Claire Berticat
I specialize in data processing and management, and my research is part of the field of human evolutionary biology.
My current projects involve studying the effects of major dietary changes in humans (particularly the most recent one characterized by very high consumption of refined carbohydrates) on health (Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, myopia) but also on certain traits involved in social life (attractiveness, cooperation).
I am also interested in the evolutionary function of sleep (immune theory) and the link between language and graphic development in children.
A number of these projects are based on data from three large national cohorts: 3C, Constances, and Elfe.
I am responsible for the 2D/3D image acquisition and analysis studio (Eye-Tracker Eyelink1000, 3D Scanner GoScan50).
People who eat a breakfast rich in refined carbohydrates are considered less attractive...
Chronic refined carbohydrate consumption measured by glycemic load and variation in cognitive performance in healthy people
Nutrition and disease in humans
- Loïc Meunier, Ambroise Dalecky, Claire Berticat, Laurence Gaume, Doyle McKey. Worker size variation and the evolution of an ant-plant mutualism: Comparative morphometrics of workers of two closely related plant-ants, Petalomyrmex phylax and Aphomomyrmex afer (Formicinae). Insectes Sociaux, 1999, 46 (2), pp.171-178. ⟨10.1007/s000400050129⟩. ⟨hal-02390082⟩
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