Sara J. Shettleworth (Professor of Psychology and Professo Zoology

Broschiertes Buch

Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior

Beschreibung

Cognition, Evolution and the Study of Behavior integrates research from psychology, behavioral ecology, and ethology in a wide-ranging synthesis of theory and research about animal cognition in the broadest sense, from species-specific adaptations in fish to cognitive mapping in rats and honeybees to theories of mind for chimpanzees.

Autor

Sara Shettleworth is Professor Emerita in the Departments of Psychology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, where she obtained her Ph.D. in 1970. Her research on learning and memory in a variety of species of birds and mammals has been published in over 100 articles and book chapters. Her contributions have been recognized by numerous awards, including the International Comparative Cognition Society's 2008 Research Award. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Animal Behavior Society, and a member of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 720
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 177mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1272g
• ISBN-13: 9780195319842
• ISBN-10: 0195319842
• Artikelnr.: 27377357