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Data Skeptic

Animal Decision Making

Mar 12, 2024
37:02
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The podcast explores animal decision-making, discussing how animals perceive information and use it for learning. Topics include costs of learning in animals, experimental evolution using fruit flies, animal intelligence in species like dolphins and bees, and evolution of preferences in flies.
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Quick takeaways

  • Animals develop biases towards stimuli for decision-making efficiency.
  • Fruit flies are valuable for studying evolution due to genetic data availability.

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Research and Teaching Role at University of Missouri

The guest, Dr. Amy Dunlap, an associate professor at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, discusses her role in research, teaching courses in animal behavior, behavioral ecology, and the evolution of cognition. She supervises a diverse team of grad students and undergrads working on cognitive questions, bridging lab-based cognition with field ecology studies.

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