Ashoka University

Our lab works on the evolution and ecology of neural systems involved in animal communication, sensation and quantitative cognition:

• We look at the structural and neurophysiological adaptations that enable cricket/bushcricket song: Song production and song perception, acoustic niche partitioning and masking, song localization, predator avoidance and eavesdropping.
• Quantitative and mathematical cognition in zebrafish and dogs: How do our brains produce math? We investigate this question at a behavioural level in both zebrafish and dogs, with an aim to establish zebrafish as an attractive neural model system for this behaviour.
• Neuroeconomics and social decision making in zebrafish: We are interested in quantitative decision making between various “goods” of interest to zebrafish.

For more details, reach out to Bittu Kaveri Rajaraman