# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-pierre-changeux
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:20:58.899Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-pierre-changeux"
name: "Jean-Pierre Changeux"
slug: "jean-pierre-changeux"
description: "Jean-Pierre Changeux is a French neuroscientist known for his research in several fields of biology, from the structure and function of proteins, to the early development of the nervous system up to cognitive functions. Although being famous in biological sciences for the MWC model, the identification and purification of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, the theory of epigenesis by synapse selection and the global neuronal workspace theory for conscious processing are also notable scientific achievements. Changeux is known by the non-scientific public for his ideas regarding the connection between mind and physical brain. As put forth in his book, Conversations on Mind, Matter and Mathematics, Changeux strongly supports the view that the nervous system functions in a projective rather than reactive style and that interaction with the environment, rather than being instructive, results in the selection amongst a diversity of preexisting internal representations."
tagline: "French biologist and neuroscietist (born 1936)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
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birthDate: "1936-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.11717466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump