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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement

@lecd-upn.bsky.social
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We study the cognitive and developmental bases of communication and social life, in animals and human babies 🐥🐦👶 - Université Paris Nanterre Lab website : lecd.parisnanterre.fr Babylab website : babylab.parisnanterre.fr

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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🌿 The LECD team is back! Before the start of the new academic year, we reunited for our annual "LECDay"! 🎉 We were welcomed for a tour of the Cité des Bébés at @citedessciences.bsky.social, partnering with our Babylab👶🔬, as well as the Champ des Oiseaux and La Villette Farm 🐦🐇 Thanks for having us!
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🎉 New paper out in Animal Cognition! 🐦 Does variation in birdsong reflect differences in cognitive abilities? We tested this in zebra finches raised under controlled cultural conditions. Our main finding: variation in song structure did not predict associative or reversal learning performance.
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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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Sebastien DEREGNAUCOURT @sebrafinch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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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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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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...
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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!
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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....
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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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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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...
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Le nid de pie @leniddepie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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 😊
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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 !
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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...
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🐘 “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...
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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/...
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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 ! 🐄🦜😄
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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 ! 🐄🦜😄
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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 🐘🦩🐈🐦
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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!
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Université Paris Nanterre @uparisnanterre.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
💫 La communauté de l'Université Paris Nanterre vous souhaite une belle année 2026 !
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Juliette Aychet @julietteaychet.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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! 🐵
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Juliette Aychet @julietteaychet.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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...
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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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Lucie Rigaill @lrigaill.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Cultures animales >> on parle des recherches menées par le LECD ! pour en savoir plus sur les micro dialectes, c'est en fin de docu 🐦🐦
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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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Juliette Aychet @julietteaychet.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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 😄) !
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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/...
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LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement @lecd-upn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
☀️ 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!
Group photo of the members of the LECD (Ethology, Cognition and Development Laboratory)Photo of two zebra finches, male and female, perched on a branch. This species is studied at the LECD.
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JJBioAcoustique @jjbioacoustique.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🔔 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!
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