Rindy C. Anderson, Research Scientist
My primary interest is in how behavior impacts fitness in natural populations. For the past several years I have pursued two related lines of research. The first addresses the mechanisms by which sexual selection shapes mating signals, specifically bird song, in both the mate attraction and male competition contexts in which song functions. The second integrates behavioral ecology and cognition. In this work I seek to understand the cognitive processes that underlie signal perception and mate choice. Current work includes: aggressive signaling; selective mechanisms enforcing honest signaling; female song perception; the development of female preferences for mating signals; the role of categorical perception in song learning and assessment; operant methods for testing auditory discrimination; avian cognition; the relationship between cognitive performance and signal complexity; sexual selection and cognitive performance in jumping spiders. For more information see: http://www.duke.edu/~rca9/ResearchIndex.htm
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- Education:
PhD University of Miami 2006
- Specialties:
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Organismal Biology and Behavior
Evolution
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