Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE240100614

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE240100614

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

How does the brain process conflicting information? Learning is the means by which we adapt to our environments. Occasionally, what we learn contradicts our present knowledge about the world. When this occurs, the old and new (contradictory) information compete for control over behaviour. Yet, how the brain processes contradictory information and resolves this competition is poorly understood. This project uses modern genetic tools in rodents to examine how the brain encodes and retrieves contradictory information to influence behaviour. The outcomes include new insights regarding the neural basis of adaptive behaviour; and the benefits include an understanding of why we sometimes fail to adapt to change, and disorders characterized by such failures (e.g., anxiety disorders, addiction).

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2024

End Date: 12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $443,007.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Behavioural neuroscience | Biological psychology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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