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Franco Lepore

ResearcherOtolaryngologyUniversité de Montréal

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Franco Lepore

Researcher

Otolaryngology

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 21 research grants (15 NSERC, 6 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 6 trainee awards (6 CIHR), most recently in 2011.

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Research

Rehabilitation Auditory Performance Brain Reorganization Cochlear Implant Deafness Functional Connectivity Structural Brain Visual Performance

Latest papers

Running and Thinking: Unmasking the Lingering Effects of Sports Concussions Through Complex Dual-Task Testing.
Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
Maintaining Cognitive Performance at the Expense of Gait Speed for Asymptomatic Concussed Athletes: A Novel Dual-Task and Post-Exercise Assessment.
Brain sciences · 2024
Prefrontal cortex and amygdala anatomy in youth with persistent levels of harsh parenting practices and subclinical anxiety symptoms over time during childhood.
Development and psychopathology · 2022

All 66 publications

Latest funding

Predicting Cochlear Implant Outcomes through Multimodal Neuroimaging and Machine Learning Approaches
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$520,200
WHO is My Neighbour? Discussing Religious Phobia in the Public Square: Human Rights, Hindophobia, Islamophobia, and Antisemitism
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$92,000
The dangers of mobile multitasking : A multimethod approach to examine user distraction, habit, and countermeasure effectiveness
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$218,326

All 36 grants and awards

66 publications.

Running and Thinking: Unmasking the Lingering Effects of Sports Concussions Through Complex Dual-Task Testing.

Lavoie G, Bolduc M, Sicard V, Lepore F, Ellemberg D

Sports (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/sports13050144 PMID: 40423280

Maintaining Cognitive Performance at the Expense of Gait Speed for Asymptomatic Concussed Athletes: A Novel Dual-Task and Post-Exercise Assessment.

Lavoie G, Bolduc M, Sicard V, Lepore F, Ellemberg D

Brain sciences2024

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14070715 PMID: 39061455

Prefrontal cortex and amygdala anatomy in youth with persistent levels of harsh parenting practices and subclinical anxiety symptoms over time during childhood.

Suffren S, La Buissonnière-Ariza V, Tucholka A, Nassim M, Séguin JR, Boivin M, Kaur Singh M, Foland-Ross LC, Lepore F, Gotlib IH, Tremblay RE, Maheu FS

Development and psychopathology2022

DOI: 10.1017/s0954579420001716 PMID: 33745487

The Impact of Early Deafness on Brain Plasticity: A Systematic Review of the White and Gray Matter Changes.

Simon M, Campbell E, Genest F, MacLean MW, Champoux F, Lepore F

Frontiers in neuroscience2020Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00206 PMID: 32292323

Cross-modal plasticity and central deficiencies: the case of deafness and the use of cochlear implants.

Simon M, Campbell E, Lepore F

Handbook of clinical neurology2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64148-9.00025-9 PMID: 32977890

Within- and Cross-Modal Integration and Attention in the Autism Spectrum.

Charbonneau G, Bertone A, Véronneau M, Girard S, Pelland M, Mottron L, Lepore F, Collignon O

Journal of autism and developmental disorders2020

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04221-8 PMID: 31538259

Expected value and sensitivity to punishment modulate insular cortex activity during risky decision making.

Von Siebenthal Z, Boucher O, Lazzouni L, Taylor V, Martinu K, Roy M, Rainville P, Lepore F, Nguyen DK

Scientific reports2020

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68644-5 PMID: 32681146

Spatiotemporal dynamics of auditory information processing in the insular cortex: an intracranial EEG study using an oddball paradigm.

Citherlet D, Boucher O, Tremblay J, Robert M, Gallagher A, Bouthillier A, Lepore F, Nguyen DK

Brain structure & function2020

DOI: 10.1007/s00429-020-02072-z PMID: 32347366

Role of the insula in top-down processing: an intracranial EEG study using a visual oddball detection paradigm.

Citherlet D, Boucher O, Tremblay J, Robert M, Gallagher A, Bouthillier A, Lepore F, Nguyen DK

Brain structure & function2019

DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-01892-y PMID: 31129871

Chronic harsh parenting and anxiety associations with fear circuitry function in healthy adolescents: A preliminary study.

La Buissonnière-Ariza V, Séguin JR, Nassim M, Boivin M, Pine DS, Lepore F, Tremblay RE, Maheu FS

Biological psychology2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.03.019 PMID: 30935991

Predicting Cochlear Implant Outcomes through Multimodal Neuroimaging and Machine Learning Approaches

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lepore, Franco

Keywords: Auditory Impairment; Cochlear Implants (Cis); Cognitive Assessments; Cortical Plasticity; Cross-Modal Reorganization; Electroencephalography (Eeg); Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri/Fmri); Machine Learning (Ml); Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (Fnirs); Rehabilitation

$520,200

WHO is My Neighbour? Discussing Religious Phobia in the Public Square: Human Rights, Hindophobia, Islamophobia, and Antisemitism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Kirkpatrick, Patricia G.

Keywords: interreligious dialogue; interfaith dialogue; interfaith studies; anti-semitism; Islamaphobia; Hinduphobia

$92,000

The dangers of mobile multitasking : A multimethod approach to examine user distraction, habit, and countermeasure effectiveness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Léger, Pierre-Majorique

Keywords: multi-tasking; distraction; habit; countermeasures; task-technology fit; texting while walking

$218,326

The dangers of mobile multitasking : A multimethod approach to examine user distraction, habit, and countermeasure effectiveness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Léger, Pierre-Majorique

Keywords: multi-tasking; distraction; habit; countermeasures; task-technology fit; texting while walking

$68,658

Deafness Induced Brain Reorganization: a research program to examine how deafness modifies cortical functions and affects compensatory vision and auditory performance following cochlear implantation

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lepore, Franco

Keywords: Auditory Performance; Brain Reorganization; Cochlear Implant; Deafness; Functional Connectivity; Rehabilitation; Structural Brain; Visual Performance

$650,250

Deafness Induced Brain Reorganization: Impacts on Rehabilitation with Cochlear Implants

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lepore, Franco

Keywords: Auditory Performance; Brain Reorganization; Cochlear Implant; Deafness; Functional Connectivity; Rehabilitation; Structural Brain; Visual Performance

$100,000

Helium liquefier for human brain magnetometry

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Jolicoeur, Pierre

$150,000

Cognitive emotional and behavioral outcomes of mobile multitasking: a multimethod approach

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Léger, Pierre-Majorique

Keywords: multitasking; smart phone; task-technology-individual fit; cognitive absorption

$144,446

Sensory and emotional processing in the human insula

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Nguyen, Dang K

Keywords: Behaviour; Decision Making; Electrophysiology; Emotions; Insula; Motivation; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Pain; Sensory Processing

$397,540

Chaire De Recherche Du Canada En Neuroscience Cognitive

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lepore, Franco

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Franco Lepore

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Running and Thinking: Unmasking the Lingering Effects of Sports Concussions Through Complex Dual-Task Testing.

Maintaining Cognitive Performance at the Expense of Gait Speed for Asymptomatic Concussed Athletes: A Novel Dual-Task and Post-Exercise Assessment.

Prefrontal cortex and amygdala anatomy in youth with persistent levels of harsh parenting practices and subclinical anxiety symptoms over time during childhood.

The Impact of Early Deafness on Brain Plasticity: A Systematic Review of the White and Gray Matter Changes.

Cross-modal plasticity and central deficiencies: the case of deafness and the use of cochlear implants.

Within- and Cross-Modal Integration and Attention in the Autism Spectrum.

Expected value and sensitivity to punishment modulate insular cortex activity during risky decision making.

Spatiotemporal dynamics of auditory information processing in the insular cortex: an intracranial EEG study using an oddball paradigm.

Role of the insula in top-down processing: an intracranial EEG study using a visual oddball detection paradigm.

Chronic harsh parenting and anxiety associations with fear circuitry function in healthy adolescents: A preliminary study.

Predicting Cochlear Implant Outcomes through Multimodal Neuroimaging and Machine Learning Approaches

WHO is My Neighbour? Discussing Religious Phobia in the Public Square: Human Rights, Hindophobia, Islamophobia, and Antisemitism

The dangers of mobile multitasking : A multimethod approach to examine user distraction, habit, and countermeasure effectiveness

The dangers of mobile multitasking : A multimethod approach to examine user distraction, habit, and countermeasure effectiveness

Deafness Induced Brain Reorganization: a research program to examine how deafness modifies cortical functions and affects compensatory vision and auditory performance following cochlear implantation

Deafness Induced Brain Reorganization: Impacts on Rehabilitation with Cochlear Implants

Helium liquefier for human brain magnetometry

Cognitive emotional and behavioral outcomes of mobile multitasking: a multimethod approach

Sensory and emotional processing in the human insula

Chaire De Recherche Du Canada En Neuroscience Cognitive

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Laurent Mottron

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Mohamad Sawan

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Alain Dagher

Lionel Carmant

Ridha Joober

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Roberta La Piana

Pierre Orban

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Gilles Vandewalle

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