Research in Cognitive Neuroscience Sector

The research of the Sector is aimed at understanding thee relation between brain organization and behaviour. One line of research uses innovative technologies to learn how language and reasoning processes are acquired by the newborn. Another research line investigates how knowledge, memories, and the programs for motor control are stored in the brain, as revealed by the effects of localized cortical lesions. One set of projects concerns the representation of sensory information by populations of neurons in multiple cortical regions, and the nature of the cortical modifications that accompany the learning process. Computational and theoretical studies address the role of hippocampus and cerebral cortex in memory storage.

The sector is comprised of the following laboratories: