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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition (2nd Ed.)
Oxford Library of Psychology Series
Coordinators: Wasserman Edward A., Zentall Thomas R.
Language: EnglishSubject for The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition:
Publication date: 04-2012
960 p. · 18.7x25.9 cm · Hardback
960 p. · 18.7x25.9 cm · Hardback
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In the past decade, the field of comparative cognition has grown and thrived. No less rigorous than purely behavioristic investigations, examinations of animal intelligence are useful for scientists and psychologists alike in their quest to understand the nature and mechanisms of intelligence. Extensive field research of various species has yielded exciting new areas of research, integrating findings from psychology, behavioral ecology, and ethology in a unique and wide-ranging synthesis of theory and research on animal cognition. This updated edition of The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition contains sections on perception and illusion, attention and search, memory processes, spatial cognition, conceptualization and categorization, problem solving and behavioral flexibility, and social cognition processes. The authors have incorporated new findings and new theoretical approaches that reflect the current state of the field, including findings in primate tool usage, pattern learning, and counting. This comprehensive volume will be a must-read for students and scientists who are curious about the state the modern science of comparative cognition.
Edward A. Wasserman, Ph.D., is Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Iowa Center for Developmental and Learning Sciences, The University of Iowa. Thomas Zentall, Ph.D., is DiSilvestro Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky.
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