Digital publication of the opening lecture by Pr Stéphanie Lacour

Stéphanie Lacour

Neurotechnology for new therapies

Neurotechnology is an emerging interdisciplinary field that combines neuroscience and new technologies to explore, understand and manipulate the nervous system. This discipline offers vast possibilities for deciphering neural mechanisms, treating neurological disorders and enhancing cognitive abilities.

Thanks to advances in neuroimaging, it is now possible to visualize brain activity in real time, opening up new perspectives in the study of cognition, emotions and human behavior. From neuromodulation to neuroprosthetics and the control of artificial limbs, neurotechnology applications offer unprecedented potential to shed light on our understanding of the nervous system and develop new treatments.

Lacour S., La Neurotechnologie au service de nouvelles thérapies, Paris, Collège de France, coll. " Leçons inaugurales ",^no 329, 2025.

Stéphanie Lacour is a neurotechnology specialist and founding director of the Neuro-X interdisciplinary institute at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). She is a visiting professor at the Collège de France, where she holds the Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Annual Chair (2023-2024), created with the support of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation.