Anne-Lise Giraud, a research director at the CNRS and director of the reConnect Institute andHearing Institute, is among the 2025 recipients of the CNRS Silver Medal. This award recognizes the quality and significance of her work within the French and international scientific communities. The medal ceremony, organized by the CNRS Ile-de-France Meudon Delegation, took place on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 3:30 p.m., in the presence of Catherine Larroche, regional delegate and representative of the CNRS General Directorate. The medal was presented to Anne-Lise Giraud by Christian MUCHARDT, Deputy Scientific Director of CNRS Biology.
As a specialist in the neuroscience of language, Anne-Lise Giraud has made significant contributions to our understanding of how the brain processes speech. Her research has revealed that our brain decodes language through the synchronization of various neural oscillations.
Describing this mechanism helps us better understand how we make sense of sounds and gain a deeper understanding of language disorders such as dyslexia, aphasia, and autism.
Today, she is focused on developing new strategies for language rehabilitation through neurostimulation and brain-machine interfaces, as well as on the genetic foundations of language development in humans.
“This award recognizes years of research in the field of cognitive neuroscience, particularly on the neural mechanisms of hearing and language. A huge thank you to all my colleagues, students, and supporters who help make this scientific journey possible every day,” she said upon the announcement.
Learn more about his background:
Anne-Lise Giraud: A Journey Through the Rhythms of Language – CNRS Biology CNRS Ile-de-France Meudon Delegation
Anne-Lise Giraud: A Journey Through the Rhythms of Language | CNRS Biology
Some recent publications:
Dogonasheva O, Zakharov D, Giraud AL, Gutkin B 2025 A brain-rhythm-based inference (BRyBI) model for invariant speech processing. Nature Computational Science, doi: 10.1038/s43588-025-00876-9.
Giraud AL. Speech: a skeleton for thought? 2025 Physics of Life Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.01.010.
Bhadra K, Giraud AL, Marchesotti S. 2025 Learning to operate an imagined speech brain-computer interface involves the spatial and frequency tuning of neural activity. Communications Biology. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-07464-7.
Déaux EC, Piette T, Gaunet F, Legou T, Arnal LH, Giraud AL 2024 Dogs' sensory-motor tuning shapes dog-human vocal interactions. PLoS Biology. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002923.
Hovspeyan S, Olasagasti I, Giraud AL. 2023 Rhythmic modulation of prediction errors: A top-down gating role for the beta-range in speech processing. PLoS Computational Biology doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011595.
Giraud AL, Su Y. 2023 Reconstructing language from neural activity while deconstructing adversarial thought reading. Cell Reports Medicine 18;4(7):101115. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101115.
