Name
SACKUR, Jérôme
Position and Affiliated Institution
Professor / Directeur d’Études, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Professor, École Polytechnique
Degree
Habilitation (Cognitive Science)
Ph.D. (Philosophy)
Master (Neuropsychology)
Education and Academic Employment
2016 – present Professor, cognitive science, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau.
2015 – present Professor, cognitive science, (Directeur d’Études), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
2007 – 2015 Associate professor, psychology (Maître de Conférences), Department of Cognitive Studies, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
2002–2007 Associate professor, philosophy (Maître de Conférences), Department of Philosophy, Université Paris X — Nanterre.
2000–2002 Associate professor, philosophy (Agrégé répétiteur), Department of Philosophy, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
1997–2000 Teaching assistant, philosophy (ATER), Department of Philosophy, Université Paris I.
2001 MA, Neuropsychology:
”Unconscious semantic priming in the neglected field of hemineglect patients”
(DEA National de Neuropsychologie: ”Amorçage sémantique inconscient chez le patient négligent dans une tâche de comparaison numérique”).
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse.
Advisors: Stanislas Dehaene and Lionel Naccache
2000 Ph.D. Philosophy:
”Opération et Description. La critique par Wittgenstein des théories de la proposition de Russell”.
(”Operation and description. Wittgenstein’s critique of Russell’s theory of the proposition”)
Université Sorbonne, Paris I.
Advisor: Christiane Chauviré
1991 Agrégation de philosophie
1988–1992 École Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris): student in the B/L (social sciences) section.
Research Topic
Attention, Consciousness
Mind-wandering, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences
Fields of Research Interests
Cognitive Sciences
Philosophy
Academic Publications
- C. Van den Driessche, F. Chevrier, A. Cleeremans and J. Sackur (2019) Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns. Scientific Reports 9:10948, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46761-0
- C. Schmidt, G. Reyes, M. Barrientos c , Á. Langer and J. Sackur (2019) Meditation focused on self-observation of the body impairs metacognitive efficiency, Consciousness and Cognition, 70, 116–125
- C. Van den Driessche*, M. Bastian*, H. Peyre, C. Stordeur, E. Acquaviva, S. Bahadori, R. Delorme and J. Sackur (2017) Attentional Lapses in Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder: Blank Rather than Wandering Thoughts Psychological Science, 28:10, 1375 – 86
- G. Reyes J. Sackur (2014) Introspection during visual search Consciousness and Cognition, 29, 212–229
- J. Sackur (2013) Two dimensions of visibility revealed by multidimensional scaling of metacontrast Cognition, 126, 173–180
Affiliated Academic Organizations
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)
Psychonomic society
Awards
Institut Universitaire de France (2009)
Other Interests
Endurance running and sport psychology
Rock climbing
Violin
