Camille Nozières @camille-nzrs.bsky.social, PhD student in our lab and at @mecadev.bsky.social, has presented her research on infant carrying in humans and non-human primates at the @efp2026.bsky.social! 🦧🧑‍🍼👶 Congrats Camille! #EFP2026 @uparisnanterre.bsky.social @mnhn.fr

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Early attempts to use a robot as a song tutor in zebra finches

Young zebra finches learn to sing by listening to an adult tutor much like how children learn to speak. We tested whether a bird-like robot could tutor song learning. Birds exposed to a moving or stat...

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New article! 🐦🤖 S.Derégnaucourt @sebrafinch.bsky.social revisits an early experiment on robotic tutoring for song learning in zebra finches, investigating whether robot movements alone are sufficient to support effective learning. Kudos summary: urlr.me/rv9ZWj Article: www.doi.org/10.1163/1568...

We were delighted to welcome @chiarazulberti.bsky.social last week, who presented the innovative method she developed to describe gestures in chimpanzees 🙉 And Jennifer Leão Correia, who gave a seminar on peer interactions in twins 👶👶 Many thanks to both for the inspiring talks and discussions!

New article out! 🐒 Our colleague L. Rigaill @lrigaill.bsky.social and collaborators from @ceec-research.bsky.social investigated multimodal ovulatory signaling in red-capped mangabeys, looking at copulation call structure, swelling size, and skin temperature🍑 Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ajp....

Investigating Multimodal (Visual, Acoustic, and Thermal) Ovulatory Signaling in a Non‐Human Primate Species (Cercocebus torquatus)

Among the traits examined, only swelling size reliably tracked intra-cycle variation in ovulatory probability, whereas thermal and acoustic parameters exhibited minor changes that neither pinpointed ...

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Nos collègues Michel Kreutzer et Agatha Liévin-Bazin @leniddepie.bsky.social étaient hier sur @franceculture.fr pour discuter du livre "Le désir animal" (www.belin-editeur.com/le-desir-ani...

La Science, CQFD@sciencecqfd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Podcast Plaisir animal : au bonheur des bêtes, à (ré)écouter via @franceculture.fr ! #ScienceCQFD

Aujourd'hui j'étais au micro de Natacha Triou pour parler du "désir animal", le dernier livre de Michel Kreutzer, dans @sciencecqfd.bsky.social ! On cause plaisir, rire, jeu, et masturbation chez les animaux 😊

La Science, CQFD@sciencecqfd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Le fil pour tous savoir du désir chez nos amis les animaux, c'est par ici ! #ScienceCQFD

We were thrilled to welcome Louise Kirsch here in @uparisnanterre.bsky.social today for a fascinating talk on Social Touch! 🤗🫂 Great discussions about the communicative and affective value of social touch, and its perception ontogeny ✨ Thank you so much @louisepkirsch.bsky.social !

New article from our team! A. Araguas et al. show that social interaction shapes vocal learning in young zebra finches tutored by a robot bird 🤖 🎶🐦 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... And check out @sebrafinch.bsky.social's Cassyni presentation on this study: cassyni.com/events/9682W...

🐘 “Are you talking to me?” New study by our colleagues A. Surreault-Châble et al. shows that captive Asian elephants distinguish familiar from unfamiliar human voices, and search for keepers when hearing Elephant-Directed Speech 🔊🐘 Open Access article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our new article is out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social! 🐦 We show how song cultures emerged in three domesticated zebra finch colonies founded with males trained to sing the same song 🎶 Full study here: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Chouette journée de la recherche de l'EPN-R vendredi dernier ! 🧠👥️🦜 L'EPN-R est une fédération de 7 laboratoires en Sciences de l'Education, Psychologie et Neurosciences de @uparisnanterre.bsky.social

Vendredi, c'était grand ménage de printemps ! ✨️ L'occasion d'une photo de groupe (presque au complet) des chercheuses du Babylab du LECD @uparisnanterre.bsky.social 👶🧸 ! babylab.parisnanterre.fr

Lauriane Rat-Fischer, enseignante-chercheuse de notre laboratoire @uparisnanterre.bsky.social, était au JT de France2 @francetelevisions.bsky.social ce vendredi pour parler d'utilisation d'outils chez les animaux ! 🐄🦜😄

Lauriane Rat-Fischer, enseignante-chercheuse de notre laboratoire @uparisnanterre.bsky.social, était au JT de France2 @francetelevisions.bsky.social ce vendredi pour parler d'utilisation d'outils chez les animaux ! 🐄🦜😄

Michel Kreutzer et Gérard Leboucher, professeurs émérites du LECD @uparisnanterre.bsky.social, ont participé à une après-midi d'échanges organisée par la Maison de l'Animal de la @villedeparis.bsky.social. Ces discussions portaient sur l'intelligence et les émotions des animaux 🐘🦩🐈🐦

Yesterday were delighted to welcome Prof. Shigeru Watanabe to our lab! After discussions over a "galette des rois" 👑, we were absolutely captivated by his talk on the cognitive abilities of Japanese eels ✨️ Thank you for sharing your exciting research with us!

💫 La communauté de l'Université Paris Nanterre vous souhaite une belle année 2026 !

Our review on flexibility in animal communication is out! 🥳Many thanks again @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social and @kirstyegraham.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute, and to all co-authors for the inspiring exchange of ideas! 🐵

Marlen Fröhlich@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social · last yr.

Now published! 📝✅📢 Our review on flexibility in animal communication is out in Biological Reviews @camphilsoc.bsky.social (Open Access). Huge thanks again to my fantastic co-authors, especially @kirstyegraham.bsky.social. It was a delight to learn from them! 📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/brv....

Our new chapter is out! 📢 Co-first-authored with @mawadafreville.bsky.social with attentive supervision of @chacanteloup.bsky.social🤗 How has intentionality been theorised in developmental psychology and primatology, and how is it studied in animal signals?🐒🦜👶 Take a look 👇 doi.org/10.1016/B978...

Intentional Communication in Animals

The evolutionary origins of human language are deeply intertwined with the ability to communicate intentionally. Grounded in frameworks from developme…

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Cultures animales >> on parle des recherches menées par le LECD ! pour en savoir plus sur les micro dialectes, c'est en fin de docu 🐦🐦

Cultures animales - Partager des traditions - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

Les animaux d’un même groupe partagent bien plus qu’un territoire commun, ils possèdent des traditions. Ainsi, certains macaques japonais rincent leur nourriture, et les rougequeues noirs ont développ...

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Excited to share that I’m starting as an Associate Professor at @uparisnanterre.bsky.social! 🎉 I’m thrilled to join the LECD lab to pursue my research on the origins of gestures and multimodal communication (now with a sense of serenity 😄) !

Male domestic canaries have individual preferences for female vocalisations🐥♥️🐥 Check out the recent article by Camille Le Gal, Sébastien Derégnaucourt @sebrafinch.bsky.social and Mathieu Amy here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

☀️ Hey all! We're an ethology lab from @uparisnanterre.bsky.social! We study babies, birds, primates and other cool species 👶🐦🐒🐈‍⬛ to understand the developmental and cognitive bases of communication and social behaviour✨ We're excited to share our projects and connect with other curious minds here!

🔔 The Emerging Bioacousticians' Days are back! The JJBA were a great success last year, with talks and poster sessions from 70 young researchers from all around the world. Would you like to be part of the next edition? Stay tuned for more information about the location and date! 👋🏼See you soon!