Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of Lethbridge
$200,000.00
Cognition, Evolution, and Behaviour
FY 2024-25
Summary
The proposed research has three main aims (i) to understand the sources, causes and
consequences of individual behavioural plasticity for survival and reproductive success among
non-human primates, and their ability to withstand rapid climate change (ii) to break new
ground in our understanding of the flexibility of human reproductive decision-making in cross-
cultural perspective and (iii) construct a new way to think about the evolution of mind, which
encompasses recent advances in cognitive science, anthropology and comparative psychology.
Together, this research will allow us to recognize and rise to the challenges of living in the
Anthropocene.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00191
Name nom
Barrett, Louise
Department département
Psychology - University of Lethbridge
Organization id
12
Institution établissement
University of Lethbridge
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10610
Field of research list names en
Zoology
Field of research list names fr
Zoologie
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Cognition, Evolution, and Behaviour
Keywords
fertility; social networks; phenotypic plasticity; behavioural ; flexibility; development; gene-culture co-evolution; ; reproductive success; primates; humans; decision-making; ; embodied cognition; enactivism; extended mind
Application summary
The proposed research has three main aims (i) to understand the sources, causes and
consequences of individual behavioural plasticity for survival and reproductive success among
non-human primates, and their ability to withstand rapid climate change (ii) to break new
ground in our understanding of the flexibility of human reproductive decision-making in cross-
cultural perspective and (iii) construct a new way to think about the evolution of mind, which
encompasses recent advances in cognitive science, anthropology and comparative psychology.
Together, this research will allow us to recognize and rise to the challenges of living in the
Anthropocene.
