“Never settle, keep exploring because exploration is the key to uncover the unknowns"
“Never settle, keep exploring because exploration is the key to uncover the unknowns"
Research Projects
Research Projects
A short summary of projects I have done, Feel free to ping me for further details!
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Dominance interactions in female social mammals
Dominance interactions in female social mammals
Group-living species interact to create a ranking system, where dominant individuals outcompete other group members. In this project, we will determine the effect of dominance rank on female reproductive success in mammals and the factors that mediate this relationship. More details
Group-living species interact to create a ranking system, where dominant individuals outcompete other group members. In this project, we will determine the effect of dominance rank on female reproductive success in mammals and the factors that mediate this relationship. More details
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Metacognitive judgements in human social cooperation
Metacognitive judgements in human social cooperation
Metacognition allows individual to access their thoughts and understanding. Better metacognitive judgements help individuals to have more certainty about their decisions as well as other's decision. Using behavioral and computational experiments, I tried to find if this could potentially give rise to higher cooperation in human society.
Metacognition allows individual to access their thoughts and understanding. Better metacognitive judgements help individuals to have more certainty about their decisions as well as other's decision. Using behavioral and computational experiments, I tried to find if this could potentially give rise to higher cooperation in human society.
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Observational Dog Behavior Study
Observational Dog Behavior Study
With a population of more than 35 million Stray dogs in India, it can be found on every street. I looked at their behavior to find out how much time they spend in various activities like eating, sleeping, flicking their tail, looking around etc. This project investigated the time-activity budget of street dogs using scan sampling and all occurrences.
With a population of more than 35 million Stray dogs in India, it can be found on every street. I looked at their behavior to find out how much time they spend in various activities like eating, sleeping, flicking their tail, looking around etc. This project investigated the time-activity budget of street dogs using scan sampling and all occurrences.
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Post-error slowing in human children
Post-error slowing in human children
People slow down after making an error. This comes at the cost of speed response where people want to have the next response correct even though they respond slower. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children have diminished PES, so this could be used as a potential behavioral indicator to distinguish healthy and ADHD patients.
People slow down after making an error. This comes at the cost of speed response where people want to have the next response correct even though they respond slower. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children have diminished PES, so this could be used as a potential behavioral indicator to distinguish healthy and ADHD patients.
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Foraging Behavior in Guppies
Foraging Behavior in Guppies
Guppy fish can be spotted easily in a freshwater aquarium and are widely present in tropical areas. In this project, I wanted to determine the influence of food distribution on foraging behavior in guppies.
Guppy fish can be spotted easily in a freshwater aquarium and are widely present in tropical areas. In this project, I wanted to determine the influence of food distribution on foraging behavior in guppies.