Marc Jeannerod
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| Born | 15 December 1935 Lyon, France |
| Died | 1 July 2011 Lyon, France |
| Residence | Lyon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Neurophysiology |
| Institutions | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (professor) |
| Alma mater | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon; France |
| Doctoral advisor | Michel Jouvet |
| Doctoral students | Jean Decety, Pierre Fourneret, Victor Frak |
| Known for | Neurophysiology and Philosophy of Action |
| Notable awards | Member of the Academy of Sciences, Légion d'honneur |
Marc Jeannerod (1935–2011) was a neurologist, a neurophysiologist and an internationally recognized expert in cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology. His research focuses on the cognitive and neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning motor control, motor cognition, the sense of agency, and more recently language and social cognition. Jeannerod's work bridges with elegance and rigor various levels of analysis, ranging from neuroscience to philosophy of mind, with clear implications for the understanding of a number of psychiatric and neurological disorders, especially schizophrenia.
Marc Jeannerod studied Medicine at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France, and specialized in Neurology. He was awarded his MD degree in 1965. He 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. After his medical degree, Jeannerod became a research assistant in the Department of Anatomy at the University of California at Los Angeles, and then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Hans-Lucas Teuber in the Department of Psychology. He 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 (INSERM) until 1997. He then founded and headed the Institute for Cognitive Sciences of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) until 2003.
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