Studying cognitive processes in non-verbal subjects Summary In this rapid overview of my studies along years, I will illustrate how field observations have led me to investigating perception, brain functioning/plasticity and social cognition. I will try and...
Computing our sense of control Summary Human beings are agents, and through our actions we can shape the world around us. But to interact with our surroundings, agents like us need to discover the causal structure of the environments we inhabit – learning what we can...
The brain mechanisms of invisible presences: From basic neuroscience and technology to translational neuroscience in Parkinson’s disease Summary Although hallucinations are important and frequent symptoms in major psychiatric and neurological diseases, little is known...
Sensorimotor Interactions Elicit Rapid Predictive Signals in Auditory Cortex Summary The precise control of intricate sounds in human speech and animal vocalizations necessitates the coordination of motor and sensory neural processes. To achieve this, predictive...
The listening and speaking brain Summary The infrastructure of the human brain allows us to acquire a language without formal instruction in the first years of life. I will discuss the features that make our brain language-ready. Next to the neuro-architectural...
