Age or Experience? Studying a problem of problem solving using a native Australian rodent (Old ID 26573)
Role
Supervisor
Description
We know surprisingly little about how animals gain their abilities to solve problems and what this means for their survival. Without understanding this, we cannot accurately predict whether species will have the capacity to cope with increasing problems associated with environmental change. I will investigate how individuals acquire their problem solving abilities (age- or experience-dependent). These data are important to help us understand how animals develop their problem solving abilities, how these abilities change over time, and if animals can use these abilities to cope with environmental change.
Date
10 Jul 2019 - 09 Jul 2020
Project Type
N/A
Keywords
Behaviour;Problem Solving;Cognition;Development;Melomys cervinipes (family Muridae);Adaptive Significance
Funding Body
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Amount
1000
Project Team
Ben Hirsch;Brad Congdon;Tasmin Rymer