INTERVIEWS, BOOKS, PRESS ARTICLES

What impact has confinement had on our lives? What did we dream about? What metaphors did the dream use to represent this unprecedented, borderless, threatening and anxiety-provoking situation? What do these dreams tell us about the feelings of French people during this period, about the issues of our time?
This book, published by EDP Sciences, proposes to answer these questions based on the results of the online survey "Confinement, Sommeil et Rêves" (Containment, Sleep and Dreams) launched on 6 April 2020 throughout France. The analysis of more than 3,000 responses allows us to estimate the quantitative and qualitative impact that the health crisis and the confinement have had on our lives, our dreams and our souls.
The survey highlighted many changes in lifestyles (e.g. sleep, exercise, sex, smoking, alcohol). In terms of dreams, they were more negative than usual or, on the contrary, more positive. The dream metaphors revealed common feelings and aspirations across France (e.g. anxiety, powerlessness, submission).
Indignation, anger, and injustice are present in all these intimate testimonies, as well as the will to resist and the aspiration for better days, greener, freer, more collective, more together.

Its author, Perrine Ruby is researcher at the CRNL PAM team

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You can find interviews with Madame Ruby about the publication of this book below:

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"What is behind these animal noises? What do they mean? Do they form languages? And can we penetrate their mysteries? As a specialist in Bioacoustics, Nicolas Mathevon answers these questions during this Sound Journey. From the dampness of the Amazon jungle to the icy expanses of the Arctic, from the Brazilian warbler to the North Sea elephant, from the Nile crocodile to the blue-footed booby of the Pacific, he takes us on an exploration of the diversity of animal vocalizations. With him, we decipher how animals produce and hear sounds, what information is encoded in these signals, what they use them for in everyday life, and how these languages have developed over the course of living history.

Its author, Nicolas Mathevon, Professor at the University of Saint-Etienne (ENES team) and at the Institut Universitaire de France, takes us into the lives of scientists in the field.

Publication date: 27 January 2021 by humenSciences-Nature

For any questions you can send your messages to: lesanimauxparlent@gmail.com
All information and excerpts from the book on the dedicated website: click

 In a lapidary formula, "The World of Silence", a 1955 film by Captain Cousteau, froze our collective imagination of the ocean in a universe of liquid calm that no noise ever disturbed.
But the reality is quite different! In the water, sounds propagate, and quickly. In particular, the low frequencies emitted by large cetaceans can travel several thousand kilometres.

In addition to these animal sounds, there is also the almost constant noise of human marine activities, as well as the natural sounds of wind and rain on the water surface. Together, they form the acoustic landscapes of the ocean in which more and more researchers are taking an interest, as they help us to better understand and protect marine environments.

Find the interview of Frédéric Sturm, lecturer at INSA Lyon and researcher in underwater acoustics at the LMFA Ecole Centrale de Lyon as well as other researchers whose field of study covers this subject on the dedicated website: Pop'Sciences Mag#6 - June 2020

The project "Trois notes pour un cerveau" directed by Pauline Hercule and Pierre Germain - Compagnie Germ36, inspired by the book La Symphonie neuronale, which has just been published by Humensciences, (Emmanuel Bigand and Barbara Tillmann) won the Célest1 prize, in the Models section.

This competition, open for the 2nd year, is organised by the Théâtre des Célestins de Lyon in partnership with the Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse.
It was set up to identify dramatic artists and introduce them to the public and is open to theatre companies from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Two categories of selection are proposed :
- The presentation of a model, prefiguration of a show in progress, in improved rehearsal conditions.
- The performance of a show that has already been created ("Large Format")
The presentations take place in the Célestins room.

What is the purpose of music? You might be tempted to answer that it is a pleasant pastime or an art, but nothing really essential.
For the first time, a book demonstrates the opposite. Music is a biological necessity for human beings: it helps to build our brain and has probably played a decisive role in the survival of the species.
By recounting the major scientific discoveries of the last twenty years, the authors explain how music connects, even before birth, our cognitive intelligence with our emotional intelligence, creating a "neural symphony" with multiple benefits for education and health throughout life. Music contributes to a child's development, fosters sociability and is an excellent educational support. It combats cognitive ageing and helps to cure brain diseases.
Enjoy the power of music too!

Emmanuel Bigand was an orchestral musician and is now a professor of cognitive psychology, member of the Institut universitaire de France attached to the CNRS laboratory of learning and development in Dijon. He specialises in the study of the cognitive processes involved in the perception of music.

Barbara Tillmann is director of research at the CNRS at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre. Her work has helped to reveal the beneficial role of music in the treatment of certain cognitive disorders. She has been awarded the CNRS silver medal 2016.

All the information here :

https://ciegerm36.wixsite.com/germ36/troisnotes
https://www.theatredescelestins.com/prix-celest1/
https://insb.cnrs.fr/fr/la-symphonie-neuronale