Animal Cognition: Evolution, Behavior and Cognition / Edition 2

by Clive D.L. Wynne, Monique A. R. Udell

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230294233
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/21/2013
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2013
Pages:	370
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

CLIVE WYNNE is Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University, USA, where he directs the Canine Science Collaboratory. He is also the Director of Research at Wolf Park in Battle Ground, Indiana, and the author of Dog is Love.

MONIQUE UDELL is Associate Professor of Animal Sciences at Oregon State University, USA. She has a special interest in the role of experience and environment in the development of cross-species interactions and bonds, including those between humans and domestic dogs. She also investigates how animal cognition and behaviour is influenced by the unique evolutionary and lifetime histories of individuals and species.
CLIVE WYNNE is Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University, USA, where he directs the Canine Science Collaboratory. He is also the Director of Research at Wolf Park in Battle Ground, Indiana, and the author of Dog is Love.

MONIQUE UDELL is Associate Professor of Animal Sciences at Oregon State University, USA. She has a special interest in the role of experience and environment in the development of cross-species interactions and bonds, including those between humans and domestic dogs. She also investigates how animal cognition and behaviour is influenced by the unique evolutionary and lifetime histories of individuals and species.

Table of Contents

1. Evolution, adaptation, cognition, and behaviour: an introduction on minds, thought, and intelligence in animals
2. Other ways of seeing the world
3. Concept formation
4. Time and number
5. Cause and effect
6. Reasoning
7. Navigation
8. Social cognition and self-awareness
9. Social learning
10. Remembering
11. Animal communication in the wild
12. Language
13. Conclusions and comparisons.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the first edition:

"This book communicates the intriguing facts about animal cognition, and how fascinating it can be to investigate animal minds, without talking down to the reader, exaggerating animals' mental capacities, or implying that outstanding questions have been answered...A very unusual combination." - Professor Cecilia Heyes, University College London, UK

"Wynne writes clearly, engages the reader well, and gives lots of examples and anecdotes but does not sacrifice rigour." - Professor Michael Corballis, University of Auckland, New Zealand

"Extremely readable, particularly for undergraduates...the first book of its kind that is well-suited for an advanced undergraduate course rather than for a graduate course." - Professor Tom Zentall, University of Kentucky, USA

"An excellent introduction to animal cognition...Coverage is impressively thorough...Wynne has a delightfully engaging, informal style. It is clear that the author enjoys what he is writing about, and this enjoyment is readily conveyed to the reader." - Professor John Pearce, Cardiff University, UK

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