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Iris Menu

Ph.D

Associate professor

Paris Cité University

Iris is an Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience at the Université Paris Cité. After obtaining a Master's in Developmental Psychology, she completed a PhD at LaPsyDÉ under the supervision of Prof. Arnaud Cachia in 2022. She was then a post-doctoral fellow at New York University, School of Medicine, with Dr. Moriah Thomason.
Her research aims to integrate different data modalities (brain, genetic, behavioral, and environmental) using statistical tools derived from applied mathematics (network analysis, structural equation modeling, machine learning) to better characterize cognitive development and learning.
She is particularly interested in early factors, especially preterm birth, that may play a role in neurocognitive development.

PUBLICATIONS

Chen, B., Ji, L., Yoon, Y. B., Duffy, M., Menu, I., Trentacosta, C. J.,  & Thomason, M. E. (2025). Maternal prenatal psychological stress and  iron levels in the fetal brain. Developmental Psychobiology, 67(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70062

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Cachia, A., Dupont, C., Palmis, S., Menu, I., Auzias, G., Sein, J.,  Coulon, O., & Longcamp, M. (2025). The sulcal patterns of the  occipito-temporal and anterior cingulate cortices influence reading and  writing in children and adults. Cerebral Cortex, 35(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf145

Reed, E., Ji, L., Beeghly, M., Majbri,  A., Bhatia, T., Duffy, M., Menu, I., Trentacosta, C. & Thomason, M.  E. (2025). Fetal functional connectivity: Examining the role of prenatal  maternal depression symptoms using graph theory. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 101585https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101585

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Menu, I., Duffy, M., Bhatia, T., Trapaga, S., John, J., Music, S.,  Nicholas, D., Yim, S., & Thomason, M. E. (2025). Large-scale  examination of hot and cool executive function in children born preterm.  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 75, 101593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101593

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Menu, I., Borst, G., & Cachia, A. (2024). Latent Network Analysis of Executive Functions Across Development. Journal of Cognition, 7(1), 31, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.355

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Menu, I., Ji, L., Trentacosta, C., Jacques, S., Qureshi, F. & Thomason, M. (2024). Prenatal  chronic inflammation and children’s executive function development. Child Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2024.2434215

Ji, L., Menu, I., Majbri, A., Bhatia, T., Trentacosta, C. & Thomason, M. (2024). Trajectories  of human brain functional connectome maturation across the birth transitionPLoS Biology,  22(11), e3002909. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002909

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Maximino-Pinheiro, M., Menu, I., Boissin, E., Brunet, L.A., Barone, C., & Borst, G. (2024).  Metacognition as a mediator of the relation between family SES and language and mathematical abilities in preschoolers. Scientific Reports, 14, 10392. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60972-0

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Menu, I., Ji, L., Bhatia, T., Duffy, M., Hendrix, C. & Thomason, M. (2024). Beyond average outcomes: A latent profile analysis of diverse developmental trajectories in preterm and early term‐born children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14143

Mathan, J., Maximino-Pinheiro, M., He, Q., Rezende, G., Menu, I.,  Tissier, C., Salvia, E., Mevel, K., Le Stanc, L., Vidal, J., Moyon, M.,  Delalande, L., Orliac, F., Poirel, N., Oppenheim, C., Houdé, O.,  Chaumette, B., Borst, G., & Cachia, A. (2024). Effects of parental  socioeconomic status on offspring's fetal neurodevelopment. Cerebral Cortex, 34(11), bhae443, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae443

Rezende, G., Le Stanc, L., Menu, I., Cassotti, M., Aïte, A., Salvia, E., Houdé, O., Borst, G.*, & Cachia, A.* (2023). Differential effects of mindfulness meditation and cognitive training on cool and hot inhibitory control in children and adolescents. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105741. 

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Omont-Lescieux, S., Menu, I., Salvia, E., Poirel, N., Oppenheim, C.,  Houdé, O., Cachia, A., & Borst, G. (2023). Lateralization of the  cerebral network of inhibition in children before and after cognitive  training. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 63, 101293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101293

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Menu, I., Rezende, G., Le Stanc, L., Borst, G., & Cachia, A. (2022) A network analysis of executive functions before and after computerized cognitive training in children and adolescents. Scientific Reports, 12, 14660. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17695-x

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Menu, I. (2022) Gene-brain-behavior characterization of executive function development and training: an integrative approach. [Doctoral dissertation, Université Paris Cité & CNRS]

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Menu, I., Rezende, G., Le Stanc, L., Borst, G., & Cachia, A., (2022). Inhibitory control training on executive functions of children and adolescents: A latent change score model approach. Cognitive Development, 64, 101231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101231

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