Neuroscience

π Neuroscience

Can neuroscience solve the mystery of consciousness?

With Laure Tabouy, Doctor of Neuroscience and PhD student in Neuroethics at Université d'Aix-Marseille

On September 16th, 2025
6 min reading time

Recent technological advances have raised hopes that physical markers of consciousness can be identified.

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Why pausing intuitive thinking favours complex reasoning

With 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).

π Neuroscience π Health and biotech

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

With 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).

π Neuroscience π Health and biotech

What effect do screens have on our sleep?

With 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?

With 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?

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Brain: how do we experience time?

With Virginie van Wassenhove, Research Director at CEA

On February 26th, 2025
5 min reading time

Scientists are now investigating the way in which neurons code the mental representation of time.