Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior
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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-531984-2
- EAN: 9780195319842
- Produktnummer: 22678173
- Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 720 S.
- Masse: H25.3 cm x B17.7 cm x D3.1 cm 1'256 g
- Auflage: 2 Revised edition
- Abbildungen: 200 halftones, 100 line illus.
- Gewicht: 1256
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
Sara Shettleworth is Professor Emerita in the Departments of Psychology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, where she obtained her Ph.D. in 1970. Her research on learning and memory in a variety of species of birds and mammals has been published in over 100 articles and book chapters. Her contributions have been recognized by numerous awards, including the International Comparative Cognition Society's 2008 ResearchAward. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Animal Behavior Society, and a member of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
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