Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition - Brossura

Shettleworth, Sara J.

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ISBN 10: 0195343107 ISBN 13: 9780195343106

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2012

Riassunto

A foremost scholar in comparative cognition--a discipline closely connected to behavioral biology, evolution, and cognitive neuroscience--author Sara J. Shettleworth delivers a focused treatment of the essentials in writing that is both lucid and captivating.

Brief, yet brimming with detail, Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition conveys the richness and complexity of this diverse field while addressing two fundamental questions: "What makes us uniquely human?" and "What do our minds share with other creatures?"

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sara J. Shettleworth, Professor Emerita in the Departments of Psychology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, is the recipient of the Comparative Cognition Society's 2008 Research Award and a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and Royal Society of Canada. Her research on learning and memory in a variety of species of birds and mammals has been published in more than 100 articles and book chapters. Her widely-read book Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior (OUP, 2010) is now in its second edition.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195343107
• ISBN 13: 9780195343106
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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