Paige Colton

Current Research

I am a philosophy PhD researcher with the University of Manchester. My research argues that when we research socially situated cognition (such as empathy-like and episodic-memory like processes) in our rattus experimental counterparts, we need to adapt our research measures and environments to match this requirement. That is, the research must reflect the fact that rats have a delicate relationship with their environment and when this relationship is not supported, they may not be able to access the full extent of their empathetic and episodic abilities; I suggest a move beyond the laboratory and towards free-roaming and qualitative behavior assessments with our rat companions.

Relevant Links

X (Twitter): @conquest_paige

Instagram: @paige_conquest

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/paige-colton

Supervisory Team

Dr Raamy Majeed

Prof Christopher Daly