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Dr. Lisa Leaver is a researcher at the University of Exeter's Department of Psychology, focusing on behavioral and cognitive adaptations shaped by ecological selective pressures. Her work primarily examines decision-making in caching animals like grey squirrels and kangaroo rats, exploring risk assessment, social learning, problem-solving, and memory mechanisms through field and laboratory experiments.
- Key Research Areas: Behavioral ecology, animal cognition, ecological cognition, risk analysis in foraging behavior
- Techniques: Puzzle box experiments, cognitive/spatial memory testing, observational field studies
She holds a B.A. (Hons) in Psychology from McMaster University (1995) and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the same institution (2000), supervised by Prof. Martin Daly and externally examined by Prof. David Sherry.
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