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Thomas Boraud
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Présentation
Thomas Boraud's research interest focused on the neural networks of decision making, skill and procedural learning and associated pathophysiology (Parkinson's disease, OCD, Dystonia, etc…). He tackles this topic with a phylogenetic approach in order to unravel how the system evolved in different taxa (amphibians, birds, rodents and non-human primates) from an original blueprint.
After a Marie Curie Fellowship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he secured a tenured position (Charge de Recherche) in the CNRS in 2001 and became Directeur de Recherche in 2008. He took the head of the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases (IMN, UMR CNRS 5293) in September 2020.
Since 2010, his involvement in research brings him to develop a growing interest in the ethical responsibility of scientists toward society regarding scientific uncertainty and the development of the Neuro-essentialism. He published a book toward general public called "Matière à decision" (CNRS editions, Paris, 2015; 2nd ed Biblis, Paris 2017), the second edition has been translated in English (How the Brain Makes Decisions, Oxford University Press, 2020).
Thomas Boraud has resumed a clinical activity in 2012 at the University Hospital of Bordeaux dedicated mainly to the follow up of patients included in clinical trials concerning Parkinson's syndromes and Alzheimer disease.
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