Individual and collective behaviour of cognitive agents

Animal behaviour is driven by evolutionary adaptations that maximise fitness, through goals such as food acquisition, mate selection and predator avoidance. In many species cognition plays a key role in allowing animals to perceive the world, process information and plan actions. This PhD project will develop models of cognitively-driven behaviour by agents responding to information from their physical and social environment, based on theories of rational decision-making, Bayesian inference and artificial intelligence.