Alexandre Lehmann

Alexandre Lehmann, M.Eng. Ph.D., is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in several aspects of human auditory processing.

Initially trained as an Engineer, he received his Ph.D. from Pierre and Marie-Curie University (France). He conducted his doctoral work at the College de France and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (Germany). As a post-doctoral fellow, he conducted research at the international laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound research (BRAMS) and Montreal Geriatric Institute's research center (CRIUGM). At the autonomous University of Morelos State (UAEM, Mexico), he worked as a visiting researcher and an invited professor in cognitive neuroscience. He is currently assistant professor at McGill University (Departement of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine) and adjunct professor at University of Montreal’s Psychology Department. He is also a principal member of the CRBLM (Centre for Research on Brain Language and Mind).

Using electro-encephalography and virtual reality he has been investigating brain plasticity and sensorimotor integration, applied to the topics of spatial perception, selective attention and efferent modulation. He is carrying out experiments on consonance perception in individuals with pitch deficits, as well as on the multisensory integration of speech and music. He recently co-developed a neural entrainment paradigm to simultaneously record activity from both cortical and subcortical structures. He is currently applying those approaches to investigate performance and rehabilitation in cochlear implant users.