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Title What a fish knows - cognition in the wild!
Field study
Group Behavioural Ecology
Project type thesis
Credits 36
Supervisor(s) Alexander Kotrschal
Examiner(s) Marc Naguib
Contact info Alexander.kotrschal@wur.nl
Begin date 2025/02/01
End date 2026/05/01
Description We do regular field trips to tropical places to studz the cognitive abilities of fishes in the wild. Specifically we study:
- the factors driving cognitive evolution in guppies, for which we go to Trinidad
- individual differences in cognition in cichlids, for which we go to Lake Tanganyijka, Zambia.

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