Bruce A. Carlson, PhD
We study animal communication, sensory processing, and brain evolution
Associate Professor
Biology
Neurosciences Program
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Program
Computational and Systems Biology Program
Keywords:
neurobiology, sensory systems, brain evolution, neuroethology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, behavior, animal communication, mathematical modeling
Research:
We use an integrative and comparative approach to study animal communication, brain evolution, and sensory information processing in weakly electric fish. Weakly electric fish are speciose and phylogenetically diverse. They are also uniquely suited to linking cells, synapses, and circuits to sensory perception and behavior. Our work is unique in its application of detailed neurophysiology within a comparative behavioral framework, and it has implications for our understanding of neural mechanisms for behavior as well as the evolution of behavioral diversity.