He is one of today’s most respected neuroscientists, author of research and publications that have been cited by other scientists more than 160,000 times. Prof. Dehaene has been unlocking the mysteries of consciousness and brain function for decades – including how the brain learns new skills and facts, and how the learning process changes the brain.
He has unveiled the secrets of how the brain processes numbers and mathematical concepts and how we learn to read. These discoveries inspire Prof. Dehaene to ask fundamental questions: what is the brain and how does it work at the most basic level?
Prof. Dehaene in Poland is known for his popular science books such as “How do we learn? Why brains learn better than computers…. so far“ and ”Consciousness and the brain.” He is also a top advisor to the French Minister of Education. He is working to adapt the functioning of the education system to the new realities of the emergence of artificial intelligence and to incorporate in teaching methods all that we have learned about how the brain works.