Journal Article
The Animal-AI Environment: A virtual laboratory for comparative cognition and artificial intelligence research
Voudouris, K., Slater, B., Cheke, L. G., Schellaert, W., Hernández-Orallo, J., Halina, M., Patel, M., Alhas, I., Mecattaf, M. G., Burden, J., Holmes, J., Chaubey, N., Donnelly, N., & Crosby, M. (in press). The Animal-AI Environment: A virtual laboratory for comparative cognition and artificial intelligence research. Behavior research methods, 57(4), Article 107. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02616-3
The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies
Hunt, K. L., Patel, M., Croft, D. P., Franks, D. W., Green, P. A., Thompson, F. J., Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A., & Sankey, D. W. (2024). The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies. Nature communications, 15(1), Article 6583. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50621-5
Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite
Patel, M., West, S. A., & Biernaskie, J. M. (2020). Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite. Evolution Letters, 4(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.150
Research interests
I am interested in how evolution works and shapes complex animal behaviours.
My work has focused on social evolution specifically the evolution of altruistic and spiteful trait in bacteria and multicellular life.
I am also interested in using artificial life and simulations to ask more general questions about co-evolution and cooperation across species.
I have recently also been working on the evolution of intelligence and how we can use major transitions theory to better understand the evolution of animal and non-animal intelligences.
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Experiencing human-wildlife conflict management through playful learning
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British Ecological Society
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£3,460.00
Started
1 December 2024
Status
Ongoing