Dr. Karin Bütler

Education and Academic Career

Postdoctoral researcher (2018 – present), ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Postdoctoral researcher (2015 – present), Leenaards Memory Center (CLM), Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
Postdoctoral researcher (2015), Laboratory for Cognitive and Neurological Sciences (LCNS), Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
PhD in Neuroscience (BENEFRI; 2011-2015), Laboratory for Cognitive and Neurological Sciences (LCNS), Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland (Thesis supervisor: Prof. Jean-Marie Annoni)
Master of Science in Experimental Psychology and Neuropsychology (2010), Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2008), Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Özen, Özhan; Penalver-Andres, Joaquin; Villar Ortega, Eduardo; Buetler, Karin A.; Marchal-Crespo, Laura (15 October 2020). Haptic Rendering Modulates Task Performance, Physical Effort and Movement Strategy during Robot-Assisted Training. In: 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics & Biomechatronics (BioROB 2020) (pp. 1223-1228). IEEE 10.1109/BioRob49111.2020.9224317

Penalver-Andres, Joaquin; Buetler, Karin A.; König, Thomas; Müri, René M.; Marchal-Crespo, Laura (28 September 2020). Explicitness of task instructions supports motor learning and modulates engagement of attentional brain networks (In Press). In: International Conference on Neurorehabilitation (ICNR 2020).

Villar Ortega, Eduardo; Ansó, Juan; Bütler, Karin A.; Marchal-Crespo, Laura (25 September 2019). High-frequency transcutaneous cervical electrical stimulation: A pilot study (In Press). Artificial organs. Wiley-Blackwell

Özen, Özhan; Traversa, Flavio; Gadi, Sofiane; Bütler, Karin; Nef, Tobias; Marchal Crespo, Laura (29 July 2019). Multi-purpose Robotic Training Strategies for Neurorehabilitation with Model Predictive Controllers. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 754-759. IEEE 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779396

Bernardoni, Fabio; Özen, Özhan; Bütler, Karin; Marchal Crespo, Laura (June 2019). Virtual Reality Environments and Haptic Strategies to Enhance Implicit Learning and Motivation in Robot-Assisted Training. In: 2019 IEEE-RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR). Toronto, Canada. 24-28 JUNE, 2019. 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779420

Wenk, Nicolas; Peñalver de Andrés, Joaquín; Palma, Rara; Bütler, Karin; Müri, René; Nef, Tobias; Marchal Crespo, Laura (June 2019). Reaching in Several Realities: Motor and Cognitive Benefits of Different Visualization Technologies. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 1037-1042. IEEE 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779366

Radman, Narges; Britz, Juliane; Bütler, Karin; Weekes, Brendan S.; Spierer, Lucas; Annoni, Jean-Marie (2018). Dorsolateral Prefrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Modulates Language Processing but Does Not Facilitate Overt Second Language Word Production. Frontiers in neuroscience, 12(490), p. 490. Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fnins.2018.00490

Jost, Lea B.; Radman, Narges; Bütler, Karin; Annoni, Jean-Marie (2018). Behavioral and electrophysiological signatures of word translation processes. Neuropsychologia, 109, pp. 245-254. Elsevier 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.12.034

de Leon Rodriguez, Diego; Bütler, Karin A.; Eggenberger, Noëmi; Laganaro, Marina; Nyffeler, Thomas; Annoni, Jean-Marie; Müri, René Martin (2016). The Impact of Language Opacity and Proficiency on Reading Strategies in Bilinguals: An Eye Movement Study. Frontiers in psychology, 7, p. 649. Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00649

MANCHON, MÉLANIE; Bütler, Karin; COLOMBO, FRANÇOISE; SPIERER, LUCAS; ASSAL, FRÉDÉRIC; ANNONI, JEAN-MARIE (2015). Impairment of both languages in late bilinguals with dementia of the Alzheimer type. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 18(01), pp. 90-100. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S1366728914000194

Bütler, Karin; de Leon Rodriguez, Diego; Laganaro, Marina; Müri, René Martin; Nyffeler, Thomas; Spierer, Lucas; Annoni, Jean-Marie (2015). Balanced bilinguals favor lexical processing in their opaque language and conversion system in their shallow language. Brain and language, 150, pp. 166-176. Elsevier 10.1016/j.bandl.2015.10.001

De León Rodríguez, Diego; Bütler, Karin; Eggenberger, Noëmi; Preisig, Basil C.; Schumacher, Rahel; Laganaro, Marina; Nyffeler, Thomas; Annoni, Jean-Marie; Müri, René Martin (2015). The modulation of reading strategies by language opacity in early bilinguals: an eye movement study. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 19(03), pp. 567-577. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S1366728915000310

Bütler, Karin; de León Rodríguez, Diego; Laganaro, Marina; Müri, René Martin; Spierer, Lucas; Annoni, Jean-Marie (2014). Language context modulates reading route: an electrical neuroimaging study. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 8, p. 83. Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00083

Manchon, M.; Bütler, Karin; Colombo, F.; Spierer, L.; Assal, F.; Blatter, S.; Annoni, J. (19 October 2013). Dementia of Alzheimer Type can Alter both Languages in Late Bilinguals. Procedia - social and behavioral sciences, 94, p. 21. Elsevier 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.09.007

Magezi, David A.; Bütler, Karin; Chouiter, Leila; Annoni, Jean-Marie; Spierer, Lucas (2013). Electrical neuroimaging during auditory motion aftereffects reveals that auditory motion processing is motion sensitive but not direction selective. Journal of neurophysiology, 109(2), pp. 321-331. American Physiological Society 10.1152/jn.00625.2012