1. Marc Jeannerod was a neurologist, a neurophysiologist and an internationally recognized expert in cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology.
12 Facts About Marc Jeannerod
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Marc Jeannerod's research focuses on the cognitive and neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning motor control, motor cognition, the sense of agency, and more recently language and social cognition.
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Marc Jeannerod studied Medicine at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France, and specialized in Neurology.
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Marc Jeannerod got his research training in experimental medicine, studying the neurobiology of sleep under the supervision of Michel Jouvet, one of the discoverers of REM sleep.
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Marc Jeannerod subsequently became a professor of physiology at the University Claude Bernard Medical School in Lyon and headed the unit Vision and Motricity of the National Institute of Health and the Medical research until 1997.
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Marc Jeannerod then founded and headed the Institute for Cognitive Sciences of the National Center for Scientific Research until 2003.
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Marc Jeannerod was a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
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Marc Jeannerod was appointed Knight of the Legion d'honneur in July 2008.
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Marc Jeannerod left behind a wife and four children upon his death.
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Marc Jeannerod was the chief editor of Neuropsychologia for ten years.
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Marc Jeannerod served on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including NeuroImage, European Journal of Neuroscience, European Journal of Physiology, NeuroReport, Physiological Reviews, Journal of Motor Behavior, Perception, Cognition, Behavioural Brain Research, and Experimental Brain Research.
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Marc Jeannerod had been the president of the European Brain and Behaviour Society and was at the time of his death the president elect of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology.