Animal Cognition: Proceedings of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Conference, June 2-4, 1982

Table of contents

• Series Foreword ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface 1
• I - Cognition in Animals and Humans 5
• 1 - Animal Cognition 8
• 2 - Contributions of Animal Memory to the Interpretation of Animal Learning 31
• Acknowledgments 42
• References 43
• 3 - Animal Intelligence: Understanding the Minds of Animals Through Their Behavioral Ambassadors"" 45
• 4: The Road from Behaviorism to Rationalism 61
• References 74
• II - Working Memory 77
• 5 - Representations in Pigeon Working Memory 82
• Acknowledgments 95
• References 96
• 6 - Rehearsal in Pigeon Short-Term Memory 100
• References 114
• 7 - Some Problems for a Theory of Working Memory 118
• Iv. Summary 130
• 8 - How Expectancies Guide Behavior 138
• V. Concluding Remarks 145
• References 147
• 9 - Cognitive Processes in Cebus Monkeys 151
• Vi. Summary and Conclusions 164
• References 167
• III - Sequence Memory 169
• 10: Working Memory and Serial Patterns 171
• 11 - Cognitive Processing of Pitch and Rhythm Structures by Birds 184
• 12 - Order Competencies in Animals: Models for the Delayed Sequence Discrimination Task 201
• Acknowledgments 213
• References 214
• 13 - Self Reports by Rats of the Temporal Patterning of Their Behavior: A Dissociation Between Tacit Knowledge and Knowledge 219
• V. Summary 226
• References 228
• IV - Concept Formation and Processing of Complex Stimuli 231
• 14 - Objects, Categories, and Discriminative Stimuli 235
• Acknowledgments 258
• References 259
• 15 - In What Sense Do Pigeons Learn Concepts? 264
• References 275
• 16 - Form Recognition in Pigeons 279
• References 289
• 17: Acquisition of Functional Symbol Usage in Apes and Children 291
• 18 - Absence as Information: Some Implications for Learning, Performance, and Representational Processes 311
• V. Concluding Comments 328
• References 331
• 19 - Do Pigeons Decompose Stimulus Compounds? 333
• Vii. Summary 348
• V - Judgments of Similarity and Difference 351
• 20 - Pigeon and Monkey Serial Probe Recognition: Acquisition, Strategies, and Serial Position Effects 357
• V. Concluding Remarks 370
• References 372
• 21 - Serial Position Effects and Rehearsal in Primate Visual Memory 380
• Acknowledgments 385
• References 387
• 22 - Cognitive Factors in Conditional Learning by Pigeons 391
• Vii. Summary 403
• Viii. Conclusion 403
• VI - Space, Time, and Number 407
• 23 - Testing the Geometric Power of an Animal's Spatial Representation 412
• Acknowledgments 423
• 24 - Some Issues in Animal Spatial Memory 425
• V. Conclusion 440
• References 442
• Acknowledgments 462
• References 463
• 26 - Sources of Variance in an Information Processing Theory of Timing 465
• Vii. Summary 482
• Viii. Appendix 485
• Viii. Appendix 485
• Viii. Appendix 488
• VII - Evolution and Development 489
• 27 - The Ecology and Brain of Two- Handed Bipedalism: An Analytic, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Assessment 491
• References 511
• 28 - The Cache-Recovery System as an Example of Memory Capabilities in Clark is Nutcracker 516
• Acknowledgments 531
• References 532
• 29 - Adaptation and Cognition: Knowing What Comes Naturally 537
• Iv. Conclusions 541
• 30 - Ontogenetic Differences in the Processing of Multi-Element Stimuli 546
• V. Summary and Comment 561
• 31 - The Evolution of Cognition in Primates: A Comparative Perspective 572
• Acknowledgments 586
• References 587
• VIII - Neurophysiological Approaches 589
• 32 - Common Components of Information Processing Underlying Memory Disorders in Humans and Animals 593
• V. Conclusion 602
• References 603
• 33 - The Hippocampus as an Interface Between Cognition and Emotion 609
• 34 - Brain Systems and Cognitive Learning Processes 627
• Author Index 657
• Subject Index 669

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