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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 curre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shettleworth, Sara J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cognition and the study of behavior
  • Evolution, behavior, and cognition: a primer
  • Perception and attention
  • Learning: introduction and Pavlovian conditioning
  • Recognition learning
  • Discrimination, classification, and concepts
  • Memory
  • Getting around: spatial cognition
  • Timing
  • Numerical competence
  • Cognition and the consequences of behavior: foraging, planning, instrumental learning, and using tools
  • Social intelligence
  • Social learning
  • Communication and language
  • Summing up and looking ahead.