processing to face recognition: Comparing three different processing levels, Cognition, 158, 33-43. (IF : 3.634)
6) Barragan-Jason, G.*, Cauchoix, M.*, Barbeau, E.J. (2015). The neural speed of familiar face recognition, Neuropsychologia, 75, 390-401. (IF : 3.05)
5) Barragan-Jason, G*., Cauchoix ,M.*, Serre, T., Barbeau E.J. (2014). The neural dynamics of face detection in the wild revealed by MVPA, The Journal of Neuroscience. (IF : 6.074)
4) Condret, V., Barragan-Jason, G., Marlats, F., Denuelle, M., Nespoulous, J.-L., Valton, L., Barbeau, E.J. (2014). Object and proper name retrieval in temporal lobe epilepsy: a study of difficulties and latencies, Epilepsy Research, 108(10), 1825-1838. (IF : 2.178)
3) Barragan-Jason, G., Besson, G., Ceccaldi, M., Barbeau, E.J. (2013). Fast and Famous: Looking for the fastest speed at which a face can be recognized, Frontiers in Psychology, Cognitive Science, 4, 100. (IF : 2.129)
2) Curot, J., Denuelle, M., Busigny, T., Barragan-Jason, G., Kany, M., Tall, P., Marlat, F., Fabre, N., Valton, L. (2013). Bilateral Wada test: Amobarbital or propofol? Seizure. (IF : 2.059)
1) Barragan-Jason, G., Lachat, F., Barbeau, E. J. (2012). How fast is famous face recognition? Frontiers in Psychology, Perception Science, 3, 454. (IF : 2.129)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Invited presentations
Barragan-Jason, G. (2019), Approche interdisciplinaire de la pro-socialité humaine, Workshop, Laboratoire Octogone-Lordat, Toulouse, France.
Barragan-Jason, G., Hopfensitz, A. (2018), Patience and altruistic giving in young children, Developmental Origins of Economic Preferences, Toulouse, France.
Barragan-Jason, G. Interindividual variability in human children (2017). Causes and Consequences of Individual Differences in Cognition, Exeter, UK.
Barragan-Jason, G., Grandchamp R., (2013) Interdisciplinary conference on human-animal relationship: Round table on how to study human-animal relationship, University of Lyon 2, France.
Other selected presentations
Barragan-Jason, G., Atance, C. (2016), Patience in young children, 2nd PIREN meeting, Ax-les-thermes, France.
Barragan-Jason, G., Atance, C. (2016), Why be patient? Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary, January 2016.
Barragan-Jason, G., Atance, C. (2015), Patience is a virtue but can we measure it? 11th Ecology and behavior conference, Toulouse, France, May 2015.
Barragan-Jason, G., Atance, C. (2014), The development of patience as a virtue in young children, Development 2014: A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Carleton University, Canada, May 2014.
Barragan-Jason, G., Cauchoix, M., Serre, T., Barbeau E.J., Valton, M. (2012) The dynamics of face processing: from detection to recognition, European society of cognitive and affective neuroscience (ESCAN), Marseille, France, May 2012.
Barragan-Jason, G., Lachat, F., Barbeau, E.J. (2011). Rapid recognition of famous faces: Isn’t it in fact relatively slow? Perception ECVP Abstract Supplement, page 119, (Toulouse, France).
Barragan-Jason, G., Fabié, A., Barbeau, E.J. (2011). Categorizing faces, recognizing famous faces: Any relationship? Perception 40 ECVP Abstract Supplement, page 158, (Toulouse, France).
Barragan-Jason, G., Lachat, F., Barbeau, E.J. (2011). The time course of familiar face processing, ICOM5 (York, England).
Condret, V., Barragan-Jason, G., Marlats, F., Denuelle, M., Nespoulous, J.-L., Valton, L.,
Barbeau, E.J. (2011). What is your name again? Proper name retrieval failures characterization in temporal lobe epilepsies. ICOM5 (York, England).
Barragan-Jason, G., Lachat, F., Barbeau, E.J. (2011). The time course of individual face processing, Journal of Vision 11 (11), 593-593, (Florida, USA).
Barragan-Jason, G., Lachat, F., Barbeau, E.J. Is face recognition fast, very fast or relatively slow? (2010). Réunion d’Hiver de la Société de Neuropsychologie de Langue Française (SNLF) (Toulouse, France). [Best poster award]
Barragan-Jason, G., Lachat, F., Barbeau, E.J. (2010). The time course of individual face processing, Second Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology (Amsterdam, Holland).
TEACHING
2009-2011: Human physiology, University of Toulouse 3
- Undergraduate students in Psychomotricity (1st year), 40 hours, 35 students
- Undergraduate students in Orthoptics (1st and 2nd year), 12 hours, 40 students
- Motor cells, Sleep, Pain, EEG.
STUDENT SUPERVISION
2018-2019: Regnier A., 5 months (Master student)
- Project: Effect of social relationship and kinship on cooperation
2017: Mahnich C., Bribard Z., Maroudy S., 3 months
- Project: Patience and cooperation in young children
2016: Martineau C., Mahnich C. and Bribard Z. (Master students), 2 months
- Project: Patience and cooperation in young children and baboons
2015: Martin M. (Master student) and Maroudy S. (Undergraduate student), 2 months
- Project: Patience and delay gratification in infants
2014: Khadra K. (Undergraduate student), 2 months
- Project: Patience in children
2012: Bonnet C. (Undergraduate student), 2 weeks
- Project: Effect of speed constraints on face recognition.
2012: Dirk D. (Undergraduate student, summer internship)
- Project: Personally known face database.
2011: Fabié A. (Master student), 3 months
- Project: Effect of familiarity on face detection.
2010: Puma S. (Bachelor student), 6 weeks
- Project: Personally known face processing.
PUBLIC OUTREACH & OFFICIAL COMMITMENTS
2018 to 2020: Scientific presentations to teachers, parents and inspectors in local schools.
2017: “Envie de SavoirS” association founder (association of researchers in ecology, psychology and evolution aiming to make science accessible for non-scientists).
2015: Interview by local media “Radio-du-Couserans” on patience in young children.
2015-2017: Founder and Member of the organization committee of the Pyrenean Interdisciplinary Research EveNt (PIREN).
2009-2012: Student and post-docs representative at the lab council (CerCo) http://www.cerco.ups-tlse.fr/
2011: Member of organization committee of the European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP) in Toulouse.
2009-2011: Active member (secretary (2009), vice-secretary (2010)) of InCOGnu Association (Association of young researcher in cognitive sciences) http://www.incognu.fr/
2009-2011: Member of organization committee of Brain’s week (workshop, conference), “Expo-science” and “Scientilivre” in Toulouse, France.
2009: Member of organization committee of the French Cognitive Science Young Researcher Conference in Toulouse. http://fresco.risc.cnrs.fr/cjcsc2009/
AWARDS
2014: IAST Research Fellowship (160,000 euros)
2011: ATUPS Travel Fellowship (1,500 euros)
2010: Best poster award at the Neuropsychological Society meeting, Toulouse, France (300 euros).
2009: Merit Fellowship from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (60,000 euros)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Advanced experimental methodologies
· Electroencephalographic recording system:
- Scalp Electroencephalography: ANT recording system, Neuroscan recording system
- Intracranial recording in epileptic patients: Micromed recording system
· Experimental design (Psychophysics Programming software):
- Eprime, OpenSesame, Matlab.
· Participant testing:
- Human adults and children from Western populations (Toulouse in France, Ottawa in Canada)
- Epileptic patients (human adults)
· Data analysis
- Software: R, Matlab, SPSS, EEGlab, Brain Vision.
- Statistical analysis: Multilvariate statistics (GLM, GLMM), Network analysis in R
- Electrophysiological analysis: Event-related potentials (ERP), time frequency analysis, machine learning
REFERENCES
upon request
PUBLICATIONS
Cazalis, V., Loreau, M. & Barragan-Jason, G.
(2023) - A global synthesis of trends in human experience of nature - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 21: 85-93Barragan-Jason, G., Loreau, M., de Mazancourt, C., Singer, M. C. & Parmesan, C.
(2023) - Psychological and physical connections with nature improve both human well-being and nature conservation : a systematic review of meta-analyses - Biological Conservation 277: 109842V Cazalis, M Loreau, G Barragan‐Jason
(2022) - A global synthesis of trends in human experience of nature -Barragan-Jason, G., de Mazancourt, C., Parmesan, C., Singer, M. C. & Loreau, M.
(2022) - Human-nature connectedness as a pathway to sustainability: a global meta-analysis - Conservation LettersG Barragan‐Jason, A Hopfensitz
(2022) - Self‐control is negatively linked to prosociality in young children -Maxime Cauchoix, Gladys Barragan Jason, Arnauld Biganzoli, Jérôme Briot, Vincent Guiraud, Nory El Ksabi, David Lieuré, Julie Morand‐Ferron, Alexis S Chaine
(2022) - The OpenFeeder: A flexible automated RFID feeder to measure interspecies and intraspecies differences in cognitive and behavioural performance in wild birds -Barragan-Jason G., Hopfenstitz A.
(2021) - Children with higher screen time exposure were less likely to show patience and to make school friends at 4‐6 years of age - Acta Paediatrica Delorme A., Grandchamp R., Curot J., Barragan-Jason G., Denuelle M.
Barragan-Jason G., de Mazancourt C., Parmesan C., Singer M., Loreau M.
Barragan-Jason G., Hopfensitz A.
Barragan-Jason G., Cauchoix M., Regnier A., Bourjade M., Hopfensitz A.and Chaine A.S.
Barragan-Jason G., Atance C.M., Hopfensitz A., Stieglitz J., Cauchoix M.
Cauchoix M., Chow P.K.Y, Van Horik J.O., Atance C.M., Barbeau E.J., Barragan-Jason G., Bize P., Boussard A., Severine D Buechel S.D., Cabirol A., Cauchard L., Claidière N.,Dalesman S., Devaud J.M., Didic M., Doligez B., Fagot J., Fichtel C., Henke-Von Der Malsburg J., Hermer E., Huber L., Huebner F ., Kappeler P.M., Klein S., Langbein J., Langley E.J.G., Lea S.E.G., Lihoreau M., Lovlie H., Matzel L.D. , Nakagawa S., Nawroth C., Oesterwind S., Sauce B., Smith E.A., Sorato E., Tebbich S., Wallis L.J. , Whiteside M.A., Wilkinson A., Chaine A.S. , Morand-Ferron J.
(2018) - The repeatability of cognitive performance: a meta-analysis - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences