1. Before psychology…

(You can enlarge each photograph by clicking on it.)   The early fifties: The time for learning basic skills.               The sixties and the seventies: From empirical musicology…   … to historical filmology!                                 [...]

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2. My years at LIMSI

(You can enlarge each photograph by clicking on it.)                   Building 508, Room 08…   … and Room 10: Maryvonne Carfantan, always ready to help Human Cognition!                   The Human Cognition team joined LIMSI-CNRS in 1992 largely because of [...]

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3. Encounters

(You can enlarge each photograph by clicking on it.)        Jean-François Le Ny (1924-2006)                           Allan Paivio (in Anaheim, California, 2006).                   Stephen M. Kosslyn, Grégoire Borst, and MD (in Beijing, 2004).   [...]

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4. Tenerife and the University of La Laguna

(You can enlarge each photograph by clicking on it.)                                     María José Rodrigo and Manuel de Vega have been my faithful hosts at the University of La Laguna for 25 years. My first research stay with them was in [...]

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5. The French National Committee for Scientific Research (1991-2008)

(You can enlarge each photograph by clicking on it.)     I have been a member of the National Committee for Scientific Research for a total of 16 years, an unusually long time, and as President of the Interdisciplinary Commission on Cognitive Science for 6 of those years.   Section 29 of the National Committee [...]

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6. The International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) (1992-2008)

(You can enlarge each photograph by clicking on it.)       It has been my great privilege to serve psychological science for 16 years as a member of the Executive Committee of the IUPsyS, including 4 years as President (2000-2004) and 4 years as Past President (2004-2008).   A meeting of the Union’s Officers [...]

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7. The International Council for Science (ICSU) (2002-2008)

(You can enlarge each photograph by clicking on it.)         I was twice elected to be one of the four representatives of Scientific Unions to the Executive Board of ICSU, first in Rio de Janeiro (2002), and then in Suzhou (2005).                 The newly elected [...]

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8. The European Research Council (ERC) (2008-2013)

(You can enlarge each photograph by clicking on it.)     I have chaired the ERC Advanced Grants Panel SH4-B (« The Human Mind and its Complexity ») for six years. This remarkable experience has given my colleagues and me an invaluable opportunity to be in touch with top-level European science. Working with ERC has also enabled [...]

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