Welcome to the Comparative Neurobiology Lab at the University of Guelph. Lab leader is Dr. Frédéric Laberge. We are interested in comparative animal cognition, neurobiology, and ecophysiology. Our work relies mostly on amphibians and fishes as models. Methods used range from amphibian prey catching conditioning using touch screens to tract tracing of neuronal pathways. The ultimate goals of this research are to understand how variation in brain structure and size influences organismic function, identify the factors that drive evolution and plasticity of the nervous system, and develop novel indicators of ecological performance and chronic stress in aquatic wildlife for improved environmental monitoring of watersheds.