LECD - Laboratoire Ethologie Cognition Développement

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! 🐵

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

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...

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...

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

Thank you! :)

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! May we be added to the starter pack? 👶

Hey! May we be added to the starter pack? 👶

Hey! May we be added to the starter pack? 🤗🐦

Hey! May we be added to the starter pack? 🤗🐦

Hey! May we be added to the starter pack? 🤗🐦

Hey! May we be added to the starter pack? 🤗🐦

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.

☀️ 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!