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"Dolphin researchers have collected an impressive amount of data over the last twenty years, thanks to advances in technology for monitoring, recording, and analyzing dolphin behavior as well as increasing interest in exploring and modeling dolphins' cognitive capacities. This volume offer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Herzing, Denise L. (Editor ), Johnson, Christine M. (Christine Mary) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2015]
Temas:
Dolphins > Behavior.
Dolphins > Psychology.
Animal communication.
Cognition in animals.
Dauphins > Mœurs et comportement.
Dauphins > Psychologie.
Communication animale.
Cognition chez les animaux.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
Animal communication
Cognition in animals
Dolphins > Behavior
Dolphins > Psychology
NEUROSCIENCE/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • I Anatomy and Senses
  • 1 The Brain
  • 2 Sound Production and Sound Reception in Delphinoids
  • 3 Ecology and Evolution of Dolphin Sensory Systems
  • II Dolphin Communication
  • 4 Dolphin Societies
  • 5 Analyzing the Acoustic Communication of Dolphins
  • 6 Making Sense of It All
  • III Dolphin Cognition
  • 7 Experimental Studies of Dolphin Cognitive Abilities
  • 8 How Do Dolphin Calves Make Sense of Their World?
  • IV Future Directions of Dolphin Research
  • 9 The Cognitive Ecology of Dolphin Social Engagement
  • 10 Whales, Dolphins, and Ethics
  • 11 Visions of the Future
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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