Driss Boussaoud

Driss Boussaoud is Senior Scientist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France). He was Director of the Mediterranean Institute for Cognitive Neurosciences, Marseille (France) from 2004 to 2011. He received his B.S. with distinction in Biology & Geology from the University Mohamed Vth of Rabat (Morocco) in 1980, and his Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 1983 from the University Claude Bernard (Lyon, France). He joind the National Institutes of Mental Health (Lab. Neuropsychology & Lab. Of Neurophysiology), Bethesda Maryland (USA) from 1986 to 1991. He became tenured researcher at the CNRS in 1992 to study the neurophysiology of attention and motor preparation. He has been promoted to the senior researcher position (Directeur de Recherche, DR) in 1999. He has been the founder and director of the Mediterranean Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, and coordinator of the mediterranean EU funded NEUROMED project (www.neuromedproject.eu). He has also been the founder and 1st President of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (MNS - www.mnsociety.com). His research centers on learning in animals (rodents, non human primates), healthy humans and patients with diseases such as Parkinson’s and Schizophreania. He has made important contributions towards distinguishing attention from motor prepration related activity un the frontal cortex, as well as the issue of interaction between motor effectors namely gaze and arms. His current research centers on individual, trial and error based learning, and on more sophisticated forms of learning including learning through mental rehearsal and through observation of others. Recent work is aimed at social modulation of learning in animals and humains. Dr. Boussaoud has published over 100 papers or chapters in journals, books, and conference and workshop proceedings. Driss.boussaoud@univ-amu.fr January 2013

Biography Updated on 16 April 2013

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