Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190100279

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190100279

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Funded Activity Summary

The fitness consequences of age-dependent changes in cognitive abilities. This project aims to investigate health-related topics in invasive fish. The evolution of large brains suggests that smarter individuals have more offspring due to natural and sexual selection. This project aims to test if the ability to perform cognitively challenging tasks predicts reproductive success. In addition, many life history traits show a trade-off between early and late life performance. This project will test this prediction to see if individuals with above average cognitive performance when young are below average when old, that is faster 'cognitive senescence', or whether some individuals stay relatively smarter than others throughout their lives.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 22-03-2019

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $470,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Life Histories | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Life Histories

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