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"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)

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.

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".

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).

VAMOS-KIDS, Martine Meunier, IMPACT CRNL, "Visual Attention Mediator Of Social facilitation / inhibition in school-age children".

Biodor-IN, Camille Ferdenzi, NEUROPOP CRNL: “ The role of biological odors in human social interactions: A study in immersion “ ;

HIFI, Jérémie Mattout, COPHY CRNL, "High Fidelity Brain-Computer Interface for Motor Rehabilitation"

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".

An article in CortexMag about the work of Raphaël VALLAT, Alain NICOLAS and Perrine RUBY (PAM CRNL). "Postulating that the moment of awakening was crucial to memorize dreams, these researchers proposed to big and small dreamers to take a nap in a scanner and observed what was happening in their brain when they woke them up."

Recently recruited by Inserm, Clément Desoche is a Research Engineer on the virtual reality platform, Neuro-Immersion CRNL, directed by Alessandro Farné and Romeo Salemme.

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In the program of Ali Ribeihi of France Inter, "Great good to you!" Barbara Tillmann (CAP CRNL) and Emmanuel Bigand (Univ Bourgogne, Lab apprentissage et développement) discussed, on Monday January 4th, the benefits of music on our cognitive development, our emotional intelligence, our psychological and physical health.

CORODORAT. Losses of smell and taste during the Covid-19 health crisis: characterization, effect on quality of life and management, Camille FERDENZI, Moustafa BENSAFI (NEUROPOP CRNL).

Of the 13 projects submitted by CRNL in the Life Sciences field, 5 have been selected and will be funded for 42 to 48 months.

BIORAN has created a joint public/private laboratory financed by the ANR (LabCom) and the Region (Pack Ambition Research). The 'laboratory' entitled Neuroimaging for Drug Discovery (NI2D) associates the CRNL, the pharmaceutical company Theranexus and the CERMEP. Its objective is to contribute to the development of gliopharmacology using preclinical imaging tools (PET/MRI/brain ultrasound). The recruitment of two PhD students and a research engineer will strengthen this collaborative axis.

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