Cognitive Adaptations Research Group

We study a wide variety of animals from parrots, through New Caledonian crows, to various species of primates (including humans), attempting to unravel animals' cognitive adaptations to their environments. We use a range of behavioural techniques, studying animals in the wild and in captivity.

PhD students:

• Jolyon Troscianko
• Zoe Demery
• Emma Tecwyn (also a member of the Locomotor Ecology and Biomechanics Lab, and jointly supervised by Dr Susannah Thorpe)
• Nardie Hanson (also a member of the Locomotor Ecology and Biomechanics Lab, and jointly supervised by Dr Susannah Thorpe)
• Abi Phillips (also a member of the Locomotor Ecology and Biomechanics Lab, and jointly supervised by Dr Susannah Thorpe)

Collaborators

The work of our research group is inherently cross-disciplinary, and we have excellent on-going collaborations several colleagues with in the University of Birmingham.

School of Biosciences

• Susannah Thorpe

School of Computer Science

• Aaron Sloman
• Jeremy Wyatt
• Nick Hawes
• Veronica Arriola Rios

School of Psychology

• Sarah Beck
• Ian Apperly

Funding

We are grateful to the following bodies for supporting our research:

• University of Birmingham
• BBSRC
• NERC
• ESRC