Etienne Coutureau
@ecoutureau.bsky.social
CNRS Research Director@Bordeaux Neurocampus/Neuroscientist working on Prefrontal Circuits of Decision and Adaptation
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📢 EBBS Travel Awards for FENS 2026!
EBBS is offering 6 travel grants (PhD students & early postdocs) to attend the FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona
💸€700 support, in-person participation required
🗓️Deadline: 12 January 2026
More info 👉 www.ebbs-science.org/EBBS_awards#...
EBBS is offering 6 travel grants (PhD students & early postdocs) to attend the FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona
💸€700 support, in-person participation required
🗓️Deadline: 12 January 2026
More info 👉 www.ebbs-science.org/EBBS_awards#...
EBBS :: EBBS awards
Website of the European Brain and Behaviour Society
www.ebbs-science.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📢 EBBS Travel Awards for FENS 2026!
EBBS is offering 6 travel grants (PhD students & early postdocs) to attend the FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona
💸€700 support, in-person participation required
🗓️Deadline: 12 January 2026
More info 👉 www.ebbs-science.org/EBBS_awards#...
EBBS is offering 6 travel grants (PhD students & early postdocs) to attend the FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona
💸€700 support, in-person participation required
🗓️Deadline: 12 January 2026
More info 👉 www.ebbs-science.org/EBBS_awards#...
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 "𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲" (𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝘀)?
Via Decision Formation Through Multi-Area Population Dynamics
Excellent short review.
doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...
#neuroskyence
Via Decision Formation Through Multi-Area Population Dynamics
Excellent short review.
doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...
#neuroskyence
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 "𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲" (𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝘀)?
Via Decision Formation Through Multi-Area Population Dynamics
Excellent short review.
doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...
#neuroskyence
Via Decision Formation Through Multi-Area Population Dynamics
Excellent short review.
doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...
#neuroskyence
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@cedricbrun.bsky.social and Thomas Boraud, coorganise with Serge Ahmed and Thomas pradeux, "The Impact of Philosophical Thinking on Today's Neuroscience"
📅 November 24th-25th, University of Bordeaux, IBGC
🎟️ Mandatory Registration
📍 Details and registration : philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philos...
📅 November 24th-25th, University of Bordeaux, IBGC
🎟️ Mandatory Registration
📍 Details and registration : philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philos...
Conference: The Impact of philosophical thinking on today’s neuroscience – philinbiomed
Please feel free to circulate this announcement to all the persons who may be interested.
philinbiomed.cnrs.fr
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
@cedricbrun.bsky.social and Thomas Boraud, coorganise with Serge Ahmed and Thomas pradeux, "The Impact of Philosophical Thinking on Today's Neuroscience"
📅 November 24th-25th, University of Bordeaux, IBGC
🎟️ Mandatory Registration
📍 Details and registration : philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philos...
📅 November 24th-25th, University of Bordeaux, IBGC
🎟️ Mandatory Registration
📍 Details and registration : philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/philos...
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Really delighted to share our new article in Current Biology showing that the cingulate-to-dorsolateral prefrontal pathway is not involved in trial-to-trial short-term adaptation but rather in sustained motivational control.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Really delighted to share our new article in Current Biology showing that the cingulate-to-dorsolateral prefrontal pathway is not involved in trial-to-trial short-term adaptation but rather in sustained motivational control.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Excited to announce that I'll be moving to the Univ of California Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social next Spring!🌴
Happily, this is not goodbye to Japan as I'll continue my lab @RIKEN_CBS for some time.
Help spread the word: the new UCI lab will be hiring, DM or email ([email protected]) if interested!
Happily, this is not goodbye to Japan as I'll continue my lab @RIKEN_CBS for some time.
Help spread the word: the new UCI lab will be hiring, DM or email ([email protected]) if interested!
October 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Excited to announce that I'll be moving to the Univ of California Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social next Spring!🌴
Happily, this is not goodbye to Japan as I'll continue my lab @RIKEN_CBS for some time.
Help spread the word: the new UCI lab will be hiring, DM or email ([email protected]) if interested!
Happily, this is not goodbye to Japan as I'll continue my lab @RIKEN_CBS for some time.
Help spread the word: the new UCI lab will be hiring, DM or email ([email protected]) if interested!
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🔴 #ESR Enquête 2025 sur le financement de la recherche publique : la communauté scientifique alerte sur un système à bout de souffle.
Presque 5 ans après le vote de la LPR de 2020, l'alerte du Collège des sociétés savantes académiques de France.
societes-savantes.fr/enquete-2025...
Presque 5 ans après le vote de la LPR de 2020, l'alerte du Collège des sociétés savantes académiques de France.
societes-savantes.fr/enquete-2025...
September 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🔴 #ESR Enquête 2025 sur le financement de la recherche publique : la communauté scientifique alerte sur un système à bout de souffle.
Presque 5 ans après le vote de la LPR de 2020, l'alerte du Collège des sociétés savantes académiques de France.
societes-savantes.fr/enquete-2025...
Presque 5 ans après le vote de la LPR de 2020, l'alerte du Collège des sociétés savantes académiques de France.
societes-savantes.fr/enquete-2025...
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⚠️JOB ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️
Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Marseille) in collaboration with @alainbarrat.bsky.social. Join us to study higher-order brain interactions in causal learning using information theory and network science. More info
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Marseille) in collaboration with @alainbarrat.bsky.social. Join us to study higher-order brain interactions in causal learning using information theory and network science. More info
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
Postdoc in computational cognitive neuroscience - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
www.fens.org
September 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
⚠️JOB ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️
Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Marseille) in collaboration with @alainbarrat.bsky.social. Join us to study higher-order brain interactions in causal learning using information theory and network science. More info
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Marseille) in collaboration with @alainbarrat.bsky.social. Join us to study higher-order brain interactions in causal learning using information theory and network science. More info
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
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Bravo Eric et collègues 👏
#InnovationUM 🚀 Éric Kremer, directeur de recherche à l’ @inserm.fr et responsable d’équipe à l’ @igmm-montpel.bsky.social, reçoit le Prix de l’Innovation 2025 – Pôle Biologie-Santé pour le projet #CAVisca
🎞️ : youtu.be/YKxGejRco9I
🎞️ : youtu.be/YKxGejRco9I
Éric KREMER, Prix de l’Innovation 2025, Pôle Biologie-Santé
YouTube video by Université de Montpellier
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Bravo Eric et collègues 👏
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Animals Get High! This documentary, directed by Sébastien Lafont, explores the various facets of the use of psychoactive plants and fungi by animals in nature. @sergeahmed.bsky.social served as scientific advisor for the film and also appears in it as an expert.
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
July 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Animals Get High! This documentary, directed by Sébastien Lafont, explores the various facets of the use of psychoactive plants and fungi by animals in nature. @sergeahmed.bsky.social served as scientific advisor for the film and also appears in it as an expert.
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
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June 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This was also my first @ebbsociety.bsky.social meeting and I couldn’t recommend it more. The program was just absolutely packed with really thoughtful and interesting work and the student posters were especially impressive and engaging.
July 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This was also my first @ebbsociety.bsky.social meeting and I couldn’t recommend it more. The program was just absolutely packed with really thoughtful and interesting work and the student posters were especially impressive and engaging.
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👏👏👏
Just one more day until EBBS 2025 @ebbsociety.bsky.social full of fantastic science!
See you all in Bordeaux 🍷🧀
😀😀😀
Just one more day until EBBS 2025 @ebbsociety.bsky.social full of fantastic science!
See you all in Bordeaux 🍷🧀
😀😀😀
June 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
👏👏👏
Just one more day until EBBS 2025 @ebbsociety.bsky.social full of fantastic science!
See you all in Bordeaux 🍷🧀
😀😀😀
Just one more day until EBBS 2025 @ebbsociety.bsky.social full of fantastic science!
See you all in Bordeaux 🍷🧀
😀😀😀
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L'avenir du Palais de la découverte est incertain. Fermé depuis 2020 dans le cadre d'un grand projet de rénovation, des questions se posent aujourd'hui quant à sa réouverture... Une pétition circule en ce moment pour sauver cette institution : tinyurl.com/22b98td7. Et qques mots sur son histoire 👇
Signez la pétition
Sauvons le Palais de la découverte
tinyurl.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
L'avenir du Palais de la découverte est incertain. Fermé depuis 2020 dans le cadre d'un grand projet de rénovation, des questions se posent aujourd'hui quant à sa réouverture... Une pétition circule en ce moment pour sauver cette institution : tinyurl.com/22b98td7. Et qques mots sur son histoire 👇
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Pour faire un point sur les fonctions thalamiques et en particulier en ce qui concerne la cognition : www.neurosciences.asso.fr/lalettre/ind...
June 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Pour faire un point sur les fonctions thalamiques et en particulier en ce qui concerne la cognition : www.neurosciences.asso.fr/lalettre/ind...
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Big changes to the ERC funding schemes!
Note the new eligibility criteria from 2027 on:
📌 Starting Grant: 0-10 y post-PhD
📌 Consolidator Grant: 5-15 y post-PhD
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Note the new eligibility criteria from 2027 on:
📌 Starting Grant: 0-10 y post-PhD
📌 Consolidator Grant: 5-15 y post-PhD
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...
erc.europa.eu
June 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Big changes to the ERC funding schemes!
Note the new eligibility criteria from 2027 on:
📌 Starting Grant: 0-10 y post-PhD
📌 Consolidator Grant: 5-15 y post-PhD
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Note the new eligibility criteria from 2027 on:
📌 Starting Grant: 0-10 y post-PhD
📌 Consolidator Grant: 5-15 y post-PhD
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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What a great edition of NeuroFrance!
We would like to thank all the participants and speakers for these high-quality scientific interactions 🤗
Many thanks to our supporters and sponsors!
Save the date for our next meetings: #JT2026 in Toulouse & #NeuroFrance2027 in Bordeaux 🤩
We would like to thank all the participants and speakers for these high-quality scientific interactions 🤗
Many thanks to our supporters and sponsors!
Save the date for our next meetings: #JT2026 in Toulouse & #NeuroFrance2027 in Bordeaux 🤩
May 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
What a great edition of NeuroFrance!
We would like to thank all the participants and speakers for these high-quality scientific interactions 🤗
Many thanks to our supporters and sponsors!
Save the date for our next meetings: #JT2026 in Toulouse & #NeuroFrance2027 in Bordeaux 🤩
We would like to thank all the participants and speakers for these high-quality scientific interactions 🤗
Many thanks to our supporters and sponsors!
Save the date for our next meetings: #JT2026 in Toulouse & #NeuroFrance2027 in Bordeaux 🤩
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To accommodate for the fact we started official registrations late and the early bird deadline was during school holidays for many, we have extended our early bird registration deadline to the 15th of May! The main website can guide you through registration : sbdm2025.github.io
12th Symposium on The Biology of Decision Making 2025 - Lyon
SBDM-2025
sbdm2025.github.io
May 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
To accommodate for the fact we started official registrations late and the early bird deadline was during school holidays for many, we have extended our early bird registration deadline to the 15th of May! The main website can guide you through registration : sbdm2025.github.io
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As Chair of the Bordeaux Neurocampus Parity and Inclusion Committee, I’m pleased to share we’ve received generous CNRS funding to expand our inclusion efforts. Thanks to @neurobordeaux.bsky.social and CNRS for the support, which enables us to keep building a more inclusive research environment.
April 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
As Chair of the Bordeaux Neurocampus Parity and Inclusion Committee, I’m pleased to share we’ve received generous CNRS funding to expand our inclusion efforts. Thanks to @neurobordeaux.bsky.social and CNRS for the support, which enables us to keep building a more inclusive research environment.
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Last chance to benefit from the early-bird rate to #NeuroFrance2025!
Registration: www.neurosciences.asso.fr/SN25/inscrip...
Registration: www.neurosciences.asso.fr/SN25/inscrip...
🗓️ Only 15 days left to benefit from the early-bird rate to #NeuroFrance2025.
Save money & register before April 15 included!
Registration 👉 tinyurl.com/yrwwb9ky
Save money & register before April 15 included!
Registration 👉 tinyurl.com/yrwwb9ky
April 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Last chance to benefit from the early-bird rate to #NeuroFrance2025!
Registration: www.neurosciences.asso.fr/SN25/inscrip...
Registration: www.neurosciences.asso.fr/SN25/inscrip...
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Don't miss the opportunity to register at early-bird rate for a vibrant neuroscience program hosted by the french neuroscience society. 😍
Last chance to benefit from the early-bird rate to #NeuroFrance2025!
Registration: www.neurosciences.asso.fr/SN25/inscrip...
Registration: www.neurosciences.asso.fr/SN25/inscrip...
🗓️ Only 15 days left to benefit from the early-bird rate to #NeuroFrance2025.
Save money & register before April 15 included!
Registration 👉 tinyurl.com/yrwwb9ky
Save money & register before April 15 included!
Registration 👉 tinyurl.com/yrwwb9ky
April 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Don't miss the opportunity to register at early-bird rate for a vibrant neuroscience program hosted by the french neuroscience society. 😍
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Check out our new preprint! Grateful to have collaborated with @stepalminteri.bsky.social, Lachlan Ferguson, and Magdalena Soukupova on this.
Full thread below 👇
Full thread below 👇
🚨 New study alert! 🚨
Ever wondered if rats and humans learn in the same way? 🐭🧑🔬
We tested this — and the answer is yes, at least when it comes to how we value rewards in context.
(with @shaunaparkes.bsky.social Lachlan Ferguson, Magdalena Soukupova)
🧵Thread 👇
1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ever wondered if rats and humans learn in the same way? 🐭🧑🔬
We tested this — and the answer is yes, at least when it comes to how we value rewards in context.
(with @shaunaparkes.bsky.social Lachlan Ferguson, Magdalena Soukupova)
🧵Thread 👇
1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reference Point-Dependent Reinforcement Learning in Humans and Rats
Previous studies indicate that rewards and punishments in reinforcement learning are encoded in a relative manner. Reference point-dependence, a valuation bias shared by eminent adaptation level and p...
www.biorxiv.org
April 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Check out our new preprint! Grateful to have collaborated with @stepalminteri.bsky.social, Lachlan Ferguson, and Magdalena Soukupova on this.
Full thread below 👇
Full thread below 👇
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📢 Good news! 📢 The deadline for poster abstract submissions for EBBS 2025 has been extended! You now have a few extra days to finalize your submissions.
The new deadline is April 22nd.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to showcase your research at EBBS 2025!
The new deadline is April 22nd.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to showcase your research at EBBS 2025!
April 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📢 Good news! 📢 The deadline for poster abstract submissions for EBBS 2025 has been extended! You now have a few extra days to finalize your submissions.
The new deadline is April 22nd.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to showcase your research at EBBS 2025!
The new deadline is April 22nd.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to showcase your research at EBBS 2025!
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Please apply! We want to see as much science as possible! See you all there.
April 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Please apply! We want to see as much science as possible! See you all there.
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🚨Paper alert🚨 Musical scales employing simple frequency ratios (2:1, 3:2, 4:3) are intrinsically advantageous for the perception of melodies, challenging the idea that these ratios were chosen solely for their contribution to the consonance of simultaneous notes.
www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...
www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...
Existe-t-il des mélodies naturelles ?
De nombreuses cultures musicales choisissent des échelles établissant des rapports de fréquence simples (2:1, 3:2, 4:3) entre les notes.
www.insb.cnrs.fr
April 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨Paper alert🚨 Musical scales employing simple frequency ratios (2:1, 3:2, 4:3) are intrinsically advantageous for the perception of melodies, challenging the idea that these ratios were chosen solely for their contribution to the consonance of simultaneous notes.
www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...
www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...
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Don't miss out on early bird rates for NeuroFrance this year! Attending this biennial conference is a fantastic way to support the French neuroscience community.
🗓️ Only 15 days left to benefit from the early-bird rate to #NeuroFrance2025.
Save money & register before April 15 included!
Registration 👉 tinyurl.com/yrwwb9ky
Save money & register before April 15 included!
Registration 👉 tinyurl.com/yrwwb9ky
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Don't miss out on early bird rates for NeuroFrance this year! Attending this biennial conference is a fantastic way to support the French neuroscience community.