Sobh Chahboun

• 2013-2017: Doctor of Philosophy in Psycolinguistics.

   Thesis: Figurative language processing: a comparative study between typically developing individuals and highly-verbal individuals with autism.

• 2013-2016: Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher –Lanpercept ITN.
• 2012-2013: Master in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience by the University of Granada, Spain.
• 2010-2012: Master in Educational Psychology (Psycho-pedagogy) by the University of Granada, Spain.
• 2008-2010: Bachelor in Hearing and Language teaching by the University of Granada, Spain.
• 2005-2008: Bachelor in Speech Therapy and logopedics by the University of Granada, Spain.

Oral presentation :

Chahboun, S. (2021). Neurolingüística del lenguaje figurativo en Trastornos del espectro autista. 3^rd of july 2021. Los Realejos, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Spain,

Callizo, C., Flumini, A., Chahboun, S., Porsuk, K., Chai, K., Ouellet, M., Tutnjević, S., Kranjec, A., Göksun, T., Casasanto, D., Lavallee, J. & Santiago, J. (2018). A study on the spatial representation of time in different cultures and religions. 21^st Psychology days in Zadar. Zadar, Croatia.

Callizo, C., Flumini, A., Chahboun, S., Porsuk, K., Chai, K., Ouellet, M., Tutnjević, S., Kranjec, A., Göksun, T., Casasanto, D., Lavallee, J. & Santiago, J. (2018). Cross-cultural study on the role of religiosity and traditionality in time conceptualization. II Jornadas de Investigación del Centro Mente, Cerebro y Comportamiento. Granada, Spain.

Chahboun, S., Sullivan, B., Micai, M.,Vulchanov, V. Saldaña, D.,and Vulchanova, M. (2016). Can individuals with autism attribute human characteristics to animated geometrical figures? An eye tracking study. Language and perception international conference, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2016). 'Can you tell it by the prime: Metaphorical priming in high-functioning autism in comparison with matched controls.Workshop on “The role of pragmatic factors in child language processing”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

Chahboun, S. (2015). Investigación: Lenguaje y percepción en el síndrome de Asperger. Curso de Extensión Universitaria Síndrome de Asperger: Un Acercamiento Interdisciplinar. Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Spain.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2015) Contextual and visual cues in the interpretation of idioms in high functioning autism. Language and Perception: Theoretical Connections and Foundations (training school), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2015) Metaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. Language and Perception Conference, Trondheim, Norway.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2015) Metaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. Neurophysiological Methods for Language and Perception (training course), University of Saarbrücken, Germany.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2015) Metaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. NetWordS 2015: Word Knowledge and Word Usage Representations and Processes in the Mental Lexicon, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2015) Methaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. The Fifth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC 5), NTNU, Norway.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2014). The processing of figurative (indirect) language and pragmatic inferencing from visual context in typical and atypical language. Tobii Technology: LanPercept Workshop (midway evaluation), Stockholm, Sweden.

Poster presentation:

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D.,Sullivan, B., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2016). Contextual and visual cues in the interpretation of idioms in high functioning autism. The international meeting for Autism Research - IMFAR 2016, Baltimore, USA.

Micai, M., Chahboun, S., Vulchanova, M., Tirado, MJ. and Saldaña, D. (2016).  Cognitive components underlying reading speed and comprehension vary as a function of group: ASD vs. TD. Society of the Scientific Study of Reading". Porto, Portugal

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2015). Methaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. Donders discussions 2015. Donders institute.The Netherlands.

Chahboun, S., Flumini, A., Pérez Gonzalez, C., McManus, C.I. and Santiago, J. (2015). Reading and writing direction effects on the aesthetic perception of photographs. 19^th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP 2015). Cyprus.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2014). Contextual and visual cues in the interpretation of idioms in high functioning autism. ICPS: International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2014). Contextual and visual cues in the interpretation of idioms in high functioning autism. Cell Symposia: Translational Neuroscience 2014, Arlington, USA.

Micai, M., Vulchanova, M., Chahboun, S. and Saldaña, D. (2014) Can targeted instructions change the reading strategy of children with ASD? An EyeLink study. Cell Symposia: Translational Neuroscience 2014, Arlington, USA.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V., Saldaña, D. and Vulchanova, M. (2013) The processing of figurative (indirect) language and pragmatic inferencing from visual context in typical and atypical language. Cognition and Language in Developmental Disorders Workshop, University of Seville, Spain.

Media impact:

Chahboun Sobh and Veronika Søum, Autistiske barn kan lære bildespråk. Forskning 23.10 2017 07:14

Chahboun Sobh and Veronika Søum, Autistiske barn kan lære bildespråk. Gemini 25.10 2017

Chahboun Sobh, Bazilchuk Nancy Reney and Vulchanova Mila Dimitrova. Language and perception in children with autism. Gemini [Fagblad] 2015-08-03

Chahboun Sobh, Vulchanova Mila Dimitrova and Lervik Nora. Vil hjelpe autister å forstå billedspråk. NRK - Viten [Internett] 2015-08-12

Chahboun Sobh; Voß Friederike; Foyn Camilla Hellum; Tveit Håvard. Eye Tracking Methodology. Researchers' Night 2014, NTNU, Norway; 2014-09-26 - 2014-09-26

Chahboun Sobh; Eshuis Rik; Vulchanova Mila Dimitrova; Vulchanov Valentin; Nilsen Randi Alice; Foyn Camilla Hellum; Voss Friederike Ingeborg; Tveit Håvard; Wohlrapp Dorota. (2014) Språkforståelse og -misforståelse. Researchers' Night.

Vulchanova Mila Dimitrova, Chahboun Sobh and Voss Friederike Ingeborg. The traps of communication. Pan European Networks: Science & Technology 2014 ;Volum 12.

Chahboun Sobh; Foyn Camilla Hellum; Eshuis Rik; Voß Friederike; Bochynska Agata; Havas Viktoria; Nilsen Randi Alice; Baggio Giosuè. Språk: Mat for tanken?. Researchers' Night 2015; 2015-09-25 - 2015-09-25.

Page, A. G., & Chahboun, S. (2024). The presentation and self-presentation of mosques in Norwegian mediascapes: construction of ‘the good ones’. Culture and Religion, 1-20.

Lehn, E. W., Chahboun, S., & Page, A. G. (2023). Purity or perversion? from taboo to fact: kindergarten teachers’ reflections on age-normal sexuality. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1212456.

Chahboun, S., Stenseng, F., & Page, A. G. (2022). The changing faces of autism: The fluctuating international diagnostic criteria and the resulting inclusion and exclusion—A Norwegian perspective. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13.

Gunnestad, A., Mørreaunet, S., Chahboun, S., & Pearson, J. (2022). Values in Early Childhood Education (ECE): A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Values for ECE Expressed in Policy Documents. ECNU Review of Education, 20965311221109842.

Callizo-Romero, C., Tutnjević, S., Pandza, M., Ouellet, M.,  Kranjec, A., Ilić, S., Gu, Y., Göksun, T., Chahboun, S., Casasanto, D. & Santiago, J. (2022) Does time extend asymmetrically into the past and the future? A multitask crosscultural study. Language and Cognition  ;Volume 14.(2) p. 1-28

Chahboun, S., Kvello, Ø., & Page, A. G. (2021). Extending the Field of Extended Language: A Literature Review on Figurative Language Processing in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Frontiers in Communication, 143.

Callizo-Romero, C., Tutnjević, S., Pandza, M., Ouellet, M., Kranjec, A., Ilić, S., Gu, Y., Göksun, T., Chahboun, S., Casasanto, D. and Santiago, J. (2020).Temporal Focus And Time Spatialization Across Cultures. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1-12.

Callizo-Romero, C., Tutnjević, S., Pandza, M., Ouellet, M., Kranjec, A., Ilić, S., Gu, Y., Göksun, T., Chahboun, S., Casasanto, D. and Santiago, J. (2020).Temporal Focus And Time Spatialization Across Cultures. Conference paper CogSci 2020.

Page, A. G., & Chahboun, S. (2019). Emerging empowerment of international students: how international student literature has shifted to include the students’ voices. Higher Education, 1-15.

Vulchanova, M., Chahboun, S., Galindo-Prieto, B., & Vulchanov, V. (2019). Gaze and Motor Traces of Language Processing: Evidence from Autism Spectrum Disorders in Comparison to Typical Controls. Cognitive neuropsychology, 1-27.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V. Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M., (2017). Can you tell it by the prime? A study of metaphorical priming in high‐functioning autism in comparison with matched controls. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 52 (6), 766-785.

Page, A. G., McManus, C., González, C. P., & Chahboun, S. (2017). Is Beauty in the Hand of the Writer? Influences of Aesthetic Preferences through Script Directions, Cultural, and Neurological Factors: A Literature Review. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1325.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V. Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M. (2016). Can You Play with Fire and Not Hurt Yourself? A Comparative Study in Figurative Language Comprehension between Individuals with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. PloS one, 11(12), e0168571.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V. Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M., (2016). Predictors of metaphorical understanding in high functioning autism. Lingue e Linguaggio. vol. XV (1).

Chahboun, S., Flumini, A., Pérez González, C., McManus, I. C., & Santiago, J. (2016). Reading and writing direction effects on the aesthetic appreciation of photographs. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 22(3), 313-339.

Vulchanova, M., Saldaña, D., Chahboun, S. and Vulchanov, V. (2015) Figurative language processing in atypical populations: The ASD perspective. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. vol. 9:24.

Chahboun, S., Flumini, A., Pérez Gonzalez, C., McManus, C.I. and Santiago, J. (2015). Reading and writing direction effects on the aesthetic perception of photographs. Conference paper for CogSci 2015, At Los Angeles, CA. USA.

Chahboun, S., Vulchanov, V. Saldaña, D., Eshuis, H. and Vulchanova, M., (2015). Metaphorical priming in a lexical decision task in high functioning autism. NetWordS 2015: Word Knowledge and Word Usage Representations and Processes in the Mental Lexicon, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy.