Dr Pizza Ka Yee Chow
- Overview
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Research
Research
Research interests
- Animal behaviour and cognition
- Urban wildlife cognition
- Citizen well-being and wildlife cognition
- Problem solving
- Behavioural flexibility
Research overview
I have a broad research interest, but my main research theme lies in the evolution of cognition. Research fields/topics that I am highly interested in include urban wildlife cognition, cognitive ecology, animal behaviour and cognition, comparative cognition, problem solving, and innovation.
I take interdisciplinary approach (incorporating psychology such as animal behaviour/animal cognition, ecology such as behavioural ecology, and evolution) to answer my research questions. My work is funded by external sources such as ASAB, JSPS.
Depending on the research question, I work with different animal species that include honeybees and bumblebees, pigeons, various endangered species of parrots (e.g, Great Green Macaws, Blue-throated Macaws). However, my main study models have been in grey squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis, and red squirrels, S. vulgaris.
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Teaching
Teaching modules
- Understanding Neuroscience (SCPS237H4)