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Violette Chiara

Lund UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3442-5336Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 3

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Alexis BuatoisiD· 1 shared Christos C. IoannouiD· 1 shared Iago Sanmartín‐VillariD· 1 shared Ignacio Arganda‐CarrerasiD· 1 shared James E. Herbert‐ReadiD· 1 shared Joanna R. AttwelliD· 1 shared Magdalena WitekiD· 1 shared María Eugenia VillariD· 1 shared

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Perceptual constraints of motion shape animal movement strategies

Violette Chiara, Samuel R. Matchette, Pritish Chakravarty, Nadia Maria Hamilton, Palina Bartashevich, Joanna R. Attwell, Christos C. Ioannou, James E. Herbert‐Read

This study shows that fish adjust their movement strategies to optimize prey detection by balancing motion-induced perceptual costs and benefits.

bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

AnimalTA: A simple yet flexible tool for video tracking and manual corrections.

Violette Chiara, Alexis Buatois, Sin‐Yeon Kim

AnimalTA provides a flexible, open-source tool for video tracking data importation, correction, and analysis across different tracking programs.

bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Complexity shapes uniqueness: Neuropil volumes and synaptic clusters shape behavioural plasticity under challenging environments in the invasive Argentine ants

Sriram V. Narasimhan, María Eugenia Villar, Violette Chiara, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Sara Arganda, Magdalena Witek, Iago Sanmartín‐Villar

This study examines how neuroanatomy and synaptic clusters influence behavioural plasticity in Argentine ants under varying environmental complexity.

bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2025 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition