Brain, Cognition & Behaviour

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A core group of researchers in the Centre for Behaviour and Evolution investigate the proximate mechanisms underlying behaviour, usually from an evolutionary and/or a comparative perspective.

Our joint approach is to understand the evolution of cognition, as well as the endocrinological and neural mechanisms that underlie behaviour. For this work, we have dedicated behavioural laboratoriesand electrophysiological, molecular biological and anatomical facilities at our disposal.

We study an exceptionally wide range of systems from locusts, mantids and honey bees, to birds, monkeys, apes and humans. We have a number of comparative projects that span several species.

Our interest areas include 3D vision, olfaction, taste, learning and memory, decision-making, and social learning.

Staff Profiles

Brain, Cognition & Behaviour
Professor Melissa Bateson Professor of Ethology	Email: melissa.bateson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5056
Dr Timothy Boswell Lecturer	Email: timothy.boswell@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8502
Dr Domhnall Jennings Lecturer	Email: domhnall.jennings@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6250
Professor Daniel Nettle Professor of Behavioural Science	Email: daniel.nettle@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8993
Dr Christopher Petkov Reader in Comparative Neuropsychology	Email: chris.petkov@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3467
Dr Bess Price Lecturer	Email: elizabeth.price@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6253
Dr Jennifer Read Reader in Vision Science	Email: jenny.read@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7559
Dr Claire Rind Reader in Invertebrate Neurobiology	Email: claire.rind@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6681
Dr Candy Rowe Reader in Animal Behaviour & Cognition	Email: candy.rowe@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8671
Dr Peter Simmons Reader in Neurobiology & Behaviour	Email: p.j.simmons@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6457
Dr Tom Smulders Senior Lecturer	Email: tom.smulders@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5790
Dr Colin Tosh NERC Fellow	Email: colin.tosh@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7899
Dr Geraldine Wright Reader in Neuroethology	Email: jeri.wright@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6667

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