Alison Barker

Alison Barker is a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany. Her group employs a broad evolutionary approach to investigate the links between vocal communication and cooperation. A key area of interest is in mapping the neural circuitry for complex social behaviors. Currently the lab uses the naked mole-rat as a model to investigate the evolution of neural mechanisms for the processing and production of socially meaningful vocal cues.