CEEC
CEEC - Centre d’Etude en Etholgie et Cognition
CSEC - Centre for the Study of Ethology and Cognition
UMR 6552 @cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @rennesuniv.bsky.social @universite-caen.bsky.social
#ethologie #CEEC
- Reposted by CEEC#APELANG team is thriving in Uganda 🇺🇬😍 Look at that chimp 🙈
- 🇫🇷 Félicitations à @camilletroisi.bsky.social pour sa bourse Fyssen! 🇬🇧 Congratulations to Camille for getting this @fondationfyssen.bsky.social research grant!
- Félicitations ! Découvrez les six lauréates sélectionnées en décembre 2025 par la Fondation Fyssen, dont les projets se distinguent par leur qualité et leur originalité: Aurélie Manin, @heikestein.bsky.social, Sophie Bagur, @camilletroisi.bsky.social, Juliana Loureiro de Almeida Campos, Eniko Csata
- Reposted by CEECFélicitations ! Découvrez les six lauréates sélectionnées en décembre 2025 par la Fondation Fyssen, dont les projets se distinguent par leur qualité et leur originalité: Aurélie Manin, @heikestein.bsky.social, Sophie Bagur, @camilletroisi.bsky.social, Juliana Loureiro de Almeida Campos, Eniko Csata
- 🇬🇧 With this new paper comes, for the first time officially, a new name! Ethos changed its name! We are now the CSEC! Centre for the Study of Ethology and Cognition! 🇫🇷 Avec ce papier, un nouveau nom officiel pour la première fois! EthoS devient CEEC! Centre d’Etude en Ethologie et Cognition!
- We used a dataset collected from observations, playback experiments and predator presentations during my PhD. We conducted formal linguistic analyses derived from this paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
- Reposted by CEECIn other words, emotion-based communication can give rise to sophisticated cognitive processes, particularly on the receiver's side, and thus, provide insightful insights into the evolution of communication - and ultimately, language.
- Reposted by CEECOur answer is YES! While callers may produce relatively simple signals shaped by immediate emotional arousal, listeners likely enrich these signals pragmatically by integrating background knowledge and, therefore, engage in more complex cognitive processes.
- Reposted by CEECIn summary, the alarm calls of titi monkeys do not reflect external events, but the caller's emotional states. Moreover, sequences are not syntactic, but reflect changes in the caller's emotional state. So... Is the vocal system of titi monkeys worth investigating? 🤔
- Reposted by CEECFor example, titi monkeys know that raptors are the most dangerous predators and attack from above. When hearing A-calls (i.e., high arousal in the caller), listeners may infer the presence of a severe threat – most likely a raptor – and immediately look upwards to scan for danger.
- Reposted by CEECWhat is super interesting is that listeners still manage to extract relevant information about the event eliciting alarm sequences. 👇See this playback of A-calls: the monkey knows immediately where to look! We think it does so by making pragmatic inferences based on prior knowledge.
- Reposted by CEECBut what about when these calls are combined into long sequences? We think that these sequences track dynamic changes in arousal over time 📈📉
- Reposted by CEECWe found that alarm calls likely reflect the caller's arousal level at the time of emission of the call: A-calls encode high arousal (typically, when they spot a raptor 🦅), B-calls lower arousal (i.e., when any other disturbing event occur 🐯🦌🚶♂️)
- Reposted by CEECWe used a dataset collected from observations, playback experiments and predator presentations during my PhD. We conducted formal linguistic analyses derived from this paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
- Reposted by CEEC🚨New animal linguistics paper🚨 Together with @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social, we tried to finally answer this question: Do titi monkeys have complex syntactic skills? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by CEECJ'ai longuement discuté de ce papier avec @evosapiensfr.bsky.social, qui le résume très bien ici 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6vO...
- 🚨New animal linguistics paper🚨 Together with @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social, we tried to finally answer this question: Do titi monkeys have complex syntactic skills? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- New publications for a happy new year 2026! @maelmleroux.bsky.social and colleagues published a new framework for #welfare, #EDI and #ethics in animal research. Find out more here: A call for CARE! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/3
- Ludovic Dickel, Anne-Sophie Darmaillacq and team published an article on the care and welfare of cephalopods embryos Here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 2/3
- Marine Grandgeorge and team published two pieces on the role of animals in helping elderly people and #Alzheimer patients: shs.cairn.info/revue-geront... & shs.cairn.info/revue-geront... 3/3
- Reposted by CEECOur new paper on yawn vocalizations in geladas is out on iScience! Happy holidays to you all :) OA here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ethos-research.bsky.social @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @leakeyfoundation.org
- Retrouvez Marine Grandgorge la semaine prochaine sur LSD @franceculture.fr ! www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
- Reposted by CEEC"Excuse-me, I think you dropped something : Unexpected factors involved in physical understanding of hands movements by mangabeys" If you missed my poster this evening, come chat with me about it tomorrow #ASABwinter2025 @ethos-research.bsky.social
- Reposted by CEECGreat work from @estelle-meaux.bsky.social on the use of contact calls in a recruitment context in white-eyes (and support from former lab member @mdiquelou.bsky.social ) #ASABWinter2025 @ethos-research.bsky.social
- Reposted by CEEC📢 Calling all primatologists 📢 EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration! 🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application) Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs... Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg... All abstracts will be accepted!
- Reposted by CEEC🚨Job Alert plz RT! Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition! We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals Open-rank apply.interfolio.com/178146
- Alban Lemasson et Maël Leroux étaient aux mardis de l’espace des sciences ! Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Retrouvez leur conférence en ligne ici: www.youtube.com/live/io6tAYL... Et leur livre: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s... @espacedessciences.bsky.social @maelmleroux.bsky.social
- Today, we have the privilege of welcoming Leo @fusanilab.bsky.social from @klf-univienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at And we get to hear from some amazing research about courtship in birds 🐦
- Reposted by CEECCe matin j'ai eu l'honneur d'être l'invitée de l'émission CQFD sur RTS la 1ère ! C'est génial d'avoir eu une longue interview où j'ai eu le temps de développer, nuancer, et raconter des anecdotes ! Merci à Cécile Guerin et l'équipe @armorique.ici.fr ! www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
- A series of conferences at Paimpont @rennesuniv.bsky.social including a talk from our own Marine Grandgeorge 🥰
- Reposted by CEECLe dernier épisode de Bêtes de science @futurasciences.bsky.social est dédié aux capacites d'anticipation et de contrôle de soi chez les seiches communes poke @ethos-research.bsky.social @rennesuniv.bsky.social. Bonne écoute : podcasts.futura-sciences.com/futura-betes...
- La #FDS2025 se termine, et plusieurs membres de l'équipe y ont participé! @maelmleroux.bsky.social, Christelle Jozet-Alves, Alban Lemasson, Céline Rochais...
- A @universite-caen.bsky.social , Christelle a présenté sa recherche sur la mémoire chez les céphalopodes #FDS2025
- A Paimpont @rennesuniv.bsky.social, Céline Rochais a présenté ses recherche sur la médiation animale #FDS2025
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View full threadA Audierne, @maelmleroux.bsky.social à également présenté (et dédicacé!) le livre co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole!, aux éditions Apogée #FDS2025 www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
- New study on bird neophobia published in PloS Biology! With @houdelie.bsky.social, @camilletroisi.bsky.social and other researchers from the lab! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
- 🐦 Exciting news! Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology: “A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.” Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @themanybirds.bsky.social
- New paper out by @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social, Alban Lemasson and collaborators on geladas agression, kidnapping and death 💀 Maybe not the casual reading while having your morning coffee… doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
- Reposted by CEECC’est la fin de mon festival de Cannes, les prix Nobel de sciences ont été décernés cette semaine ! Pour comprendre les découvertes récompensées en Médecine ou Physiologie, en Physique et en Chimie, un petit récap 💫
- Last week, our own @berthetmelissa.bsky.social & @maelmleroux.bsky.social were at the @lasfdp.bsky.social 2025 conference. First congress as official board members, and Mélissa presented their work on chimp vs. bonobos combinatoriality!
- Cette semaine, Marine Grandgeorge donnera une conférence grand public sur la médiation animale! Organisée par les Masters CAH de l'association AUBE.
- A little update of the beginning of this academic year! New papers, communication, public outreach:
- Marine Grandgeorge published 2 papers: Vesque-Annear,..., Grandgeorge M (2025) Etude des liens humains-animaux en EHPAD. & Grandgeorge et al. (2025) Changes in Social and Human-Animal Interactions in People with Epilepsy During Dog-Assisted Interventions. www.epilepsybehavior.com/article/S152...
- Marine Grandgeorge also published two texts to help make her Science accessible to the public and professionals that might benefit from it! Open access here: hal.science/hal-05272220 (Version HANDI’CHIENS) ; hal.science/hal-05272244 (Version Mira)
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View full thread@maelmleroux.bsky.social organised a symposium on animal linguistics at the @SLE2025 in Bordeaux with the @nccrlanguage.bsky.social, introduced by Philippe Schlenker
- Reposted by CEECPresenting 🐒 at the XXVIII International Congress of Ethology @behaviour2025.bsky.social in Kolkata, India 🇮🇳 @geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
- Reposted by CEECPresenting our research on gelada flexible communication and emotion recognition during post-conflict interactions at #Behaviour2025 in Kolkata (India)! 🐒 @geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social @behaviour2025.bsky.social
- Reposted by CEECDemain, on fait grève ! Pr vous distraire, vous pouvez écouter mon nouvel épisode du podcast Bêtes de science @futurasciences.bsky.social. J'y parle du guépard, l'occasion d'évoquer le @cheetah.org & les études de com' vocale de @maelmleroux.bsky.social : podcasts.futura-sciences.com/futura-betes...
- Une rentrée à fond pour Marine Grandgeorge, qui publie cet article sur l'épilepsie et les chiens d'assistance, et qui sera dans le numéro de rentrée de @PsychologiesMagazine chez vos marchand·e·s de journaux! www.epilepsybehavior.com/article/S152...
- And today, we had Valeria Marasco from @vetmeduni in Vienna come and talk about "Use your past to fuel your future: ecophysiology of life histories in a rapidly changing world"! A great interaction!
- Last Friday, Ludovic Dickel was on the radio @franceinter.fr on Le temps d’un Bivouac with @danielfievet.bsky.social to talk about his latest book! www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
- New paper from @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social and collaborators on gelada/dog interactions in Ethiopia ! 🇪🇹
- 🚨 New paper out! We report encounters between wild geladas and free-roaming dogs in an unprotected area in Ethiopia, highlighting the behavioral adaptability of our amazing geladas! @ethos-research.bsky.social @leakeyfoundation.org Free to read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
- @maelmleroux.bsky.social and Alban Lemasson were at the radio yesterday to talk about their new book! @rfi.fr www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...
- Live today on @rfi.fr !
- Reposted by CEECGwenolé, 1st-year master student, just finished his internship collecting data for the @manyprimates.bsky.social inference by exclusion project with me at @ethos-research.bsky.social. It was great working with him, and I wish him all the best in his future endeavours.
- Reposted by CEECAnd we continue on this série with an interview live for CQFD, at the Swiss radio RTS 🙏 With Lucia Sillig! Thanks for this great experience! CQFD - rts.ch www.rts.ch/emissions/cq...
- Last week was the SFECA: the French Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour! Here are some of the highlights of the week 😏 We had such a great time ❤️ 1/n
- First were @maelmleroux.bsky.social & @berthetmelissa.bsky.social talking about @edi-efp.bsky.social for the pre-conference workshop!
- Then we had Nicolas Dollion talk about his work in collaboration with our own Marine Grandgeorge!
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View full threadWe also had Bastien Lemaire present his work on Cuttlefish 😍😍
- Reposted by CEECToday we were at the radio to talk about our new book with Alban Lemasson! The first of a long series we hope!
- It’s out! Co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Un livre grand public sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage. En vente partout, éditions Apogée: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s... A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi: unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
- Reposted by CEECEt découvrez un extrait du livre (comme par hasard, sur la syntaxe…) ici 👇🏻 theconversation.com/quand-les-an...
- It’s out! Co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Un livre grand public sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage. En vente partout, éditions Apogée: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s... A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi: unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
- Reposted by CEECUn article de vulgarisation dans The Conversation sur notre dernière recherche! @ethos-research.bsky.social 🐒
- Reposted by CEECEt un peu de lecture pour finir avec cet ouvrage paru ce mois-ci, par @maelmleroux.bsky.social et Alban Lemasson. Je vous le conseille chaudement ! Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Le langage humain est-il unique ou sommes-nous trop centrés sur nous-mêmes pour penser ainsi ?
- New paper alert! 🚨 Mutual gaze and facial mimicry as drivers of shared engagement in macaque play fighting! A study lead by our own @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social, in collaboration with Alban Lemasson, Elisabetta Palagi and many others! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Podcast time! Marine Grandgeorge on human-animal interaction! In French 🇫🇷 www.ouest-france.fr/education/po...
- L’équipe de l’AUBE (Association Universitaire Bretonne d'Ethologie portée par nos masters CAH) vous convie à sa première visioconférence organisée le 27 mai à 18h. Pour s’inscrire, c’est ici 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by CEECCheck out this video on our new research! 🔊🐒 @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
- Reposted by CEECIt’s finally out!! Our new study shows that wild geladas seem to recognize prosocial vocal affiliation to victims of aggression! A key insight into the evolution of empathy in primates 🔊🐒 @geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
- Nouvel ouvrage grand public écrit par Alban Lemasson et @maelmleroux.bsky.social sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage! Disponible partout, en ligne et dans vos librairies. Aux éditions Apogée. www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
- It’s out! Co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Un livre grand public sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage. En vente partout, éditions Apogée: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s... A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi: unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
- Reposted by CEECOnly two weeks left to apply! Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend! And spread the word to whoever might be interested! @efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
- 🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵 Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html And here 👇🏻
- New study by Dr. Marine Grandgorge & co on « interspecies languaging »! 🧍 🐕 💬 Interpersonal distance, mouth sounds, and referentiality in child-dog play: A pluridisciplinary approach 🙂 Rea Peltola, Yaru Wu and Marine Grandgeorge 📰 Language and communication doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
- Reposted by CEECBack at the lab now and what a start into the week. Two intense days presenting the cephalopod research side of @ethos-research.bsky.social and shooting with France3 Normandie 🎥🎥 Coming soon 😌
- April update of the labs activities - a 🧵 New paper documenting the absence of non adjacent dependency processing in bonobos, including Kanzi! Nouveau papier sur l'absence de détection de dépendances syntaxiques chez les bonobos : une experience de grammaire artificielle doi.org/10.1098/rsos... 1/4
- New paper hot off the press! 🚨 Non adjacent dependency processing (or lack thereof) in bonobos. A special one, as Kanzi, who participated in the study, passed away a few weeks ago 😢 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
- New paper documenting gestures associated with pruritus in very young infants. Nouveau papier documentant les gestes associés au prurit chez les jeunes enfants doi.org/10.1038/s415... 2/4
- International day for animals in education, where Marine Grandgeorge presented some of her work Journée internationale sur la place de l’animal en éducation où Marine Grandgeorge a présenté certains de ces travaux. 3/4
- Héloise Vesque Annear presented her poster « Resident cats » in elderly homes. She won best poster! Congrats 🎉 Héloise Vesque Annear a présenté son poster « Chats résidents » en EHPAD. Elle a reçu le prix du meilleur poster! Félicitations 🎉 4/4
