Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP230100006

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP230100006

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Action selection in insects: how a microbrain knows what to do. Identifying what to do demands integrating sensory information with our current physiological state and memory of past experience to select the best possible action. This is the action selection problem. Our project aims to discover how tiny insect brains solve this fundamental problem. The project combines neural recordings from animals exploring virtual reality, behavioural analyses and computational modelling. The expected outcome is a new understanding of the brain as an effective behavioural control system. This will benefit systems and comparative neuroscience. Our findings may also inspire solutions for robotic systems that must operate autonomously in remote and challenging environments such as disaster relief or exploration.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-05-2023

End Date: 30-06-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $591,950.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal behaviour | Sensory systems | Animal neurobiology | Zoology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Animal behaviour | Animal neurobiology | Autonomous and Robotic Systems | Expanding Knowledge In the Biological Sciences | Sensory systems | Zoology

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