Sylvie Chokron is a neuropsychologist and research director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) After 30 years of studying the brain, the scientist recently set out to meet 16 personalities, each more different than the last, each with a particular skill or character trait. The scientist advocates “neurodiversity” and believes that by understanding how each brain works, it is possible to better understand our own cognitive abilities.
The pianist André Manoukian, the war reporter Anne Poiret, the astronaut Jean-François Clervoy, and the former athlete Edgar Grospiron, was born in the brain of the neuroscientist. The neuroscience of music proves the powerful effect of music on our brain, says Chokrons. The musician experienced the horrors of the Armenian genocide at home which brought gentleness and peace to everyone at his family and allowed everyone to escape the horrors. The author also believes that understanding the cognitive functioning of others can also inspire us.