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Books on: animal intelligence

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Intelligence in Ape and Man

Book by David Premack; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1976

Subjects:

Animal Communication, Animal Intelligence, Chimpanzees--Psychology, Intellect, Psycholinguistics

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Bibliography: p. 1. Intellect. 2. Animal intelligence. 3. Languages-- Psychology...considerable tangibility for the animal can operate on them with the...representations see page 311 . Intelligence involves, among other things...
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The Question of Animal Awareness: Evolutionary Continuity of Mental Experience

Book by Donald R. Griffin; Rockefeller University Press, 1976

Subjects:

Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Animal Intelligence

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately...organs or related to general intelligence and which manifests itself...simply a higher degree of intelligence. There seems to be no substance...be found elsewhere in the animal world." Cultural transmission...
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The Thinking Ape: Evolutionary Origins of Intelligence

Book by Richard R. Byrne; Oxford University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Animal Intelligence, Human Evolution, Intellect, Psychology, Comparative, Social Evolution

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Chapter 1 - Introduction: the limits of fossil evidence Chapter 2 - Taxonomy and the reconstruction of evolution Chapter 3 - What is intelligence and what is it for? Chapter 4 - How animals learn Chapter 5 - Why animals learn better in social groups Chapter 6 - Imitative behaviour in ...
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Chapter 1 - Introduction: the limits of fossil evidence Chapter 2 - Taxonomy and the reconstruction of evolution Chapter 3 - What is intelligence and what is it for? Chapter 4 - How animals learn Chapter 5 - Why animals learn better in social groups Chapter 6 - Imitative behaviour in animals Chapter 7 - Understanding how things work Chapter 8 - Understanding minds: doing and seeing, knowing and thinking Chapter 9 - What use is a theory of mind? Chapter 10 - Planning and thinking ahead Chapter 11 - Apes and language Chapter 12 - Food for thought Chapter 13 - Machiavellian intelligence Chapter 14 - Testing the theories Chapter 15 - Taking stock
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All about Intelligence: Human, Animal, and Artificial

Book by Robert W. Howard; New South Wales University Press, 1991

Subjects:

Intellect

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

The author, a lecturer in educational psychology at the University of NSW, examines the whole field of intelligence for the general reader. The book includes reviews and discussions of IQ tests and artificial intelligence.
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Learning and Instinct in Animals

Book by W. H. Thorpe; Methuen, 1956

Subjects:

Animal Intelligence, Learning In Animals

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...inherently tuned so that the animal tends to pay attention to particular...perseverance and sometimes intelligence. In the late thirties two...nervous system, and if the animal does not find itself in the...to observations on the whole animal, we may recall the constant...

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Journal Articles on: animal intelligence

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Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies

Journal article by Hilary Callan; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 11, 2005

Subjects:

Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies (Collection)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized...PETER L. Tyack (eds). Animal social complexity: intelligence, culture, and individualized...perspective to bear on animal social complexity...relationship between intelligence, culture, and the...
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A Defense of Anthropomorphism: Comparing Coetzee and Gowdy

Journal article by Onno Oerlemans; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 40, 2007

Subjects:

Animal intelligence--Portrayals, Animal welfare--Portrayals, Anthropomorphism--Criticism and interpretation, Coetzee, J.M.--Criticism and interpretation, Disgrace (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Gowdy, Barbara--Criticism and interpretation, The White Bone (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...ascribing to them consciousness, emotion, and intelligence. Animals have, of course, been "humanized," inspirited...extraordinary complexities and that many animals other than humans possess degrees of intelligence and consciousness. This in turn has encouraged...
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Effects of Overtraining on Shift Learning in Matching-(Or Nonmatching)-to-Sample Discrimination in Rats

Journal article by Esho Nakagawa; The Psychological Record, Vol. 51, 2001

Subjects:

Animal intelligence--Testing, Animal psychology--Research, Behaviorism (Psychology)--Research, Learning, Psychology of--Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...rate of shift learning between shifted animals and nonshifted ones depends on whether...transfer effect in pigeons and rats: One is animals inherent bias toward the old stimulus...the asymmetry of transfer effect, either animals inherent bias toward the odd stimulus...
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Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes) Counting in a Computerized Testing Paradigm

Journal article by Michael J. Beran, Duane M. Rumbaugh, E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh; The Psychological Record, Vol. 48, 1998

Subjects:

Animal intelligence--Research, Chimpanzees--Psychology and mental health

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...debate over the numerical abilities of animals revolves as much around issues of definition...to seek out similar capacities in other animals, and in particular our closest relative...research into the numerical abilities of animals has provided evidence of basic skills...
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Emotional Intelligence and Giftedness

Journal article by John D. Mayer, Donna M. Perkins, David R. Caruso, Peter Salovey; Roeper Review, Vol. 23, 2001

Subjects:

Emotional intelligence--Research, Gifted children--Psychology and mental health

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...after Mayer Salovey, 1997, p. 8). The theory of emotional intelligence views emotions as evolved signal system, where each emotion...According to this idea, emotional signals evolved across animal species so as to convey information about relationships (Darwin...

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Magazine Articles on: animal intelligence

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Animal Numeracy

Magazine article; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 24, Summer 2000

Subjects:

Animal intelligence--Research, Rhesus monkey--Research

Collections: Entire Library

Animal Numeracy "What Do Animals Think about Numbers?" by Marc D. Hauser, in American Scientist...research, moreover, has shown that with training, monkeys and other animals can develop more sophisticated numerical abilities. Pigeons and...
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Armed but Not Dangerous: Is the Octopus Really the Invertebrate Intellect of the Undersea World?

Magazine article by Doug Stewart; National Wildlife, Vol. 35, February 1997

Subjects:

Animal intelligence--Research, Octopus--Behavior

Collections: Entire Library

...evidence for octopus intelligence came in 1992. A...then let untrained animals watch from adjoining...what and how these animals think. Roger Hanlon...other than higher intelligence can account for...too." And the animal needs brainpower...data about the intelligence of octopuses are...
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Monkey Puzzles

Magazine article by Julie Cohen; Geographical, Vol. 72, May 2000

Subjects:

Animal intelligence--Analysis, Animal rights--Laws, regulations, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...As the intellectual ability of certain animals continues to surprise us, Julie Cohen...I would have been cautious to suggest animals deserved legal rights. I would have agreed...anti-cruelty rules are too weak and that animals need to be treated with kindness, respect...
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Chick-Tac-Toe: A Prized Fight in Las Vegas

Magazine article by Andrew Stuttaford; National Review, Vol. 54, December 23, 2002

Subjects:

Animal intelligence--Analysis, Tic-tac-toe--Humor and anecdotes

Collections: Entire Library

...Turns out he runs a Springdale, Ark., farm known for training animals to perform the feats some call remarkable and others just...psychological warfare. The creature gazes back imperturbably. Is that intelligence I see in those beady black eyes? Is it a brainy bird or merely...
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The Human Animal: Martin Kemp Explores the Complex and Ambiguous Relationships between Humans and Animals in Their Depictions by Artists, and Investigates the Ways in Which Animal Characteristics Have Been Used to Mirror Human Foibles

Magazine article by Martin Kemp; History Today, Vol. 57, November 2007

Subjects:

Animal behavior--Comparative analysis, Art and life, Human acts--Comparative analysis, Human behavior--Comparative analysis, Human-animal relationships--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...recounted the intelligence and moral behaviour of animals. Michel de...arrangement of animals and humans...gradated series of intelligence was gaining...children raised by animals, but unruly...and machine intelligence. In one way...

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Newspaper Articles on: animal intelligence

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Misinterpreting an Animal Rights Terrorism Column

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 13, 2002

Subjects:

Animal Liberation Front, Earth Liberation Front

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Front (ALF), the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty (SHAC). The warning was published in the fall 2002 issue of SPLCs quarterly magazine, Intelligence Report, SPLC reports that SHAC terrorist actions against the...
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Real Intelligence Failures

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 18, 2008

Subjects:

Global warming, Intelligence gathering, Intelligence service

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...that was used to produce things like wheat, rice and corn for animal food, to corn to be used as motor fuel. The predictable result...and supported the war, are now in denial - another type of "intelligence" failure. We now see a similar thing among these same politicians...
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BEHAVIOUR EXPERT DEVISES WAYS TO DISCOVER ANIMALS' INTELLIGENCE How Does Your Pet Rate in the IQ Stakes?

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 26, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...BEHAVIOUR EXPERT DEVISES WAYS TO DISCOVER ANIMALS INTELLIGENCE How Does Your Pet Rate in the IQ Stakes...the first nationwide study of pets intelligence. He said: "Some tests have been done through animal groups, but theres never been anything...
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'Supercop' to Lead War on Animal Rights Fanatics

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 29, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...intimidate and attack scientists working in animal research. Anton Setchell, Acting Assistant...of Thames Valley Police, will gather intelligence from the 43 police forces in England...appointment is part of a counterattack on animal rights fanatics to be announced by Home...
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WHO ARE THE REAL Animals; the Animal Rights Fanatics Who Shut Down a Guinea Pig Farm Last Week Were Less Than Keen to Be Identified. the Mail Found Them - and Knocked on THEIR Doors

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 3, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...testing company, Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). Increased resources to improve police intelligence on Britains small but devastatingly effective network of animal rights militants is expected to be announced in the next few weeks. There are believed...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: animal intelligence

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Thorndike, Edward Lee

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...devised to test and measure childrens intelligence and their ability to learn. He conducted studies in animal psychology and the psychology of learning...and Social Measurements (1904), Animal Intelligence (1911), A Teachers Word Book (1921...
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Morgan, Conwy Lloyd

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...leading advocate of evolution. His works include Animal Life and Intelligence (1890), Habit and Instinct (1896), Instinct...Experience (1912), Emergent Evolution (1923), and The Animal Mind (1930). ____________________ The Columbia...
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Herophilus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Erasistratus at Alexandria, he made public dissections, comparing human and animal morphology. He studied the structure of the brain (which he regarded as the site of intelligence) and the spinal cord and distinguished between motor and sensory nerves...
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Experience

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...living through events and the impression on a person or animal of events. In epistemology, a distinction is made between...emphasized the dependence of all experience on the mediation of the intelligence. Modern thought has tended to agree with Kant; accordingly...
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Jennings, Herbert Spencer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...demonstration that physical and chemical stimuli produce responses in lower animals disproved the current belief that their behavior was controlled by will and intelligence. His works include Behavior of the Lower Organisms (1906), The Biological...

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