Seminar · Behavioral Ecology
Adaptation via innovation in the animal kingdom
Kata Horváth · Eötvös Loránd University & Lund University
Thu, Nov 24, 2022 · 16:30 UTC
Over the course of evolution, the human race has achieved a number of remarkable innovations, that have enabled us to adapt to and benefit from the environment ever more effectively. The ongoing environmental threats and health disasters of our world have now made it crucial to understand the cognitive mechanisms behind innovative behaviours. In my talk, I will present two research projects with examples of innovation-based behavioural adaptation from the taxonomic kingdom of animals, serving as a comparative psychological model for mapping the evolution of innovation. The first project focuse