Stanislas Dehaene

Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

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Stanislas Dehaene is a pioneering cognitive neuroscientist whose work has fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the neural bases of human cognition, particularly in the domains of reading, numerical processing, and consciousness. As a professor at the Collège de France and director of the NeuroSpin brain imaging center, Dehaene has made landmark contributions to the "number sense" theory, demonstrating that humans possess an innate, evolutionarily ancient capacity for approximating quantities, and he has mapped the brain circuits underlying arithmetic. His research on reading has revealed how the brain's visual system is "recycled" to recognize letters and words, a concept he terms "neuronal recycling." With over 70,000 citations, his work is among the most influential in cognitive science. Dehaene is also a key figure in the Human Brain Project, a major European initiative to simulate the brain's architecture. His bestselling books, including *Reading in the Brain* and *Consciousness and the Brain*, have made complex neuroscience accessible to a global audience, cementing his legacy as a leading communicator of how the mind works.