| Research Grant |
| Assoc. Professor of Biology Melissa Coleman |
| 4/17/2012 |
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The National Science Foundation has recently awarded Assistant Professor of Biology Melissa Coleman a $150K grant to study the cooperative singing behavior and underlying brain activity in the plain-tailed wren, a bird that lives on the slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru. How are behaviors that require cooperation between two individuals
produced in the brain? For example, how does the brain activity change
when two people are dancing a tango compared to when each individual is
dancing his or her own part? To date almost no studies have addressed how
the brain produces cooperative behavior. Keck Science students will be able to
travel to Ecuador to work on this project and interact with Ecuadorian
students. |
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