Christophe Fitamen

Christophe Fitamen is a Lecturer at the Department of Psychology within the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Fribourg. He also holds a Senior Assistant position at the same department. His research focuses on the development of working memory in children, particularly examining how goal maintenance, visual cues, and reward value influence cognitive performance. He actively collaborates with Prof. Valérie Camos and Dr. Maximilien Labaronne.

• Research Interests: Working memory, cognitive strategies, attentional resource allocation, reward processing, visual-spatial cognition, educational psychology.
• Collaborations: University of Fribourg, University of Neuchâtel, Aix-Marseille University.
• Teaching: Cognitive development at undergraduate and continuing education levels.

Publications (selected): 15+ articles on working memory mechanisms in preschoolers, reward-based prioritization, and cognitive scaffolding techniques across journals like Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Psychology. Current projects investigate attentional resource sharing in memory tasks with ongoing funding from the University of Fribourg.