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Author : Louis Neal Irwin
Release : 2023-07-10
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 155/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Comparative animal consciousness by : Louis Neal Irwin
Download or read book Comparative animal consciousness written by Louis Neal Irwin. This book was released on 2023-07-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jacques Vauclair
Release : 1996
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 038/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Animal Cognition by : Jacques Vauclair
Download or read book Animal Cognition written by Jacques Vauclair. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Cognition presents a lucid and comprehensive overview of cognitive processes in animals--bees and wasps, cats and dogs, dolphins and sea otters, pigeons, titmice, and chimpanzees--and offers a novel discussion of the ways in which Piagetian concepts may be used to develop models for the study of animal cognition.
Author : Margaret Floy Washburn
Release : 1917
Genre : Animal intelligence
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Book Synopsis The Animal Mind by : Margaret Floy Washburn
Download or read book The Animal Mind written by Margaret Floy Washburn. This book was released on 1917. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald R. Griffin
Release : 2013-03-21
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Animal Minds by : Donald R. Griffin
Download or read book Animal Minds written by Donald R. Griffin. This book was released on 2013-03-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Animal Minds, Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines, incapable of conscious thoughts or emotional feelings? How can we tell? Such questions have long fascinated Griffin, who has been a pioneer at the forefront of research in animal cognition for decades, and is recognized as one of the leading behavioral ecologists of the twentieth century. With this new edition of his classic book, which he has completely revised and updated, Griffin moves beyond considerations of animal cognition to argue that scientists can and should investigate questions of animal consciousness. Using examples from studies of species ranging from chimpanzees and dolphins to birds and honeybees, he demonstrates how communication among animals can serve as a "window" into what animals think and feel, just as human speech and nonverbal communication tell us most of what we know about the thoughts and feelings of other people. Even when they don't communicate about it, animals respond with sometimes surprising versatility to new situations for which neither their genes nor their previous experiences have prepared them, and Griffin discusses what these behaviors can tell us about animal minds. He also reviews the latest research in cognitive neuroscience, which has revealed startling similarities in the neural mechanisms underlying brain functioning in both humans and other animals. Finally, in four chapters greatly expanded for this edition, Griffin considers the latest scientific research on animal consciousness, pro and con, and explores its profound philosophical and ethical implications.
Author : Kristin Andrews
Release : 2020-06-25
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis How to Study Animal Minds by : Kristin Andrews
Download or read book How to Study Animal Minds written by Kristin Andrews. This book was released on 2020-06-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative psychology, the multidisciplinary study of animal behavior and psychology, confronts the challenge of how to study animals we find cute and easy to anthropomorphize, and animals we find odd and easy to objectify, without letting these biases negatively impact the science. In this Element, Kristin Andrews identifies and critically examines the principles of comparative psychology and shows how they can introduce other biases by objectifying animal subjects and encouraging scientists to remain detached. Andrews outlines the scientific benefits of treating animals as sentient research participants who come from their own social contexts and with whom we will be in relationship. With discussions of science's quest for objectivity, worries about romantic and killjoy theories, and debates about chimpanzee cognition between primatologists who work in the field and those in the lab, Andrews shows how scientists can address the different biases through greater integration of the subdisciplines of comparative psychology.
