Research interests

Innovation
Creativty
Problem-solving
Tool use

Biography

Paula Ibáñez de Aldecoa is a postdoctoral researcher at the IAST. She received her Ph.D. in Behavioural Biology from the University of Vienna. She is broadly interested in how ecological and cognitive factors shape the way we interact with each other and our environment. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the mechanisms underlying the discovery of novel solutions. She uses a diverse set of methods, including lab and field experiments to study human and animal behaviour.