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Mathematics of Behavior and Intelligence
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de Polavieja Lab

de Polavieja Lab

Our decisions, learning experiences and emotions depend on other people, and conversely the patterns in collectives result from interacting individuals. What are the rules of interaction? Which patterns can emerge?


Our aim is to reach a quantitative understanding of individual and collective behavior, including collective coordination, collective decisions and collective intelligence. We approach this problem using a variety of techniques, including behavior, mathematical modelling, machine learning and artificial intelligence, virtual reality, neurobiology, and molecular biology. We chose to implement this approach in zebrafish and humans.


To know more about the Mathematics of Behavior and Intelligence Lab, visit polaviejalab.org.

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To find out more about our lab, contact Gonzalo de Polavieja via email.

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Gonzalo de Polavieja

Principal Investigator

Ana Carolina Pádua

Postdoctoral Researcher

Carolina Gonçalves

Research Assistant

David Méndez

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dean Rance

2019 INDP PhD Student

Dylan Feldner-Busztin

Senior Research Tecnician

Emilio Suarez

Postdoctoral Researcher

Fernando Martin-Maroto

Research Scientist

Jordi Torrents

Research Assistant

Madalena Valente

Masters Student

Panos Firbas

Postdoctoral Researcher

Tiago Costa

2016 INDP PhD Student

Publications

de Polavieja Lab

Antonia H Groneberg, João C Marques, A Lucas Martins, Ruth Diez Del Corral, Gonzalo G de Polavieja, Michael B Orger (2020)
Early-Life Social Experience Shapes Social Avoidance Reactions in Larval Zebrafish
Curr. Biol. 30 (20), 4009-4021.e4 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.088)
Brugada-Ramentol, Victoria; Clemens, Ivar; de Polavieja, Gonzalo G. (2019)
Active control as evidence in favor of sense of ownership in the moving Virtual Hand Illusion
CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION (doi:10.1016/j.concog.2019.04.003)
Romero-Ferrero, Francisco; Bergomi, Mattia G.; Hinz, Robert C.; Heras, Francisco J. H.; de Polavieja, Gonzalo G. (2019)
idtracker.ai: tracking all individuals in small or large collectives of unmarked animals
Nat. Methods (doi:10.1038/s41592-018-0295-5)
Laan, Andres; Iglesias-Julios, Marta; de Polavieja, Gonzalo G. (2018)
Zebrafish aggression on the sub-second time scale: evidence for mutual motor coordination and multi-functional attack manoeuvres
R. Soc. open sci (doi:10.1098/rsos.180679)
Roman, Angel-Carlos; Vicente-Page, Julian; Perez-Escudero, Alfonso; Carvajal-Gonzalez, Jose M.; Fernandez-Salguero, Pedro M.; de Polavieja, Gonzalo G. (2018)
Histone H4 acetylation regulates behavioral inter-individual variability in zebrafish
Genome Biology (doi:10.1186/s13059-018-1428-y)
Ioannou CC; Madirolas G; Brammer FS; Rapley HA; de Polavieja GG (2018)
Adolescents show collective intelligence which can be driven by a geometric mean rule of thumb
PLoS ONE (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0204462)
de Polavieja GG; Orger MB (2018)
Social Behavior: A Neural Circuit for Social Behavior in Zebrafish
Curr. Biol. (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.065)
Laan A; de Polavieja GG (2018)
Species diversity rises exponentially with the number of available resources in a multi-trait competition model
Proc. Biol. Sci. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.1273)
Louis M, de Polavieja G. (2017)
Collective Behavior: Social Digging in Drosophila Larvae.
Curr. Biol. 27 (18), R1010-R1012. (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.023)
Juusola M, Dau A, Song Z, Solanki N, Rien D, Jaciuch D, Dongre SA, Blanchard F, de Polavieja GG, Hardie RC, Takalo J (2017)
Microsaccadic sampling of moving image information provides Drosophila hyperacute vision
eLife (doi:10.7554/eLife.26117)
Laan A, Gil de Sagredo R, de Polavieja GG (2017)
Signatures of optimal control in pairs of schooling zebrafish
Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 284, 1852 (doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0224)
Orger MB, de Polavieja GG (2017)
Zebrafish Behavior: Opportunities and Challenges
Annu. Rev. Neurosci. (doi:10.1146/annurev-neuro-071714-033857)
Hinz RC, de Polavieja GG (2017)
Ontogeny of collective behavior reveals a simple attraction rule
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114 (9), 2295-2300. (doi:10.1073/pnas.1616926114)
Alfonso Pérez-Escudero, Gonzalo G de Polavieja (2017)
Adversity magnifies the importance of social information in decision-making
Proc. Roy. Soc. Interface 14, 20170748 (doi:10.1098/rsif.2017.0748)
Vicente-Page, J., Pérez-Escudero, A., G. de Polavieja (2017)
Dynamic choices are most accurate in small groups
J. Theor. Ecol. (doi:10.1007/s12080-017-0349-9)
Romain J.G. Clément, Julián Vicente-Page, Richard P. Mann, Ashley J.W. Ward, Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers, Indar W. Ramnarine, Gonzalo G. de Polavieja, Jens Krause (2017)
Collective decision making in guppies: a cross-population comparison study in the wild
Behav. Ecol. (doi:doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx056)
A. Laan. G. Madirolas, GG. de Polavieja (2017)
Rescuing Collective Wisdom when the Average Group Opinion Is Wrong
Front. Robot. AI (doi:doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2017.00056)
Brugada-Ramentol V, de Polavieja GG, Román ÁC (2016)
Toward a Molecular Profile of Self-Representation
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10, 602 (doi:10.3389/fnhum.2016.00602)
M. Duteil, E. C. Pope, A. Pérez-Escudero, G. G. de Polavieja, I. Fürtbauer, M. R. Brown, A. J. King (2016)
European sea bass show behavioural resilience to near-future ocean acidification
R. Soc. open sci (doi:10.1098/rsos.160656)
Gradari S, Pérez-Dómper P, Butler RG, Martínez-Cué C, de Polavieja GG, Trejo JL. (2016)
The relationship between behavior acquisition and persistence abilities: Involvement of adult hippocampal neurogenesis.
Hippocampus 26 (3), [Epub ahead of print] (doi:10.1002/hipo.22568)
Madirolas G., de Polavieja GG (2015)
Improving Collective Estimations Using Resistance to Social Influence
PLoS Comput. Biol. 11 (11), e10045941 (doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004594)
Sumbre G, de Polavieja GG (2014)
The world according to zebrafish: how neural circuits generate behavior.
Front Neural Circuits 8 (91), EDITORIAL ARTICLE (doi:10.3389/fncir.2014.00091)
Pérez-Escudero A, Vicente-Page J, Hinz RC, Arganda S, de Polavieja GG. (2014)
idTracker: tracking individuals in a group by automatic identification of unmarked animals.
Nat. Methods 11 (7), 743-8 (doi:10.1038/nmeth.2994)
Rivera-Alba M, Peng H, de Polavieja GG, Chklovskii DB. (2014)
Wiring economy can account for cell body placement across species and brain areas
Curr. Biol. 24 (3), pR109–R110 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.012)
A. Dell, J. A. Bender, K. Branson, I. D. Couzin, G. G. de Polavieja, L. P.J.J. Noldus, A. Pérez-Escudero, P. Perona, A. D. Straw, M. Wikelski, and U. Brose (2014)
Automated image-based tracking and its application in ecology
Trends Ecol Evol 29 (7), 417–428 (doi:10.1016/j.tree.2014.05.004)
Arganda S, Pérez-Escudero A, de Polavieja GG. (2012)
A common rule for decision making in animal collectives across species.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 220 (9), 3651 (doi:10.1073/pnas.1210664109)
Rivera-Alba M, Vitaladevuni SN, Mishchenko Y, Lu Z, Takemura SY, Scheffer L, Meinertzhagen IA, Chklovskii DB, de Polavieja GG. (2011)
Wiring economy and volume exclusion determine neuronal placement in the Drosophila brain.
Curr. Biol. 21 (23), 2000-2005 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.022)
Pérez-Escudero A, de Polavieja GG. (2011)
Collective animal behavior from Bayesian estimation and probability matching.
PLoS Comput. Biol. 7 (11), e1002282 (doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002282)
Pérez-Escudero A, Rivera-Alba M, de Polavieja GG. (2009)
Structure of deviations from optimality in biological systems.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106 (48), 20544–20549 (doi:10.1073/pnas.0905336106)
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