Jean-Marc Fellous

Professor, Cognition & Neural Systems
Director, Computational and Experimental Laboratory
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Psychology 517 (Office)
Psychology 128, 132, 134, 142, 144-146, 149/150, 153, 157, 169, & 173 (Labs)

Research Interests: 

  • Neural bases of spatial navigation in complex environments, and neural bases of emotion and motivation.
  • Role of neuromodulator substances in changing information processing in large neural networks.
  • Use of rat in vitro and in vivo behaving preparations, optogenetics, and computational models to understand neural mechanisms and computations.

Updated: 07/05/22

Courses Taught:

  • PSY 300 - Cognitive Neuroscience: A Guide to Mind & Brain (2023)
  • PSY 302 - Introduction to Biopsychology (2023)
  • PSY 403C - Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (2022)
  • PSY 496L - Computational Neuroscience: Neural Data Analyses (2022)
  • PSY 506 - Computation in Neural Systems (2009)
  • PSY 516 - Introduction to Neural Data Analyses (2023)

*Year listed indicates when this individual last taught the specified course.

Updated: 12/19/23

Degree(s)

  • B.S. Ecole Superieure d'Ingenieurs de Marseille, Marseille, France (1988).
  • M.S. Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, Paris VI University, Paris, France (1990)
  • Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1996)