Angela Sirigu PhD

Dr. Angela Sirigu is a Research Director at the CNRS - National Center for Scientific Research. Angela Sirigu is world renowned for her contribution to the study of the role of the parietal cortex in the representation of movement and the prediction of its sensory consequences. The theory developed by the researcher makes the parietal cortex play a decisive role in body awareness and agency, that is, a person's ability to intervene with others and the world. Angela Sirigu is also interested in cortical plasticity. In particular, she demonstrated that neurons in the motor cortex of amputated patients retain their ability to generate a command, a discovery that opens up avenues for the treatment of phantom limb pain. Finally, she studies the cognitive, social, and emotional factors of decision-making. She revealed that Oxytocin increases autism's ability to respond positively to social cues. Its production, of very high quality, covers a wide spectrum far beyond its main field. She also holds numerous responsibilities in collective bodies. She also collaborates with the newspaper Le Monde, in which she writes once a month a carte blanche on neuroscience news.