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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shettleworth, Sara J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Cognition in animals.
Animal behavior > Evolution.
Animal ecology.
Evolution (Biology)
Animal behavior.
Cognition > physiology
Biological Evolution
Behavior, Animal
Cognition chez les animaux.
Animaux > Mœurs et comportement > Évolution.
Écologie animale.
Évolution (Biologie)
Animaux > Mœurs et comportement.
evolution.
animal learning.
senses.
animal behaviour.
social behaviour.
group behaviour.
communication between animals.
ethology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Tiere > Verhaltensforschung.
Kognition > Tiere.
Tiere > Kognition.
Tiere.
Bewusstsein.
Intelligenz.
Evolution.
Djurekologi.
Evolutionär ekologi.
Etologi.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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