Experience
Experience
Postdoctoral researcher – Universität Zürich, CH
- Supervisor: Christian Ruff (Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience group)
2026 – present
PhD candidate – Paris Brain Institute, FR
- Supervisor: Jean Daunizeau (Motivation Brain Behaviour team)
2022 – 2025
MSc intern – Paris Brain Institute, FR
- Supervisor: Jean Daunizeau (Motivation Brain Behaviour team)
2021 – 2022
MSc intern – Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, Paris, FR
- Supervisor: Véronique Izard (Babylab).
2021
Education
Education
PhD in Cognitive science – Sorbonne Université, Paris, FR
- Supervisor: Jean Daunizeau
- Thesis: A neuro-computational account of rationality costs in decision-making
2022 – 2025
MSc in Cognitive science – Université ENS-PSL, Paris, FR
2020 – 2022
BSc in Mathematics – Université Paris Descartes, Paris, FR
2019 – 2020
Preparatory classes in Mathematics & Physics – Lycée Pierre Corneille, Rouen, FR
2017 – 2019
Teaching
Teaching
Lecturer – Université Paris Cité, FR
- Course: Artificial intelligence applied to healthcare (all levels).
2024 – 2025
Teaching fellow – Université Paris Cité, FR
- Course: Psychophysiology (final BSc year students).
2023
Funding
Funding
Doctoral school Cerveau, Cognition, Comportement (ED3C)
3-years PhD scholarship.
2022 – 2025
Publications & Preprints
Publications & Preprints
Bénon, J., Pessiglione, M., Vinckier, F., and Daunizeau, J.(2026). Irrational decisions reflect robustness constraints on value computations implemented by orbitofrontal circuits. bioRxiv.
Bénon, J.(2025). A neuro-computational account of rationality costs in decision-making. [Doctoral dissertation, Sorbonne Université].
Bénon, J., Lee, D., Hopper, W., Verdeil, M., Pessiglione, M., Vinckier, F., Bouret, S., Rouault, M., Le Bouc, R., Pezzulo, G., Schreiweis, C., Burguière, É., and Daunizeau, J.(2024). The online metacognitive control of decisions. Communications Psychology.
Invited talks
Invited talks
Cognitive Noise Workshop – Paris School of Economics, FR
June 2026
Symposium on the Biology of Decision-Making (SBDM) – Paris Brain Institute, FR
May 2026
Neuroeconomics and Decision Neuroscience Group – Universität Zürich, CH
Feb 2025
Reviewing
Reviewing
Communications Psychology, eLife, Journal of Neuroscience, PLOS Computational Biology.
Outreach and service
Outreach and service
Local organizing committee of the Orbitofrontal cortex meeting
2024
Local organizing committee of the Symposium on the Biology of Decision-Making
2023
Co-president of Cognivence
Organization of a large cognitive science fair for the general public.
2021 – 2022