Sebastien Bouret

Contact

• Team Motivation Brain & Behavior

• ICM - Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière

• CNRS UMR 7225 - INSERM U1127 -UPMC UMR S 1127

• Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris

• tel: 33 1 57 27 43 25 / cell: 33 6 84 46 33 01

• email: sebastien.bouret -at- icm-institute -dot- org

Main position

Directeur de Recherche CNRS/ HDR

Project

My goal is to understand neuronal processes underlying motivation in primates: how does the brain attribute a value to a potential reward, and how does it influence actions ? How do we make an effort? How does the brain coordinate the resulting changes in motivation including cognitive functions, behavioral adjustments and autonomic reactions ? How do these functions differ across primate species?

My research is based on electrophysiological recordings and brain manipulations in rhesus monkeys performing behavioral tasks where they adjust their motivation as a function of the expected costs and benefits. It also includes a comparative approach to investigate the relation between cognition and neurobiology across primates.