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Sunday, December 20, 2009

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Posted on: Friday, December 18, 2009 11:41 PM
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Subject: Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior, Second Edition

 


Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior By Sara J. Shettleworth * Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA * Number Of Pages: 720 * Publication Date: 2009-12-30 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195319842 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195319842 Product Description: How do animals perceive the world, learn, remember, search for food or mates, communicate, and find their way around? Do any nonhuman animals count, imitate one another, use a language, or have a culture? What are the uses of cognition in nature and how might it have evolved? What is the current status of Darwin's claim that other species share the same "mental powers" as humans, but to different degrees? In this completely revised second edition of Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior, Sara Shettleworth addresses these questions, among others, by integrating findings from psychology, behavioral ecology, and ethology in a unique and wide-ranging synthesis of theory and research on animal cognition, in the broadest sense--from species-specific adaptations of vision in fish and associative learning in rats to discussions of theory of mind in chimpanzees, dogs, and ravens. She reviews the latest research on topics such as episodic memory, metacognition, and cooperation and other-regarding behavior in animals, as well as recent theories about what makes human cognition unique. In every part of this new edition, Shettleworth incorporates findings and theoretical approaches that have emerged since th Read more...


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