I'm seeking a motivated student interested in helping to score behavioral videos from an experiment looking at reciprocity in cichlid fish.
While territorial male cichlids are highly aggressive, they will exhibit reduced aggression when exposed to a familiar neigboring male for an extended period of time (termed the 'Dear Enemy Effect'). In some cases, one male will even help defend his neighbor against an intruder attack. We prevented one male from a 'Dear Enemy' pair from helping to defend his neighbor against an intruder attack, and then evaluated the response of the neighboring male who was under attack.
Research experience is preferred but not necessary. There are no course prerequisites required.
This project can be started as soon as possible. The timeline is currently only one month, but this could be extended.
We're looking for assistance to score the levels of aggression across time in neighboring pairs of males across different experimental contexts. In total, this will require ~20 hours of work within the next month, but the timeline is flexible.
