Pierre-Paul Vidal began his studies in medicine and human biology at the Pitié Salpétrière. They ended with a medical thesis and a research degree in human biology. After a DEA in Neuroscience in 1981, he began a doctoral thesis in science which was completed in 1986. Pierre Paul Vidal became a member of the CNRS Laboratory of Occupational Physiology during his studies as an assistant in the Physiology Department where he began his career as a researcher and physician. He joined the CNRS as a research associate. He became director of research in 1990. He is currently Director of Research of exceptional class emeritus, Pierre-Paul Vidal is full professor at Hangzhou Dianzi University and associate professor at the University of Medicine Fra Gemelli, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore in Rome. In the course of his professional career he has created three research laboratories in integrative neuroscience: the Laboratory of Neurobiology of Sensorimotor Networks, the Center for the Study of Sensorimotor Systems and the Cognition and Action Group. He is co-founder of the Borelli Center. He is President of the expert committee for the biomedical promotion of the INSB of the CNRS, CNRS representative on the Board of the Biomedicine Agency, Director of the Sensorimotricity Study Platform of the Saints-Pères at the René Descartes University and Member of the Scientific Council of the IRME. Pierre-Paul Vidal is associate editor of three scientific journals (Frontiers in Neurology, Sensors and Experimental Brain Research).