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).



A neuro-computational approach to (some) irrational behavior

  in Eco&Psycho seminar series, Paris, 11/2025


Computational modelling in cognitive neuroscience: an introduction

   in annual colloquium of the GIS-autisme, Paris, 09/2025


Does efficient value synthesis in the OFC explain how risk attitude adapts to the range of risk prospects?

   in RICE-ICM meeting, Paris, 09/2025

   in BARCCSYN, Barcelona (Spain), 05/2024

   in Computational Psychiatry Course, Zurich (Switzerland), 09/2024


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

   in SBDM, Paris 06/2023 [VIDEO]


Cognitive biases: an introduction

   in "Les Défis de l'Adaptation" ITE webinar, Paris, 12/2022 [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 (USA), 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