Animal cognition : an introduction to modern comparative psychology /
Presents a clear, concise, and comprehensive overview of what we know about cognitive processes in animals. It focuses mainly on what has been learned from experimental research.
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1996.
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Table of Contents:
- Origins and development of the study of animal cognition
- Laboratory methods for assessing representation in animals
- Piagetian studies in animal psychology
- Tool use and spatial and temporal representations
- Social cognition
- Animal communication and human language
- Imitation, self-recognition, and the theory of mind
- An agenda for comparative cognitive studies.