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- Habilitation as Director of Research in Cognitive Neurosciences. University Claude Bernard Lyon I, France (1994).
- Ph.D., cum laude, University Claude Bernard Lyon I, France (Neurobiology, 1989).
- Advanced M.S., University Claude Bernard Lyon I, France (Biological and Medical Engineering Sciences, 1987).
- Advanced M.A., University Lumière Lyon II, France (Cognitive Psychology, 1986).
- Advanced M.S., University Claude Bernard Lyon I, (Neurosciences, 1985).
- Bachelor, University Lumière Lyon II, (Psychology 1983 - with Major in Neuropsychology, and Minor in Psychopathology).
- Baccalaureate section D (Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 1978).
- Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (2011)
- Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2009)
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Favaloro Unisersity Medical School, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010)
- British Council Fellowship for a stay at the University of Oxford (1991)
- Fyssen Foundation Fellowship (1990-1991)
- Affective social neuroscience
- Developmental neuroscience
- Psychopathology
- Human neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
- Functional brain imaging (PET, fMRI, DTI, ERPs, MEG)
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Social neuroscience
- Anthropology (physical and social)
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Conduct disorder
- Developmental neuroscience
- Emotion
- Empathy
- Evolutionary biology
- Intentionality and theory of mind
- Interpersonal processes
- Moral reasoning
- Prosocial behavior
- Psychopathy
- Social neuroscience
Read a story about my research in the University of Chicago Magazine, April 2006.
Why I became interested to study empathy? Read an interview from the summer 2010 CCSN News letter. Read more »
- Developmental social neuroscience of implicit moral reasoning in children and adolescents, 2008-present.
- Empathy deficits in children with aggressive conduct disorder, 2007-present.
- Dysfunction of empathy and its expression in individuals who vary in psychopathic traits, 2008-present.
- Cognitive neuroscience of empathy and sympathy, 2001-present.
- Cognitive and neural mechanisms involved in imitation and intersubjectivity, 1999-2006.
- Neural underpinnings of perspective taking, 1999-present.
- The perception of causation in healthy subjects and schizophrenic patients, 1999-2003.
- Theory of mind in normal subjects and schizophrenic patients, 1998-2003.
- The perception and the understanding of human actions, 1996-2000.
- The neurophysiological basis of mental simulation of action in healthy subjects and neurological patients, 1991-1996.
- Head of Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Washington, Seattle, 2001-2005.
- Head of Neurophysiology of Intentionality Unit at INSERM 280, Lyon, France, 1997-2001.
- Junior and then Senior researcher at INSERM 94, Bron, France, 1991-1996.
- Post doctoral fellow at the Karolinska Hospital and Institute, Stockholm, Sweden in the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuroradiology, PET-Division (Prof. Per E. Roland, Director), 1990-1991.
- Ph.D. student at Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden in the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, SPECT-section (Prof. David H. Ingvar, Director), 1988-1990.
- Development and Psychopathology (Editorial Board Member)
- Frontiers in Emotion Science (Associate Editor)
- Neuropsychologia (Editorial Board Member)
- Scientific World Journal (Editorial Board Member)
- Social Neuroscience (Founder and Editor in Chief)
If you happen to know French, you might like to read the article,
"Le sens des autres" [The Sense of Others] that was published in Le Monde in November 2002.

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