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Current Topics in Animal Learning: Brain, Emotion, and Cognition » Read Now
by Lawrence Dachowski, Charles F. Flaherty. 446 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child: A Classic 1935 Comparative Study of Ape Emotions and Intellegence » Read Now
by Frans B. M. de Waal, N. N. Ladygina-Kohts, Boris Vekker. 452 pgs.

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N.N. Ladygina-Kohts earned her degree in comparative psychology at Moscow University in 1917, then became the first curator of the Darwin Museum in Moscow. Her pioneering work with the chimpanzee, Joni, was reported throughout the continent during her lifetime, earning her a series of honors in the...
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N.N. Ladygina-Kohts earned her degree in comparative psychology at Moscow University in 1917, then became the first curator of the Darwin Museum in Moscow. Her pioneering work with the chimpanzee, Joni, was reported throughout the continent during her lifetime, earning her a series of honors in the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child, her diary comparing Joni's development with that of her son, Rudy, had never been translated completely. This volumepresents the first, complete English translation with 120 photographs, an introduction by Allen and Beatrix Gardner of the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Nevada and an Afterword by Lisa A. Parr, Signe Preuschoft, and Frans B. M. de Waal of the Living Links Center.
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Current Issues and Emerging Theories in Animal Cognition, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by S.T. Boysen, G.T. Himes. 22 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Minds of Their Own: Thinking and Awareness in Animals » Read Now
by Lesley J. Rogers. 214 pgs.

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Do animals have ideas? Do they experience pain like humans? Do they think about objects that they cannot see? About situations that have occurred in the past? Do they consciously make plans for the future or do they simply react unthinkingly to objects as they appear and situations as they arise?...
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Do animals have ideas? Do they experience pain like humans? Do they think about objects that they cannot see? About situations that have occurred in the past? Do they consciously make plans for the future or do they simply react unthinkingly to objects as they appear and situations as they arise? All of these questions have bearing on whether or not animals have consciousness. The advent of computers that "think" has lead us to consider "intelligence" in a way we never thought possible a decade ago. But when and how does information processing in the brain become automatic?
In Minds of Their Own, Lesley J. Rogers examines the issue of animal thought both sympathetically and critically by looking at the different behavior characteristics of a variety of animals, the evolution of the brain and when consciousness might have evolved. To most people, to be conscious means to be aware of oneself as well as to be aware of others. But does this hold true for animals? The answer may have implications which transcend mere scientific inquiry: if animals are cognizant creatures, what, if any, moral responsibility do humans have to assure their rights? This timely book examines this issue and others by emphasizing comparisons between humans and animals: how we evolved; how we remember; how we learn.
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Thinking across Cultures (Part IV "Animal Cognition") » Read Now
by Donald M. Topping, Doris C. Crowell, Victor N. Kobayashi. 506 pgs.

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Animal Cognition: A Tribute to Donald A. Riley » Read Now
by Donald A. Riley, Thomas R. Zentall. 370 pgs.

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Animal Cognition: Proceedings of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Conference, June 2-4, 1982 » Read Now
by H. L. Roitblat, T. G. Bever, H. S. Terrace. 684 pgs.

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Theories of Associative Learning in Animals, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by Mark E. Bouton, John M. Pearce. 29 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Learning and Instinct in Animals » Read Now
by W. H. Thorpe. 493 pgs.

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Cognition, Language, and Consciousness: Integrative Levels (Includes discussion of animal cognition in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Gary Greenberg, Ethel Tobach. 301 pgs.

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Cognitive Aspects of Stimulus Control (Includes discussion of animal cognition in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by J. Gregor Fetterman, W. K. Honig. 446 pgs.

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Approaches to Cognition: Contrasts and Controversies (Chap. 6 "Understanding Animal Cognition") » Read Now
by Terry J. Knapp, Lynn C. Robertson. 334 pgs.

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Fast Mapping and Exclusion (Emergent Matching) in Developmental Language, Behavior Analysis, and Animal Cognition Research, in The Psychological Record » Read Now
by Krista M. Wilkinson, William V. Dube, William J. McIlvane. 16 pgs.

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Cognitive Ethology: The Minds of Other Animals: Essays in Honor of Donald R. Griffin » Read Now
by Carolyn A. Ristau. 332 pgs.

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The Use of Animal Models to Study the Effects of Aging on Cognition, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by Michela Gallagher, Peter R. Rapp. 32 pgs.

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Dolphin Cognition and Behavior: A Comparative Approach » Read Now
by Ronald J. Schusterman, Jeanette A. Thomas, Forrest G. Wood. 393 pgs.

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