Animal Thinking: Contemporary Issues in Comparative Cognition
(Sprache: Englisch)
Do animals have cognitive maps? Do they possess knowledge? Do they plan for the future? Do they understand that others have mental lives of their own? This volume provides a state-of-the-art assessment of animal cognition, with experts from psychology,...
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Do animals have cognitive maps? Do they possess knowledge? Do they plan for the future? Do they understand that others have mental lives of their own? This volume provides a state-of-the-art assessment of animal cognition, with experts from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, ecology, and evolutionary biology addressing these questions in an integrative fashion. It summarizes the latest research, identifies areas where consensus has been reached, and takes on current controversies. Over the last thirty years, the field has shifted from the collection of anecdotes and the pursuit of the subjective experience of animals to a rigorous, hypothesis-driven experimental approach. Taking a skeptical stance, this volume stresses the notion that in many cases relatively simple rules may account for rather complex and flexible behaviors.
Autoren-Porträt
Randolf Menzel is Professor Emeritus at the Free University of Berlin. Julia Fischer is Professor of Cognitive Ethology at the German Primate Center and the University of Göttingen.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 22 Jahre
- 2011, 342 Seiten, Maße: 16,3 x 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Randolf Menzel, Julia Fischer
- Verlag: MIT PR
- ISBN-10: 026201663X
- ISBN-13: 9780262016636
Sprache:
Englisch
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"When two true masters of their fields join some of the most outstanding researchers to sum up their knowledge -- e.g. on navigation and communication of insects, or knowledge and planning in primates -- we can expect a very competent overview, and this volume does just that! The authors, editors, and the publisher can be congratulated for presenting this. Please, read this book: there remains much to be discovered, and it can be found here." -- Hubert S. Markl, Professor of Biology, Emeritus, University of Konstanz; former President, Max Planck Society "This excellently edited, important book addresses one of the most vexing questions in the study of animal behavior: Do animals think? The editors bring together an outstanding group of contributors addressing navigation, decision making, communication and knowledge in insects and vertebrates. This book is about concrete empirical results rather than vague concepts and is exquisitely suitable for graduate courses." -- Bert Holldobler, Professor, University of Wurzburg, and Arizona State University, Tempe
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