Brandon LeMay

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Brandon LeMay is a behavioral neuroscientist whose research lies at the intersection of animal cognition, robotics, and ethology. His most influential work explores how robotic fish can serve as tools to study learning and social behavior in zebrafish—a key model organism in neuroscience. In his 2019 study, "Can robotic fish help zebrafish learn to open doors?" (4 citations), LeMay demonstrated that live zebrafish can learn complex tasks by interacting with robotic conspecifics, opening new avenues for understanding social learning and behavioral plasticity. This innovative approach bridges robotics and behavioral biology, offering precise, repeatable stimuli that traditional methods cannot achieve. LeMay’s contributions are foundational for designing automated, high-throughput behavioral assays and for advancing our understanding of how social cues influence learning in vertebrates. His work has been cited in studies on collective behavior, biohybrid systems, and comparative cognition. By integrating robotics into behavioral neuroscience, LeMay is shaping how researchers investigate the mechanisms of learning and social interaction, with implications for both basic science and applied fields like animal welfare and autonomous systems.