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Adaptive specialisation of memory
Reference
S04769
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Susan Healy
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Newcastle University
Department
Sch of Biology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
97,163
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
30/01/1996
End date
29/01/1999
Duration
36 months
Abstract
The retrieval of stored food by some species of passerine birds depends on memory for the storage sites. These memories are processed by the hippocampus which, in food-storing species is larger, relative to the size of the rest of the telencephalon, than it is in closely related non-storing species. But it is not yet clear what cognitive advantage is gained by the food storer by the possession of an enlarged hippocampus. Using new operant techniques, closely related food-storing and non-storing tit species will be tested on four key aspects of food-storing memory. These are memory for a large number of locations, accurate encoding of locations after brief experience, memory specifically for locations, and high levels of interference.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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