Neuroscience

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Why pausing intuitive thinking favours complex reasoning

Avec Pierre-Marie Lledo, Research Director at CNRS, Head of Department at Institut Pasteur, and member of the European Academy of Sciences

On September 9th, 2025
9 min reading time

Mental states can fluctuate between two opposing modes of thinking: System 1 (intuitive) and System 2 (thoughtful).

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Generative AI: the risk of cognitive atrophy

Avec Ioan Roxin, Professor Emeritus at Marie et Louis Pasteur University

On July 3rd, 2025
6 min reading time

A study showed that 83% of AI users were unable to remember a passage they had just written for an essay. A look at the impact of AI on our brains.

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From dish to brain, how dopamine influences our behaviour

Avec Giuseppe Gangarossa, Professor of Neurobiology at Université Paris Cité

On May 21st, 2025
4 min reading time

Lipids may influence our reward system.

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How do our bodies tune into the Sun's rhythm?

Avec Claude Gronfier, Researcher in Chronobiology at Inserm's Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon

On March 19th, 2025
4 min reading time

A study of RATP employees shows that tram and bus drivers (outdoors) have fewer sleep disorders than metro drivers (indoors).

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What effect do screens have on our sleep?

Avec Russel Foster , Director of the Sleep and Circadian Research Institute at the University of Oxford

On March 11th, 2025
5 min reading time

There are several preconceived ideas about the link between screens and sleep; studies need to be nuanced as they are often carried out in laboratories and not outdoors.

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What do we really know about our dreams?

Avec Delphine Oudiette, Inserm Research Director and Co-Director of DreamTeam at Institut du Cerveau in Paris, Claudia Picard-Deland, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology at Université de Montréal

On March 5th, 2025
5 min reading time

The level of evidence in studies on dreams is generally low... So what do we know about our dreams today?