Decision, Action, and Neural Computation (DANC) Lab

About

The brain evolved to control movement: to prepare and perform actions, and use sensory inputs to learn internal models to guide actions. Motor processes have therefore been fundamental to the evolution of the human brain including functions thought of as being uniquely human. The Decision, Action, and Neural Computation lab studies how the brain produces actions: how it decides what actions to perform, how it prepares to perform an action once this decision has been made, and how it updates its internal representations based on the outcome of the action.

Projects

We have several ongoing projects including 1) investigation of the mechanisms, functional roles, and development of bursts of beta activity in motor cortex, 2) development of high precision MEG techniques for laminar analyses, 3) noninvasive brain-machine interfaces for motor rehabilitation, and 4) signatures of long-term sensorimotor learning in neural population activity.

Approach

We use a multimodal and comprehensive approach in our projects, combining experimentation, data simulation, and computational neural modeling. We are ‘methods agnostic’, combining M/EEG, neurophysiology, MRI/DTI, non-invasive brain stimulation, and behavioral kinematics depending on the research question.

Lamina-resolved analysis of MEG data

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Mechanisms, function role, and development of motor beta bursts.

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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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More Publications

James Bonaiuto

Chargé de Recherche, Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Marc Jeannerod, CNRS

Holly Rayson

Postdoc, Insitut des Sciences Cognitives, Marc Jeannerod, CNRS

Maciej Szul

Postdoc, Insitut des Sciences Cognitives, Marc Jeannerod, CNRS

Marine Gautier-Martins

Assistant engineer, Insitut des Sciences Cognitives, Marc Jeannerod, CNRS

Maëlys Aigouy

Research assistant, Insitut des Sciences Cognitives, Marc Jeannerod, CNRS

Siqi Zhang

Postdoc, Insitut des Sciences Cognitives, Marc Jeannerod, CNRS

Sotirios Papadopoulos

PhD student, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Valentine Lécuyer

Lab manager / Research assistant, Insitut des Sciences Cognitives, Marc Jeannerod, CNRS

Full team

We gratefully acknowledge financial support from our sponsors:

European Research Council
Agence Nationale de la Recherche