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"As soon as you have to do an exercise in a limited time, your performance drops. In order not to collapse, we need to know the traps that our brain sets for us in the perception of time. "explains Jean-Philippe LACHAUX (EDUWELL CRNL) in the April 2021 issue of Cerveau & Psycho.

A March-April 2021 Collector's Issue of Cerveau et Psycho in which Antoine LUTZ (EDUWELL CRNL) as well as Christophe ANDRE, Matthieu RICARD and Rébecca BEGUE-SHANKLAND discuss the Powers of Meditation.

On Monday, February 22, 2021, the CNRS signed the Transparency Charter on the use of animals for scientific and regulatory purposes in France.

By being one of the 30 signatories, the CNRS is thus committed to better inform the general public about the reasons and developments of the use of animals for scientific purposes.

For more information do not hesitate to consult the article Use of animals: the CNRS signs a transparency charter.

To understand why you feel what you feel, and where the emotions you feel come from.

In this five-part mini-series, louiemedia sought to understand what makes us sensory beings.

In this second episode, journalist Brune Bottero interviewed Moustafa Bensafi (NEUROPOP CRNL), a specialist in olfactory perception.

The PsyR² CRNL team published in February 2021 in the journal npj Schizophrenia the results of a study conducted at the CH le Vinatier on the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

The CNRS awarded Paul-Antoine Libourel, Research Engineer and Project Leader in instrumentation and data analysis related to sleep within the SLEEP team of the CRNL, CNRS Crystal medal which recognizes the quality and originality of his work.

An article of Dezso NEMETH (MEMO CRNL) and colleagues, recently published in Child Neuropsychology.

An issue published by the Wiley group which, as of January 2021, salutes Women's Rights.

It includes an article by Gaëlle LEROUX (Methodological Support for Imaging Projects, CRNL Common Service) and her colleagues: "Functional brain connectivity changes across the human life span: From fetal development to old age".

The CRNL mobilizes against Covid-19 outbreak with new research

The CRNL teams have mobilized against Covid-19 around 4 major research themes: olfaction, sleep, mental health and pain. New studies have emerged to understand the neurobiological mechanisms of the virus but also the consequences of containment.

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Manon DIRHEIMER, Designated Veterinarian, was recruited by Inserm in 2017. She is in charge of several animal facilities, today those of the CRNL but also those of the SBRI, the P4 and the PBES. She works with many species: fish, mice, rats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, ferrets, cats and monkeys. And helps you on a daily basis. Discover the career path of this passionate woman!

An article by Jean-Philippe LACHAUX (EDUWELL CRNL) published in the journal Cerveau & Psycho on 12 February, 2021 section L'école des cerveaux.

An article of Maëllie Midroit* and Laura Chalençon* under the direction of Nathalie Mandairon, NEUROPOP CRNL, in Current Biology.

Why are we so attracted to some odorants? A study published in the journal Current Biology shows that pleasant odorants can act as rewards on our brains. This specific property of odorants seems to be due to a special connection between two brain regions, the olfactory bulb, which deals with odor pleasantness, and the olfactory tubercle, a key structure of the reward system. The activation of this network allows dopamine release, as do natural beneficial stimuli such as food or artificial stimuli such as drugs. These results obtained in mice have been confirmed in humans, showing that this process is conserved between species.

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Body size exaggeration is common in the animal kingdom, with many species having evolved adaptations to look or sound BIG in order to threaten competitors or attract mates. But to what extent does such deception actually fool listeners?
To answer this age-old question, researchers Kasia Pisanski and David Reby (ENES CRNL) examined the perception of deceptive vocal signals of body size in humans. “By studying deception in our own species”, explains Prof. Reby, “we can answer many important questions about deceptive signalling that are difficult to tackle in studies with non-human animals”.

"We only use 10% of our brain's capacities", "To each his own learning style", "Everything is decided before the age of 3"... We think we know a lot about how our brain works. What if these preconceived ideas don't make sense?

Cortex mag, February 9, 2021, Benoit de la Fonchais, Clara Saleri (IMPACT CRNL) et Yves Rossetti (TRAJECTOIRE CRNL)

This Thursday, January 21, 2021, the CRNL doctoral students organized the integration day for new CRNL doctoral and post-doctoral students.

In spite of the health context, the integration took place in a good mood!

This article by Kate Schipper and Dezso Nemeth (MEMO CRNL) has just been accepted for publication in Leonardo Music Journal, "a journal devoted to the aesthetic and technical issues of contemporary music and sound arts".

While a large proportion of people suffering from Covid-19 have problems with their sense of smell, neuroscientist Camille Ferdenzi (NEUROPOP CRNL) explains in this podcast the various ways in which the virus can alter this sense, but also how it can be regained through olfactory rehabilitation.

A book of Professeur Nicolas Mathevon, ENES CRNL, specialist in bioacoustics, about the language of animals.

Within the framework of « Nez à Nez » project (Nathalie Buonviso, Alexandra Veyrac, CMO CRNL), an artistic residency took place on January 21 and 22, 2021, supported by our tutors (CNRS, Inserm, UCBL, UJM).

NEONATOLF, Gérard Coureaud, ENES CRNL, "Olfaction, cognition and feeding behaviour in rabbit neonates".

SNIFFATTENTION, Emmanuelle Courtiol (CMO CRNL), "Sniffing out clues to attention: olfaction as a key model to explore the neural basis of attentional processes".