Editorial: Mechanisms Underlying the Interplay Between Cognition and Motor Control: From Bench to Bedside

Thomas completed his PhD in Psychology in 2019 at the University of Gent. As part of his doctoral dissertation, he investigated the motivational properties of rewards and losses on response facilitation. Drawing from his experience with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Electroencephalography (EEG), he joined the CoActions Lab in 2019. His goal was to investigate the integration of sensory evidence into motor plans.

Independent researcher at INSERM Lyon since 2022, focusing on neural mechanisms underlying motivation, decision-making, and apathy. Previously spent seven years as a postdoctoral researcher in the CoActions Lab investigating neural bases of motor decisions. Still affiliated as visiting researcher collaborating on multiple projects.

Research broadly explores a range of questions pertaining to the cognitive neuroscience of human behavior. Conduct experiments to explore the interaction between cognition and action in neurologically healthy and impaired individuals. Use a variety of techniques to characterize the functional role of different parts of the motor pathways, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and electroencephalography (EEG). Recent research investigates the role of the locus coeruleus in various aspects of action control, including reaching movement control, decision making, and behavioral vigor, using transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) to causally probe this neuromodulatory system. More →