Comparative Cognition
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Integrating developments from psychology, ethology and neuroscience, this is an undergraduate introduction to cognitive processes across species. The authors merge classic studies and contemporary research to give students a full picture of the evolving field of comparative cognition. Engaging students in the discipline from its roots in animal learning and evolutionary biology through to current research, the chapters cover both controlled laboratory and comparative cross-species studies in the natural environment. This approach provides students with complementary ethological and neurobiological perspectives…
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Key features
- An undergraduate introduction, integrating classic studies and contemporary research in psychology, biology and neuroscience
- Incorporates both controlled laboratory studies of cognition and comparative cross-species studies in the natural environment, providing a balanced view of both ethological and neurobiological perspectives on the study of cognition
- Includes feature boxes, encouraging active and engaged learning, along with numerous end-of-chapter questions
- To view the authors' personal website for the text and connect with them and the larger community, visit http://comparative-cognition.com
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511894787
- Subjects Animal Behaviour,Cognition,Life Sciences,Psychology
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 16 March 2015
- ISBN: 9781107648319
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1.03kg
- Contains: 214 b/w illus. 1 table 128 exercises
- Page extent: 481 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 23 March 2015
- ISBN: 9781107011168
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1.19kg
- Contains: 214 b/w illus. 1 table 128 exercises
- Page extent: 481 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780511894787
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