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Research Center on Animal Cognition
The Research Center on Animal Cognition (CRCA) is part of the Center for Integrative Biology in Toulouse (CBI Toulouse). The main goal of the CRCA is the multidisciplinary and comparative study of cognitive processing in different animal models, from invertebrates to vertebrates.
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Studying animal movements with networks
Ethologists from the CRCA-CBI have partnered with EDB ecologists, ENVT researchers, and the company Xerius to develop a new methodology to simplify and characterize animal movements in space and time.
The blob is capable of perceiving the stress of its fellow creatures
The blob (Physarum Polycephalum), a unicellular organism without a nervous system, never ceases to amaze us with its surprising capacities. It is able to memorize, solve complex problems and transmit learned information to its fellow creatures.
Crowdfight COVID-19
The CRCA-CBI supports an initiative from the scientific community to put all available resources at the service of the fight against COVID-19.
Collective intelligence in the face of nutritional challenges in ants
A study led by Audrey Dussutour, in collaboration with Eniko Csata and Jacques Gautrais, published in Current Biology, demonstrate that ants match their foraging decisions to their nutritional needs and overcome complex nutritional deficiencies.
Congratulations to Aurore Avarguès-Weber !
Aurore Avarguès-Weber has received the Bronze Medal from the CNRS 2019. Each year, the CNRS celebrates researchers, engineers and technicians who make an exceptional contribution to the institution's dynamism and reputation.
Abeilles – Une histoire intime avec l’humanité
A new book on bees has just been published by Le Cherche-Midi. It is a collective work under the direction of Martine Regert with the participation of Martin Giurfa (CRCA-CBI).