Neuroscience

π Neuroscience π Economics

Homo Economicus on trial: what neuroeconomics reveals about rational choice

With Marie Claire Villeval , Emeritus CNRS Research Director and Director of the GATE-Lab at Université de Lyon

On April 29th, 2026
6 min reading time

Experimental studies show that a loss is psychologically felt about twice as intensely as an equivalent gain.

π Neuroscience π Science and technology

Brain implants: the true, the false and the uncertain

With Hervé Chneiweiss, Emeritus CNRS Research Director at Sorbonne University Neuroscience Centre , Clément Hébert, Research Fellow at the Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience

On February 11th, 2026
5 min reading time

Since the 2000s, the use of microelectronics has made it possible to create increasingly smaller implants.

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.

π Neuroscience π Society

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 Society π Neuroscience

From dish to brain, how dopamine influences our behaviour

With Giuseppe Gangarossa, Professor of Neurobiology at Université Paris Cité

On May 21st, 2025
4 min reading time

Lipids may influence our reward system.

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).