Evolution & Development of cerebral lateralisation: Fishes-Macquarie University PhD scholarship

February 10, 2008
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Evolution & Development of cerebral lateralisation: Fishes
as model organisms

Macquarie University is offering a PhD scholarship to
International or Australian student to work on the above
research topic in the Department of Biological Sciences
starting 2008. The research will be conducted under the
supervision of Dr Culum Brown
(http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/beef/) and will comprise a
mixture of lab and field based experiments. The research is
supported by the ARC.

The project:
Cerebral lateralisation refers to the functional
partitioning of information processing between the two
hemispheres of the brain and is often overtly expressed as
lateralised behavioural traits such as handedness. Previous
research has focussed on the neural mechanisms behind
cerebral lateralisation, yet surprisingly little is known
about its function and the fitness benefits it may provide
animals in their natural environments. This project will
address these questions by examining the development and
function of lateralisation using an evolutionary approach.
The research will determine the relative costs and benefits
associated with cerebral lateralisation in the day to day
lives of fishes occupying a range of natural environments
and, in doing so, identify its ecological correlates and
phylogenetic constraints. This research will address
fundamental questions pertaining to the evolution of
cognition in vertebrates using Australian rainbowfish as a
model.

The candidate:
The student for this program of research will have a
background in behavioural ecology or comparative
psychology. Experience working with fishes is preferential.
A first class honours degree (or equivalent) is required
for enrolment in the PhD program at Macquarie University.
Some evidence of publication is desirable.

Further reading:
Brown et al (2007)Animal Behaviour, 74, 231-238.
Brown (2005) Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 28(4),
591-592.
Brown et al (2004) Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B (suppl), 271,
S455-S457.

Contact:
Dr Culum Brown cbrown@bio.mq.edu.au for more information

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