Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP130102998
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Evolution of cognition and sociality in vertebrates. This project aims to understand better the selective forces shaping cognition and sociality in animals and to determine if 'social intelligence' theory, which predicts more sophisticated cognition as species become increasingly social, provides a general explanation for the evolution of intelligence.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2013
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $262,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Ethology and Sociobiology | Zoology | Animal Behaviour | Vertebrate Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
