fx dechaume-moncharmont @fxdm@mamot.fr
Professor of behavioural ecology
Joined Apr 2017
The CNRS has just released a pretty cool video (in French) about our work on #emotion in #fish. Many thanks to them!
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-CeLd87q5w
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scientists put 3D glasses on cuttlefish to test how they perceive depth: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/01/why-scientists-put-3-d-glasses-cuttlefish/604555/
one of many cool research projects presented at the recent SICB (Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, formerly American Society of Zoologists) conference 🐘
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Comparing meta-analyses and preregistered multiple-laboratory #replication projects | #bias #meta #research #science https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0787-z
Males sacrifice their legs to pacify aggressive females in a sexually cannibalistic #spider. #science #biology #animalbehaviour
📄 Neumann R, Schneider JM (2020) Animal Behaviour 159:59–67 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.11.003
Even solitary #shark can rely on #social information to learn new foraging routes. #science #biology #animalbehaviour #fish #learning
📄 Vila Pouca et al (2020) Social learning in solitary juvenile sharks. Animal Behaviour 159:21–27 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.10.017
Is the #evolution of #emotion #semantics driven by neurobiological or cultural constraints? An analysis based on the comparison of 2474 languages reveals that emotion words vary in meaning across languages, but some general trends are conserved between geographically distant cultures. #science #language #culture
📄 Jackson et al. (2019) Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure. Science 366:1517–1522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8160
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#Optimism is associated with exceptional #longevity in 2 epidemiologic cohorts of men and women | #lifeexpectancy https://www.pnas.org/content/116/37/18357.short
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"Here's what happens when you report plagiarism to a journal editor [for an Elsevier journal]"
http://www.poweredbyosteons.org/2019/12/heres-what-happens-when-you-report.html
Property transfers in chain in hermit #crab: real estate crisis, resource #monopolization, #inequality, #wealth distribution and #gini coefficient. #biology #animalbehaviour #economy #shell
📄 Chase (2020) Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 538:122962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2019.122962
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Azteca #ant colonies move the same way leopards' spots form https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191211145634.htm
Nice case of sexual conflict in #hermaphrodite #flatworm : giving #sperm is far more important than receiving some from the partner. #science #biology #evolution #animalbehaviour #sexualselection
📄 Patlar et al (2020) Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.018
#Ants are able to solve complex problems of #diet balance at the colony level. A new paper from the amazing DrDrey's lab. #science #biology #animalbehaviour #foraging #collective
📄 Csata et al (2020) Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.019
Scroll down the #abyss: beautiful interactive #infographic by Neal Agarwal. #ocean #sea #biology #biodiversity #depth
🔗 https://neal.fun/deep-sea/
The ongoing decline of number of tenured research positions in #France : worrying perspectives for 2020. #science #CNRS #career
🔗 https://www.soundofscience.fr/1863
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Scientists Reach 100% #Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming | #climatechange #globalwarming https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0270467619886266
#Evolyon : 5th #Evolution and #Ecology conference in #Lyon (France). #science #univlyon1
http://evolyon.universite-lyon.fr/
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Beyond impact factor, h-index, and other blind bibliometric indices to evaluate applicants for an #academic position: the N-best evaluation (yes, #committee members will have to read some text instead of adding figures). #science #bibliometrics #publication #career
📄 Frank MC (2019) Trends in Cognitive Sciences http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.09.010
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Calculated #avoidance: #Math #anxiety predicts #math #avoidance in effort-based decision-making | #cognition #decisionmaking #effort https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/11/eaay1062
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Professor of behavioural ecology
Joined Apr 2017
