Associate Professor, Department of Learning Disabilities
Email: akhateb@construct.haifa.ac.il
Research Interests: Brain regions involved in language selection processes in bilinguals, brain basis of diglossia in the Arabic language among Arabic-Hebrew bilinguals, clinical case studies in neuropsychology
Education:
- Ph.D. in Experimental and Applied Psychobiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1998
- M.A. in Experimental and Applied Psychobiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1990
- License in Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1988
Courses:
- Neuropsychological Aspects of Learning
- Clinical Neuropsychology of Visual Impairments
- Introduction to fMRI Analysis
- Selected Texts from Brain Imaging Research on Reading
Recent Publications:
KHATEB, A., FORT, P., WILLIAMS, S., SERAFIN, M., MUHLETHALER, M. & JONES, B.E. GABAergic input to cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons, Neuroscience, (1998) 86:937-947.
ANNONI, J.M., KHATEB, A., CUSTODI, M.C., DEBEAUVAIS, V., MICHEL, C.M. & LANDIS, T. Advantage of semantic therapy in chronic aphasics: a study on three cases. Aphasiology, (1998) 12:1093-1105.
KHATEB, A., ANNONI, J.M., LANDIS, T., PEGNA, A.J., CUSTODI, M.C., FONTENEAU, E., MORAND, S.M. & MICHEL, C.M. Spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity during semantic and phonological word processing. International Journal of Psychophysiology, (1999) 32: 215-231.
KHATEB, A., PEGNA, A.J., MICHEL, C.M., CUSTODI, M.C., LANDIS, T. & ANNONI, J.M. Semantic category and rhyming processing in the left and right cerebral hemisphere. Laterality (Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition), (2000) 5: 35-53.
KHATEB, A., MICHEL, C.M., PEGNA, A.J., LANDIS, T. & ANNONI J.M. New insights into the Stroop effect: An electrophysiological study, Neuroreport, (2000) 11:1849-1855.
MORAND, S., THUT, G., GRAVE DE PERALTA, R., CLARKE, S., KHATEB, A., LANDIS, T. & MICHEL, C.M. Electrophysiological evidence for fast visual processing through the human konicellular pathway when stimuli move, Cerebral Cortex, (2000) 10:817-825.
THUT, G., HAUERT, C.A., BLANKE, O., MORAND, S., SEECK, M., GONZALEZ, S.L., GRAVE DE PERALTA, R., SPINELLI, L., KHATEB, A., LANDIS, T. & MICHEL, C.M. Visually induced activity in human frontal motor areas during simple visuomotor performance, Neuroreport, (2000) 11:2843-2848.
KHATEB, A., MICHEL, C.M., PEGNA, A.J., THUT, G., LANDIS, T. & ANNONI, J.M. The time course of semantic category processing in the cerebral hemispheres: an electrophysiological study, Cognitive Brain Research, (2001) 10:251-264.
MICHEL, C.M., THUT, G., MORAND, S., KHATEB, A., PEGNA, A.J., GRAVE DE PERALTA, R., GONZALES, S., SEECK, M. & LANDIS, T. Electric imaging of human brain functions, Brain Research Reviews, (2001) 36:108-118.
SEGHIER, M., LAZEYRAS, F., MOMJIAN, S., ANNONI, J.M., DE TRIBOLET, N. & KHATEB, A. Language representation in a patient with a dominant right hemisphere: fMRI evidence for an intrahemispheric reorganisation, Neuroreport, (2001) 12:2785-2790.
PEGNA, A.J., PETIT, L., CALDARA-SCHNETZER, A.S., KHATEB, A., ANNONI J.M., STAJZEL, R. & LANDIS, T. (2001). So near yet so far: neglect in far or near space depends on tool use, Annals of Neurology, 50: 820-822.
PEGNA, A.J., CALDARA-SCHNETZER, A.S., PERRIG, S., LAZEYRAS, F., KHATEB, A., MAYER, E., SEECK, M. & LANDIS, T. Is the right amygdala involved in visuospatial memory? Evidence from MRI volumetric measures, European Neurology, (2002) 47:148-155.
KHATEB, A., PEGNA, A.J., MICHEL, C.M., LANDIS, T. & ANNONI J.M. Dynamics of brain activation during an explicit word and image recognition task: an electrophysiological study, Brain Topography, (2002) 14:197-213.
ANNONI, J.M., MICHEL, C.M., LANDIS, T. & KHATEB, A. [Variabilité de l'activation hémisphérique droite lors du traitement sémantique des mots chez des patients aphasiques: étude électrophysiologique de trois cas], Revue Neurologique (Paris), (2002) 158:317-331.
PEGNA, A.J. KHATEB, A., MURRAY, M.M., LANDIS, T., MICHEL, M.M., Neural processing of illusory and real contours revealed by high-density ERP mapping, Neuroreport, (2002) 24:865-968.
ANNONI, J.M., PTAK, R., CALDARA, A.S., KHATEB, A. & ZEI POLLERMANN, B. Decoupling of autonomic and cognitive emotional reactions after cerebellar stroke: a case report. Annals of Neurology, (2003) 53:654-658.
ANNONI, J.M., & KHATEB, A. (2003). Reply (to Gondim, F.D. & De Oliveira G.R. Is decoupling of autonomic and cognitive emotional reactions a manifestation of cerebellar stroke or hydrocephalus? Annals of Neurology, 2003, 54: 555-556). Annals of Neurology, 54:5.
KHATEB, A., MICHEL, C.M., PEGNA, A.J., D. O’DOCHARTAIGH, S., LANDIS, T., ANNONI, J.M. Processing of semantic categorical and associative relations: An ERP mapping study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, (2003) 49:41-55. 2.205
MARTORY, M.D., MAYER, E., PEGNA, A.J. ANNONI, J.M., LANDIS, T. & KHATEB, A. Pure global acalculia following a left subangular lesion. Neurocase, (2003) 9: 319-328
ANNONI, J.M., KHATEB, A. GRAMIGNA, S., STAUB, F., CAROTA, A., & BOGOUSSLAVSKY, J. Chronic cognitive impairment following lateral thalamic infarcts: a study of nine cases. Archives of Neurology, (2003) 60:1439-1443.
KHATEB, A., MARTORY, M.D., ANNONI, J.M., LAZEYRAS, F., DE TRIBOLET, N., PEGNA, A.J., MAYER, E., MICHEL, C.M., SEGHIER, M. Transient crossed aphasia evidenced by functional brain imagery. Neuroreport, (2004) 15:785-790.
PEGNA, A.J., KHATEB, A., MICHEL, C.M., LANDIS, T. Visual recognition of faces, objects and words using degraded stimuli: where and when it occurs. Human Brain Mapping, (2004) 22:300-311.
SEGHIER, M.L., LAZEYRAS, F., PEGNA, J., ANNONI, J.M., ZIMINE, I., MAYER, E., MICHEL, C.M., KHATEB, A. Variability of fMRI activation during a phonological and semantic language task in healthy subjects. Human Brain Mapping, (2004) 23:140-155.
PEGNA, A.J., KHATEB, A., LAZEYRAS, F., SEGHIER, M.L. Discriminating emotional faces without primary visual cortices involves the right amygdala. Nature Neuroscience, (2005) 8:24-25.
KHATEB, A., AMMANN, J., ANNONI, J.M. DISERENS, C. Cognition enhancing effects of Donepezil in traumatic brain injury. European Neurology, (2005) 54:39-45.
GONZALEZ ANDINO, S.L., GRAVE DE PERALTA, R., KHATEB, A., PEGNA, A.J., THUT, G., LANDIS, T. A Glimpse into Your Vision, Human Brain Mapping, (2007), 7: 614-624.
KHATEB, A., PEGNA, A.J., LANDIS, T., MICHEL, C.M., BRUNET, D., SEGHIER, M.L., ANNONI, J.M. Rhyme processing in the brain: an ERP mapping study, International Journal of Psychophysiology, (2007), 63:240-250.
KHATEB, A., ABUTALEBI, J., MICHEL, C.M., PEGNA, A.J., LEE-JAHNKE, H., ANNONI, J.M. Language selection in bilinguals: a spatio-temporal analysis of electric brain activity, International Journal of Psychophysiology, (2007) 65:201-213.
SEGHIER, M.L., LAZEYRAS, F., PEGNA, A.J., ANNONI, J.M., KHATEB, A. Group analysis and the subject factor in fMRI: Analysis of 50 right-handed healthy subjects in a semantic language task, Human Brain Mapping, (2008) 29: 461-477.
ABUTALEBI, J., ANNONI, J.M., ZIMINE, I., PEGNA, A.J., SEGHIER, M.L., LEE-JAHNKE, H., LAZEYRAS, F., CAPPA, S.F., KHATEB, A. Language Control and Lexical Competition in Bilinguals: An Event-Related fMRI Study, Cerebral Cortex, (2008) 18: 1496-1505
PEGNA A.J., CALDARA-SCHNETZER, A.S., KHATEB, A. Visual search for facial expressions of emotion is less affected in simultanagnosia. Cortex, (2008) 44: 46-53.
PEGNA A.J., LANDIS, T., KHATEB, A. Electrophysiological evidence for early non-conscious processing of fearful facial expressions. International Journal of Psychophysiology (2008) 70:127-136.
GONZALEZ ANDINO, S.L., GRAVE DE PERALTA MENENDEZ, R., KHATEB, A., LANDIS, T., PEGNA, A.J., Electrophysiological correlates of affective blindsight, Neuroimage, (2009) 44: 581-589.
GENETTI, M., KHATEB, A., HEINZER, S., MICHEL, C.M., PEGNA, A.J. Temporal dynamics of awareness for facial identity revealed with ERP, Brain and cognition (2009) 69:296-305 .
KHATEB, A SIMON, S.R., DIEGUEZ, S., LAZEYRAS, F., MOMJIAN-MAYOR, I., BLANKE, O., LANDIS, T., PEGNA, A.J., ANNONI, J.M. Seeing the phantom: A functional MRI study of a supernumerary phantom limb. Annals of Neurology (2009) 65:698-705. The paper was subject to a press release by the publisher and was highlighted in Nature Reviews Neurology (2009) 5: 294.
