Benoit-Antoine Bacon
Professor, President and Vice-Chancellor
Keywords: Perception, vision, audition, multisensory, trauma
Research Interests
My research is focused on perception in the visual and auditory systems, and on the integration and processing of sensory signals in the brain towards elaborating our perception of what we call reality. I have also become interested in how trauma – physical and emotional – impacts brain structure and function, and in how these negative effects can be mitigated and even reversed. As someone with lived experience of childhood trauma, mental health struggles, and substance use, I speak publicly on these issues to break the stigma and promote the important idea that healing is always possible.
Selected Publications
Lefebvre, G., Guay, S., Chamard, E., Theaud, G., de Guise, E., Bacon, B.A., Descoteaux, M., De Beaumont, L., Théoret H. (2020) Diffusion tensor imaging in contact and non-contact university-level sport athletes. Journal of Neurotrauma. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2020.7170
Bacon, B.A. (2020) Healing From trauma: On the other side of pain, there is resilience, purpose and gratitude. Your Workplace Magazine. MAR/APR 2020, 22(2), 12-16.
Sharp, A., Houde, M.S., Bacon, B.A., & Champoux, F. (2019) Musicians show better auditory and tactile identification of emotions in music. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01976
Larson-Dupuis, C., Chamard, E., Falardeau, V., Frasnelli, J., Beaulieu, C., Poirier, J., Carrier, J., Lassonde, M., Theoret, H., Bacon, B.A., & De Beaumont, L. (2015) Impact of BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on olfactory functions of female concussed athletes. Brain Injury, 29(7-8), 963-970.
Pirmoradi, M., Beland, R., Nguyen, D.K., Bacon, B.A. & Lassonde, M. (2010) Language tasks used for the presurgical assessment of epileptic patients with MEG. Epileptic Disorders, 12(2), 97-108.