Dr Elli Leadbeater
Dr Elli Leadbeater
Reader
Phone: +44 1784 443547
Educational background
BSc. Biology (Zoology honours), University of Edinburgh 2001
MSc. Evolutionary and Ecological Science, University of Leiden 2004
PhD. "Social information use in foraging bumblebees", Queen Mary University of London 2008 (Supervisor: Lars Chittka)
Personal profile
You can find my research group website here: http://ellileadbeater.wix.com/insectcognition
Research interests
I'm interested in animal social life. What cognitive processes are important in social behaviour, and when and how did they evolve? What are the adaptive benefits of being social? My experimental models are social insects- ants, bees and wasps- and my research is empirical, based in the lab at Royal Holloway and at my field sites in the USA.
- Published
Insights from insects about adaptive social information use
Research output: Contribution to journal › Scientific review
- Published
Nest inheritance is the missing source of direct fitness in a primitively eusocial insect
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Published
Learning by observation emerges from simple associations in an insect model
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
How does parenthood influence altruistic human behaviour?
Project: Research
Early Career Fellowships
Project: Research
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