Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170101003]Researchers: John Lesku (Chief Investigator) , Asst Prof Timothy Roth (Partner Investigator)
Brief description Ecological role of sleep in maintaining optimal brain function in birds. This project aims to explain the function of sleep. Sleep is thought to maintain optimal brain functioning to support waking cognition. Nearly all sleep research is laboratory-based, which fails to realistically capture how animals benefit from sleep. Ecologists treat sleep as a simple behaviour, instead of as a heterogeneous neurophysiological state, while neuroscientists generally fail to appreciate the insights ecological and evolutionary systems offer. This project adopts a cross-disciplinary approach, bringing together animal behaviour, ecology, evolution, anthropogenic disturbance and sleep neurophysiology. By doing so, the project will add a new dimension of understanding on the functions of sleep.
Funding Amount $138,074
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170101003
- ARC : DP170101003