THE LABORATORY

The INSERM-CEA COgnitive Neuroimaging Unit, directed by Stanislas Dehaene, Professor at Collège de France, comprises five teams.

THE TEAMS


Languages of the Brain

Directed by Christophe Pallier, DR CNRS

We study characteristics of mind/brain representations underlying higher-level cognitive functions particularly developed in humans (natural language, reading, arithmetic, geometry, …) as well as the sensory and perceptual processes grounding them.


Neuroimaging of Development

Directed by Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, DRCE CNRS

We examine human cognitive development in infants and children, both at the structural and functional levels, and to develop new imaging techniques adapted to human infants.

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Primate Consciousness and Cognition

Directed by Béchir Jarraya, Professor at University of Versailles Paris Saclay

We analyze the primate brain functions, and evaluate their modulation by pharmacological agents or electrical neurostimulations.


Cognition and Brain dynamics

Directed by Virginie van Wassenhove, DR CEA

We evaluate the processing of multisensory information, its temporal organization and particularly the representation of temporal information in the human brain, using magnetoencephalography (MEG) as a principal method.


Computational Brain

Directed by Florent Meyniel, DR CEA

Our team studies various functions of the human brain from the viewpoint of computations. Our goal is to propose quantitative models of brain functions, algorithms for the processing of information and identity the neural codes that subtend them.

RESEARCH IN NEUROSCIENCE

LATEST NEWS


  • UNICOG Newsletter – September 2026

    UNICOG Newsletter – September 2026


  • September 17th – Thomas Dighiero defended his PhD with a thesis entitled ‘The languages of the brain: investigating compositionalityand syntax in natural language and geometry”

    September 17th – Thomas Dighiero defended his PhD with a thesis entitled ‘The languages of the brain: investigating compositionalityand syntax in natural language and geometry”


  • September 11th – Théo Morfoisse defended his PhD with a thesis entitled “Impact of musical practice, schooling and education on the development of symbolic systems: a multimodal neuroimaging investigation”.

    September 11th – Théo Morfoisse defended his PhD with a thesis entitled “Impact of musical practice, schooling and education on the development of symbolic systems: a multimodal neuroimaging investigation”.


  • First stone laid for the IHU building in the presence of the President of the Republic

    First stone laid for the IHU building in the presence of the President of the Republic


  • Data Scientist / Ingénieur IA – Modèles de langage applicatifs & Analyse EEG (H/F)


  • Research Assistant Open Position – the “Math-O-Meter” project

    Research Assistant Open Position – the “Math-O-Meter” project


  • UNICOG Newsletter — July 2026

    UNICOG Newsletter — July 2026


  • A global workspace in language models

    A global workspace in language models


  • Stanislas Dehaene Wins the Fourth Prix Bourrienne

    Stanislas Dehaene Wins the Fourth Prix Bourrienne


  • Stanislas Dehaene elected Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)

    Stanislas Dehaene elected Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)