She moved to the University of Angers for her doctoral degree, where she researched cognitive science.

[2] In the early 2000s Dehaene-Lambertz pioneered the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging, high-density event-related potentials and optical topography to better understand the infant brain.

She has investigated language acquisition, and complex cognitive functions such as music, mathematics and facial perception.

She was awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant in 2016 to investigate neural mechanisms of learning in the brain.

[3] Dehaene-Lambertz has written several popular science books, including Seeing the Mind: Spectacular Images from Neuroscience, and What They Reveal about Our Neuronal Selves.