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Details for Dr Peter Trimmer
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Peter Trimmer |
| Job title | Research Assistant |
| Department | School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | BSc(Exon), PhD(Bristol) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | evolution of decision-making |
| Areas of expertise | I am studying the evolution of decision-making from a theoretical perspective. I'm interested in how our minds reach decisions and how our decision-making strategies develop to influence perceptions, both within and between individuals. My interest is at both the general level (for instance, how traits such as optimism and pessimism are sustained within a population) and at a more detailed level, of how specific interactions occur between different parts of the brain. Ultimately, I would like to better understand the human mind. Toward this end, and as an enjoyable rabbit-warren, I am attempting to build mathematical models of organisms with somewhat less sophisticated brains. he evolution of mental mechanisms is currently a hot-topic, with plenty still to be understood about how functions and mechanisms co-evolve in particular circumstances. I am currently working on this with Tim Fawcett and Andy Higginson under the supervision of Alasdair Houston and John McNamara. |