Dehaene-Lambertz Lab

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ERC Advanced Grant · 2023

Dynamics of mental representations and learning in preverbal infants

Understanding the initial architecture and learning algorithms of the human brain are central goals for cognitive neuroscience. Anatomical and functional brain-imaging studies have revealed that a complex brain architecture is already present at birth, including features associated with adult brains such as structural and functional asymmetries, long-distance connectivity and activations in prefrontal cortex. Despite such advances, little is known about the depth of information processing and the richness of mental representations in human infants. To address this issue, I propose to study the dynamics of information processing and conscious access in 3–4-month-old-infants. Using…

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