Research axes

Brain dynamics of conscious perception

Using experimental psychology and neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG and MEG) in healthy volunteers we reveal dynamical features that seem to sign the distinction between conscious and unconscious perception across different modalities (vision, audition) and different task settings (task-related and task-free).

Retroperception

Using experimental psychology and neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG and MEG) in healthy volunteers we show that the mechanisms of conscious access can be independant from the initial phases of sensory processing. This dissociation induces a flexibility in the stream of conscious representations relative to the stream of external events.

Disorders of consciousness

Based on our research in healthy volunteers, we aim at designing experiments that can allow us to better understand brain function in patients suffering from disorders of consciousness (non-communicating post-comatose patients), and try to diagnose whether a patient is conscious of their environment.

Brain dynamics of conscious perception

Using experimental psychology and neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG and MEG) in healthy volunteers we reveal dynamical features that seem to sign the distinction between conscious and unconscious perception across different modalities (vision, audition) and different task settings (task-related and task-free).

Brain networks subtending task related versus task free conscious perception by Nathan Béraud & Julie Boyer (2024)
Modeling approaches to the bifurcation dynamics characterizing consciouss access by Thomas Hardy (2024)

Retroperception: decoupling conscious perception from sensory processing

Using experimental psychology and neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG and MEG) in healthy volunteers we show that the mechanisms of conscious access can be independant from the initial phases of sensory processing. This dissociation induces a flexibility in the stream of conscious representations relative to the stream of external events.

Decoupling conscious access from sensory processing with the attentional blink and retrospective cues by Jessye Clarke & Samuel Noorman (2024)

Disorders of consciousness

Based on our research in healthy volunteers, we aim at designing experiments that can allow us to better understand brain function in patients suffering from disorders of consciousness (non-communicating post-comatose patients), and try to diagnose whether a patient is conscious of their environment.