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30-03-2023 - ISC Seminar: David Thura
David Thura, from the Impact Team at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre, informed us about how control of decisions and actions could share common principles and neural circuits and concluded that there is a strong and adaptive level of integration of decision-making and movement control during goal-oriented behavior in his talk titled: "Behavioral and neurophysiological markers of the integrated control of decision-making and action execution".
27-03-2023 - ISC Seminar : Inza KONE
Inza KONE, Professor in Conservation Biology at the University Felix Houphoet Boigny in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, and Director General of the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Cote d'Ivoire, informed us on primate conservation challenges, during his talk titled: "Metting new challenges for primate conservation in Cote d'Ivoire: The role of transdisciplinary research".
22-03-2023 - Labex Cortex Conference: Alessandra Angelucci
As part of the Labex Cortex Conferences, Alessandra Angelucci discussed the fundamental role of feedback in early visual processing thanks to new labeling and optogenetic approaches in her talk titled: "Organization and function of inter-areal feedback connections in early visual processing".
20-03-2023 - Marie Habart PhD Defense
On March 20th, Marie Habart defended her thesis titled “Oxytocin and Vasopressin cell networks and influence of early life stress”. Congratulations!
09-02-2023 - Sébastien Kirchherr PhD Defense

06-02-2023 - Maëva Gacoin PhD Defense

16-12-2022 - Mai Chunmiao PhD Defense
On December 16th, Mai Chunmiao defended her thesis titled “The development of non-human primate-like grooming behavior in preverbal infants” under the supervision of Angela Sirigu and Irene Cristofori. Congratulations!
16-12-2022 - Labex Cortex Conference : Ilya Monosov
As part of the Labex Cortex Conferences, Ilya Monosov gave a talk about the neurobiology of curiosity. He discussed the biological mechanisms of the intrinsic motivational drives to explore and outlined the circuits through which curiosity can impact value-based economic decision-making in primates and humans.
15-12-2022 - Christmas Party
Before the holidays, everyone was invited to a lunch party during which participants brought a typical dish from their country. A great time was spent altogether!
12-12-2022 - Felipe Rolando PhD Defense
On December 12th, Felipe Rolando defended his thesis titled “Striatal and hippocampal dynamics during time categorization” under the direction of Sylvia Wirth. Congrats!
02-12-2022 - Zixuan Tang PhD Defense
On December 2nd, Zixuan Tang defended her thesis titled “Brain representations and behavioral effects of physical distance on action and of social distance on moral judgements”. Congratulations!
02-12-2022 - Valentin GUIGON PhD Defense
On December 2nd, Valentin GUIGON defended his thesis titled “Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying transmission of uncertain information in humans.”. Congratulations!
01-12-2022 - Jiawei Liu PhD Defense

28-10-2022 - Labex Cortex Conference : David Van Essen

25-10-2022 - Linh lnguyen PhD Defense
On October 25th, Linh lnguyen defended her thesis titled “Reading at the fingertips. What can digital movements inform about visual attention mechanisms in reading acquisition and how they can help”. Congratulations!
07-09-2022 - ISC Seminar : Sabrina Ravel
Sabrina Ravel, part of the Marmobrain collaborative project, discussed the influence of social position on performance in a stimulus-reward association reversal learning task in common marmoset. The tests carried out through automated testing systems in their homecage highlighted the possibility of studying cognitive abilities without water or food constraints.
The results showed that individual cognitive abilities, as well as hierarchy, affect learning speed in marmosets but this wasn’t the case during reversal learning.
12-07-2022 - ISC Seminar : Manuel Varlet
Manuel Varlet from the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour, and Development, during his talk “Self-other neural and behavioural mechanisms for coordinating with others” presented new research combining frequency tagging and EEG hyperscanning used to investigate self-other neural and behavioural mechanisms enabling interpersonal coordination using auditory and visual information. He highlighted the importance of leadership roles, and the processes specific to each modality underlying interpersonal synchronisation.
07-07-2022 - Q&A session: Robert Seyfarth

30-06-2022 - Barbecue Party

23-06-2022 - ISC Seminar : Philippe Tobler
Philippe Tobler from the University of Zurich during his talk “Motivational functions of the human midbrain” discussed the nature of the signals of dopamine neurons with the processing of errors in the prediction of both the subjective value and motivational salience of outcomes. Thanks to neuroimaging during a Pavlovian task, analyses revealed that value coding was limited mainly to evidence of reward, in line with the dual dimension hypothesis.
09-06-2022 - ISC Seminar: Jerome Sallet
Jerome Sallet from the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, during his talk “Circuits for social cognition and foraging of the macaque brain”, presented his work regarding social interactions and circuits involved in making strategic exploratory decisions in macaques. He explained the impact of sociality on brain structure and highlighted the importance of an evolutionary perspective.
17-05-2022 - Mentoring Session - Marc Jeannerod Young Investigator Award

28-04-2022 - ISC Seminar : Abhishek Banerjee

08-04-2022 - Etienne Abassi PhD Defense

07-04-2022 - Kami Koldewyn Seminar
Kami Koldewyn in her talk “Social Interactions in the Social Brain” explored the role of various structures in the “social brain” across development. She showed the posterior superior temporal sulcus as a key region for processing dynamic social interactions, but other regions such as the extrastriate body area (EBA) also show sensitivity to specifically interactive information, depending on stimulus content and context.