Below is a list of invited talks in international conferences and workshops.

NB: some of these were shot on video (these are hyperlinked below).

Here is a more exhaustive list of invited talks and presentations (local seminars and group meetings).



Does synaptic plasticity in the OFC explain how risk attitude adapts to the range of risk prospects?

   in SBDM, Paris 06/2023 [VIDEO]


The statistical comparison of computational models of brain and behavior

   in EMBO Summer School for Advanced Modeling of Behavior, Barcelona (Spain), 09/2022


Synaptic plasticity explains range adaptation in the orbitofrontal cortex and the irrational context-dependence of loss aversion

   - in Affective Brain online talk series, London (UK), 12/2021

   - in Computational and mathematical approaches for neuroscience, Paris 06/2022

   - in NeuroAI, Seattle 10/2022


Playing with Theory of Mind: a (narrow) computational view on social cognition

   in iMind, CHU Le Vinatier, Lyon, 11/2021


Dynamic Causal Modelling for M/EEG: an introduction

    in Computational Psychiatry Course, ETH, Zurich (Switzerland), 09/2020


Computational neuromodeling: dynamic causal structures

    in Introduction to computational neuropsychiatry: from brain to cognition, Bordeaux, 12/2019


Group-level statistical inference

   in EMBO Summer School for Advanced Modeling of Behavior, Barcelona (Spain), 09/2019


Model-based assessment of brain-behaviour relationships

   in OHBM, Rome (Italy), 06/2019. [VIDEO]


Is laziness contagious? A computational approach to attitude aligngment

   in NeuroComp workshop, Paris, 06/2019

   in NeuroFrance - Société des Neurosciences, Marseille, 05/2019.


Playing with Theory of Mind: a (narrow) computational view on social cognition

  in New trends  in decision-making: computational cognitive social  neuroscience, Paris, 12/2018


Social intelligence: humans, primates and machines

  - in Neuroethics Network symposium, Paris, 06/2018

  - in joint UCL-ICM workshop, London (UK), 10/2017

  - in entretiens médicaux d'Enghien, Enghien, 10/2017


On the adaptive fitness of the social sense [pdf]

   in SMART school on computational and behavioural sciences, Paris (France), 09/2017


An introduction to effective connectivity [pdf]

   in Brain Conncetivity Workshop, Zurich (Switzerland), 06/2017


The evolution of mentalizing: a computational approach [pdf]

   in Lyon Active Inference Workshop, Lyon (France), 10/2016


Variational Bayesian analysis [pdf]

  - in Computational Psychiatry Course, ETH, Zurich (Switzerland), 12/2015 [VIDEO]

  - in Computational Psychiatry Course, ETH, Zurich (Switzerland), 09/2016 [VIDEO]


Behavioural, ethological and pathological aspects of Theory of Mind: lessons from Bayesian Decision Theory [pdf] [VIDEO]

  - in Symposium des Neurosciences Computationnelles, Paris (France), 06/2016

  - in Computational Psychiatry Course, ETH, Zurich (Switzerland), 12/2015

  - in Le Cerveau Prédictif, Lyon (France), 11/2015

  - in Computational Psychiatry Seminar, Donders Institute, Nijmigen (The Netherlands), 12/2016


On the adaptive fitness of the Bayesian Brain [pdf]

  - in Probabilistic Inference and the Brain, Collège de France, Paris (France), 09/2015

  - in Applibugs, AgroParisTech, Paris (France), 12/2016


Dynamic Causal Modelling: from networks to behaviour [pdf]

  in Images of the Mind, Milan (Italy), 04/2015


The evolution of mentalizing: a computational, behavioural and ethological approach [pdf]

  - in 4th Symposium on Biological Decision Making, ENS, Paris (France), 05/2014

  - in ENS Neuroeconomics Workshop, Paris (France), 03/2014

  - in Journées IXXI, Grenoble (France), 10/2013


Dynamic Causal Modelling of brain-behaviour relationships [pdf] [VIDEO]

  - in Neuroeconomics Seminar, Dpt. of Economics, Zurich (Switzerland), 05/2016

  - in Computational Psychiatry Course, ETH, Zurich (Switzerland), 12/2015

  - in Symposium des Neurosciences Computationnelles, Paris (France), 06/2014

  - in Statistical Challenges in Neurosciences, Warwick (UK), 09/2014

  - in 30th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Berlin (Germany), 03/2014

  - in Brainhack, Sèvres (France), 10/2013


Theory of Mind: lessons from inverse Bayesian decision Theory [pdf]

  in Free Energy Workshop, Berlin (Germany), 07/2013


How efficient is Dynamic Causal Modelling for fMRI? [pdf]

  - in DCM educational course, Francfort (Germany), 10/2014

  - in Organization for Computational Neuroscience, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris (France), 07/2013


Dynamic Causal Modelling: ten simple rules [pdf]

  - in DCM educational course, Francfort (Germany), 10/2014

  - in DCM educational course, Seattle (USA), 06/2013


Dynamic Causal Modelling: first principles [pdf]

  in OHBM, Seattle (USA), 06/2013


An electrophysiological validation of stochastic DCM for fMRI [pdf]

  in BIOMAG, Paris (France), 08/2012


DCM: advanced issues [pdf]

  - in SPM course, London (UK), 10/2013

  - in DCM educational course, Paris (France), 08/2012


Inverse Bayesian Decision Theory: statistical and cognitive perspectives [pdf] [VIDEO]

  in Free Energy Workshop, London (UK), 07/2012


Optimising experimental design for identifying networks in the brain using fMRI [pdf]

  in "Cost Efficient Experimental Designs for social and biomedical research", colloquium of the Royal Accademy of Sciences, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 04/2011


Dynamic Causal Modelling for EEG/MEG: principles [pdf]

  - in SPM EEG/MEG course, London (UK), 05/2013, 05/2014

  - in SPM EEG/MEG course, Lyon (France), 04/2012


Dynamic Causal Modelling for neuroimaging data: introduction [pdf]

  - in Neuroimaging Seminar, Geneva (Switzerland), 05/2014

  - in Amsterdam Brain Connectivity Workshop, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 04/2012

  - in OHBM 2011, Quebec (Canada), 06/2011


Stochastic Dynamic Causal Modelling [pdf]

  - in NIPS 2009, Vancouver (Canada) 12/2009

  - in the “Inverse problems in brain imaging and multimodal data fusion” workshop, Montreal (Canada) 08/2009

  - in “the K. Worsley workshop on Computational Modeling of Brain Dynamics”, Bannf (Canada) 06/2009


Multivariate Bayesian (MVB) decoding of brain images [pdf]

  in SPM course, Edinburgh (UK), 04/2010, 04/2011, 04/2013


1st SPM for EEG/MEG course [54Mb zip: all ppts]

  in University of Seoul (Korea), 11/2008


Dynamic Causal Modelling for evoked responses [pdf] [VIDEO]

  - in SPM EEG/MEG course, London (UK), 10/2009, 05/2011, 05/2012, 05/2013, 05/2014

  - in Entretiens Jacques Cartier, Lyon (France) 12/2009


Dynamic Causal Modelling for fMRI [pdf]

  in SPM course, London (UK), 05/2015


Dynamic Causal Modelling for neuroimaging data [pdf]

  in OHBM 2010, Barcelona (Spain) 06/2010


An introduction to stochastic dynamics and their (variational) Bayesian inversion [pdf]

  in OHBM 2008, Melbourne (Australia) 06/2008


Observing the observer [pdf]

  in Brain Connectivity Workshop, Sydney (Australia) 06/2008


EEG/MEG source reconstruction [pdf]

  in SPM course, London (UK) 05/2009, 10/2009


Bayesian inference [pdf] [VIDEO]

  - in SPM course, London (UK) 05/2007, 05/2008, 10/2008, 05/2009, 05/2010, 05/2011, 05/2012, 10/2016

  - in SPM course, Zurich (Switzerland) 02/2009, 02/2010, 02/2011, 02/2012, 02/2013, 02/2014, 02/2015, 02/2016

  - in SPM course, Edinburgh (UK) 04/2010, 04/2011, 04/2013


Classical statistical inference in SPM [pdf]

  in SPM course, Edinburgh (UK), 04/2010, 04/2011


FMRI Group analysis in SPM [pdf]

  in SPM course, Edinburgh (UK), 04/2010, 04/2011


A mesostate-space model for EEG and MEG [pdf]

  - in COST Neuromaths, Rome (Italy), 12/2007

  - in Brain Modes, Berlin (Germany), 11/2007

  - in 1st British-Cuban workshop on neuroimaging, La Havana (Cuba), 11/2006


Variational Bayesian deterministic annealing approach for nonlinear stochastic dynamic systems [pdf]

  in Nonlinear dynamical analysis, St Petersburg, Russia, 06/2007