User:Driss Boussaoud/sandbox

Driss Boussaoud is a neurophysiologist working on the brain mechanisms of action planning and skill learning. His research has first focused on the relations between parietal cortex and frontal cortex, trying to disentangle neural activity that reflects (a) attention versus intention or motor preparation, and (b) reference frames used for reaching arm movements. He has recently shifted his interest to the dynamics of neuronal activity during learning, which he studies using single neuron recordings as well as brain imaging techniques (fMRI, MEG, EEG).

Background
Driss Boussaoud come from a small village of the Middle Atlas (Morocco), where he went to high school at the city of Sefrou (Lycée Lahcen Lyoussi). After getting his Baccalauréat, he went to the University of Rabat (University Mohamed Vth, Faculty of Science), where he studied biology and geology for 4 years. When he gratuated (1980), he moved to France to pursue his doctoral sudies in Neuroscience.