Katia Barrett
@katiabarrett.bsky.social
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Reposted by Katia Barrett
New paper! 🦎
Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards
Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards
Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New paper! 🦎
Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards
Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
Urbanization reshapes the social behaviour of wall lizards
Now out in #BiologyLetters @royalsocietypublishing.org
🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @averymaune.bsky.social
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New paper with @ManuKirberg 💭
Is “unconscious mental imagery” real? The evidence is weaker than it seems. We explain why—and how to move the debate forward.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Is “unconscious mental imagery” real? The evidence is weaker than it seems. We explain why—and how to move the debate forward.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Aphantasia and the unconscious imagery hypothesis
Until recently, mental imagery has largely been regarded as an exclusively conscious phenomenon. However, recent empirical results suggest that mental…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
New paper with @ManuKirberg 💭
Is “unconscious mental imagery” real? The evidence is weaker than it seems. We explain why—and how to move the debate forward.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Is “unconscious mental imagery” real? The evidence is weaker than it seems. We explain why—and how to move the debate forward.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A gallery of ant agriculture.
Farming Ants: Leafcutters and Fungus Growers - Alex Wild
Hundreds of ant species live as farmers in the warmer regions of North and South America. These insects- a single evolutionary radiation- cultivate an edible fungus fed with bits of vegetative debris...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A gallery of ant agriculture.
Reposted by Katia Barrett
Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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August 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now out in @natneuro.nature.com
What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?
Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation
www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7
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A #MolluskMonday metaphor for the 21st century, in five shells. 🧪⚒️🐌
The shells are vermetid gastropods, sedentary filter feeders characterized by loosening whorls that become progressively unwound, exploring regions of Raup's theoretical mollusk morphospace no snail explored before.
The shells are vermetid gastropods, sedentary filter feeders characterized by loosening whorls that become progressively unwound, exploring regions of Raup's theoretical mollusk morphospace no snail explored before.
August 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A #MolluskMonday metaphor for the 21st century, in five shells. 🧪⚒️🐌
The shells are vermetid gastropods, sedentary filter feeders characterized by loosening whorls that become progressively unwound, exploring regions of Raup's theoretical mollusk morphospace no snail explored before.
The shells are vermetid gastropods, sedentary filter feeders characterized by loosening whorls that become progressively unwound, exploring regions of Raup's theoretical mollusk morphospace no snail explored before.
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Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
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🐾 Just out & open access!
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound, Vol. 2 🎶
From insects to elephants and whales—how animals use & are affected by sound.
Thanks to Christiane Erbe & all co-authors (me included)!
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound, Vol. 2 🎶
From insects to elephants and whales—how animals use & are affected by sound.
Thanks to Christiane Erbe & all co-authors (me included)!
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
July 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🐾 Just out & open access!
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound, Vol. 2 🎶
From insects to elephants and whales—how animals use & are affected by sound.
Thanks to Christiane Erbe & all co-authors (me included)!
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound, Vol. 2 🎶
From insects to elephants and whales—how animals use & are affected by sound.
Thanks to Christiane Erbe & all co-authors (me included)!
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Reposted by Katia Barrett
What a cool preprint! From @gaenplancher.bsky.social
Different subtypes of aphantasia show different performance on spatial, verbal & perceptual tasks:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Different subtypes of aphantasia show different performance on spatial, verbal & perceptual tasks:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Uncovering spatial and verbal cognitive profiles in aphantasia through unsupervised clustering
PDF | Mental images are a ubiquitous phenomenon for many people. In recent years, attention has focused on a condition defined by the absence of mental... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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June 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What a cool preprint! From @gaenplancher.bsky.social
Different subtypes of aphantasia show different performance on spatial, verbal & perceptual tasks:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Different subtypes of aphantasia show different performance on spatial, verbal & perceptual tasks:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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How do animals guide themselves during extended journeys?
An Australian insect with a brain smaller than a grain of rice uses stars to find its way. 🧪🦋
Open access article in Nature:
"Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An Australian insect with a brain smaller than a grain of rice uses stars to find its way. 🧪🦋
Open access article in Nature:
"Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night - Nature
Every spring, Bogong moths use the starry night sky as a compass to navigate up to 1,000 km towards their alpine migratory goal.
www.nature.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
How do animals guide themselves during extended journeys?
An Australian insect with a brain smaller than a grain of rice uses stars to find its way. 🧪🦋
Open access article in Nature:
"Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An Australian insect with a brain smaller than a grain of rice uses stars to find its way. 🧪🦋
Open access article in Nature:
"Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Katia Barrett
Octopuses Use Microbial Signals to Guide Complex Behaviors
🧠🧪 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
🧠🧪 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
Octopuses Use Microbial Signals to Guide Complex Behaviors - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
A new study published in Cell from the lab of MCB faculty member Nick Bellono reveals that octopuses detect microbial cues on surfaces to distinguish prey and eggs […]
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June 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Octopuses Use Microbial Signals to Guide Complex Behaviors
🧠🧪 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
🧠🧪 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @nbellono.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
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I am excited to share our new publication in @pnas.org on the de novo nerve net assembly in Hydra embryos showing that neural circuits self-assemble through activity-driven processes, modulated by temperature and the microbiome. Thanks to all colleagues involved here! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Assembly of a functional neuronal circuit in embryos of an ancestral metazoan is influenced by temperature and the microbiome | PNAS
Understanding how neural populations emerge to give rise to behavior is a major goal
in neuroscience. Here, we explore the self-assembly of neural ...
www.pnas.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I am excited to share our new publication in @pnas.org on the de novo nerve net assembly in Hydra embryos showing that neural circuits self-assemble through activity-driven processes, modulated by temperature and the microbiome. Thanks to all colleagues involved here! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Move over, starling murmurations. There’s a slimier, squirmier collective behavior in town. It's a living, twisting tower of worms.
Everybody, meet the wormuration 🪱🪱
Latest paper by Daniela Perez, Serena Ding and team @uni-konstanz.de
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
youtube.com/shorts/F8QVc...
Everybody, meet the wormuration 🪱🪱
Latest paper by Daniela Perez, Serena Ding and team @uni-konstanz.de
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
youtube.com/shorts/F8QVc...
Have you ever seen a worm tower?
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Move over, starling murmurations. There’s a slimier, squirmier collective behavior in town. It's a living, twisting tower of worms.
Everybody, meet the wormuration 🪱🪱
Latest paper by Daniela Perez, Serena Ding and team @uni-konstanz.de
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
youtube.com/shorts/F8QVc...
Everybody, meet the wormuration 🪱🪱
Latest paper by Daniela Perez, Serena Ding and team @uni-konstanz.de
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
youtube.com/shorts/F8QVc...
Reposted by Katia Barrett
Tool use in insects: Assassin bugs apply resin to their forelegs before a stingless bee hunt. This makes the bees attack the bug in just the right position to be caught!
Videos will worth watching
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Videos will worth watching
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Tool use aids prey-fishing in a specialist predator of stingless bees | PNAS
Tool use is widely reported across a broad range of the animal kingdom, yet comprehensive
empirical tests of its function and evolutionary drivers ...
www.pnas.org
May 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Tool use in insects: Assassin bugs apply resin to their forelegs before a stingless bee hunt. This makes the bees attack the bug in just the right position to be caught!
Videos will worth watching
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Videos will worth watching
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Katia Barrett
A rare carnivorous caterpillar—previously unknown to biologists—stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of its prey, a new Science study reports.
This new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. scim.ag/3GBDcV7
This new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. scim.ag/3GBDcV7
April 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A rare carnivorous caterpillar—previously unknown to biologists—stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of its prey, a new Science study reports.
This new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. scim.ag/3GBDcV7
This new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. scim.ag/3GBDcV7
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📢Excited to share our new paper in Nature Physics
@naturephysics.bsky.social: Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41...?
@naturephysics.bsky.social: Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41...?
April 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
📢Excited to share our new paper in Nature Physics
@naturephysics.bsky.social: Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41...?
@naturephysics.bsky.social: Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41...?
Reposted by Katia Barrett
Reposted by Katia Barrett
The evolution of shape diversity through the lens of physics—explored in our new paper! A fruitful collaboration between our lab @EMBL, Salbreux’s lab @unige & others, led by @BailleulRichar1—now independent at @ENS_ULM—& Nicolas Cuny. bit.ly/3WRqdEa
February 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The evolution of shape diversity through the lens of physics—explored in our new paper! A fruitful collaboration between our lab @EMBL, Salbreux’s lab @unige & others, led by @BailleulRichar1—now independent at @ENS_ULM—& Nicolas Cuny. bit.ly/3WRqdEa