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Animal Cognition

Books on: animal learning

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Current Topics in Animal Learning: Brain, Emotion, and Cognition

Book by Lawrence Dachowski, Charles F. Flaherty; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1991

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Cognition In Animals--Congresses, Learning In Animals--Congresses, Learning, Psychology Of--Congresses, Psychology, Comparative--Congresses

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...reinstated fear". Animal Learning and Behavior, 5 , 396...during extinction". Learning and Motivation, 9...The determiners of animal learning". Psychological Review...Purposive behavior in animals and men . New York...
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Social Learning in Animals: The Roots of Culture

Book by Cecilia M. Heyes, Bennett G. Galef Jr.; Academic Press, 1996

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Learning In Animals, Social Behavior In Animals

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...interactions and olfactory signals". Animal Learning and Behavior, 13 , 31-38. Galef...multiflavored foods". Animal Learning and Behavior, 20 , 56-62. Galef...effects of familiarity on social learning: Functional implications". Animal...
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Learning and Instinct in Animals

Book by W. H. Thorpe; Methuen, 1956

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Animal Intelligence, Learning In Animals

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...CHAPTER IV ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING: CONDITIONING TRIAL...people have believed that animals learn in the sense of...scientific study of animal behaviour can, with...Emotions in Man and Animals ; although information on the learning process as distinct...experimental study of animal learning really commenced...
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The Development of Numerical Competence: Animal and Human Models

Book by Sarah T. Boysen, E. John Capaldi; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1993

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Learning In Animals, Number Concept In Animals

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...events and their order . Animal Learning and Behavior...structures in instrumental learning . In G. H. Bower Ed. , The psychology of learning and motivation Vol...Counting behavior in animals: A critical evaluation...Numerical competence in animals: Definitional issues...Expectancy theory in animal condition . In S...Eds. , Contemporary learning theories. Pavlovian...
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Issues in the Ecological Study of Learning

Book by Timothy D. Johnston, Alexandra T. Pietrewicz; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985

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Animal Ecology, Learning In Animals

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...current research in animal learning tacitly accepts a strong version of the learning/instinct dichotomy...identified as minds, animals, or brains that may...learning abilities the animal may also possess see...that perspective on learning, it is easy to see...resemblance to the animals natural environment...

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Journal Articles on: animal learning

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Functional Cues for Position Learning Effects in Animals

Journal article by Richard A. Burns, Kendra S. Johnson, Brian A. Harris, Beth A. Kinney, Sarah E. Wright; The Psychological Record, Vol. 54, 2004

Subjects:

Animal learning, Learning ability, Learning ability (Psychology), Learning in animals

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...investigate memory learning in series with varying...Procedure. Because the animals were experienced in...For 16 days, each animal was trained three series...though work in the animal tradition is approaching...position or memory-item learning more than others...expression of position learning during transfer tests...develops over time. Our animals tended to run slower...
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Perceptual Learning and Representational Learning in Humans and Animals

Journal article by József Fiser; Learning & Behavior, Vol. 37, 2009

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Animals, Critical path, Learning, Visual task performance

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...developments in both human and animal learning that suggest a possibly...framework within which learning could be interpreted...carried out by humans and animals. The structure of...similarly the model and the animals behaved. Handling...a representational learning problem by using a...environment on modeling animal behavior. Courville...
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Perceptual Learning in Human and Nonhuman Animals: a Search for Common Ground

Journal article by Geoffrey Hall; Learning & Behavior, Vol. 37, 2009

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Animals, Human subjects, Learning, Sensory perception, Studies

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...It may be regarded as "the learning process (or processes) that...an apparent divide between animal and human perceptual learning. We may hope that empirical...investigation-whether conducted with animals or with humans-will yield...applicability; that is, a learning mechanism that is capable...
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Identifying Teaching in Wild Animals

Journal article by Alex Thornton, Nichola J. Raihani; Learning & Behavior, Vol. 38, 2010

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Animal behavior, Data collection, Evolutionary biology, Learning, Skills, Studies, Teachers, Teaching

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Identifying Teaching in Wild Animals by Alex Thornton , Nichola...transmission of information through animal groups by social learning is increasingly recognized...Whiten van Schaik, 2007). Animals from a range of taxa, including...individual exploration by learning from others. Socially acquired...
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Experimental Studies of Animal Social Learning in the Wild: Trying to Untangle the Mystery of Human Culture

Journal article by Kim Hill; Learning & Behavior, Vol. 38, 2010

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Animal behavior, Epigenetics, Norms, Research, Social interaction, Space exploration, Space shuttle, Studies

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...transferred through animal social learning. Do animals socially learn...mechanisms of social learning employed by different...Culture Versus Animal Traditions I have...behavioral traditions in animals may not be scientifically...now learn from animal experiments will...of human social learning that result in...outcome. Some animals are capable of...

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Magazine Articles on: animal learning

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Inquiry-based Learning through Animal Tracking

Magazine article by Mark D. Jordahl; Green Teacher, Fall 2004

Subjects:

Animal behavior, Curriculum development, Educational materials, Students, Teachers

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...story. A single animal track is a gateway...direct their own learning about their surroundings. Animals are innately compelling...North American animals that is being used...being studied. Animal tracking is an...the process of learning about the world...researching one animal in depth, they...plants, other animals, and even humans...
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Learning from Exhibitions: Spectacular Achievements Audubon's Animals of North America

Magazine article by Mark M. Johnson; Arts & Activities, Vol. 142, November 2007

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Animal art--Exhibitions, Animal painting and illustration--Exhibitions, Animals in art--Exhibitions, Audubon, John James--Exhibitions, Audubon, John James--Works, Painters (Artists)--Exhibitions, Painters (Artists)--Works, Painters--Exhibitions, Painters--Works

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Learning from Exhibitions: Spectacular Achievements Audubons Animals of North America. by Mark...virtual encyclopedia of birds and animals with such precision and originality...impressive study of North American animals. The Viviparous Quadrupeds...
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LEARNING TO LIVE WITH PRAIRIE DOGS - A Pair of Montana Ranchers Is Showing That Cowherds Can Exist in Harmony with These Native Animals

Magazine article by Christie Aschwanden; National Wildlife, April 2001

Subjects:

Montana--Plants and animals, Prairie dogs--Environmental aspects, Ranchers--Environmental policy, Ranches--Environmental aspects

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LEARNING TO LIVE WITH PRAIRIE...century and today the animals occupy less than one...any other grazing animal on the plains, which...by eliminating the animals. Because the government...says Kotliar. "Were learning that if you change...
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These Animals Think, Therefore..

Magazine article by Meredith F. Small; Natural History, Vol. 105, August 1996

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Animal cognition, Learning, National Zoological Park, Zoos

Collections: Entire Library

...teach something about these animals being distinctly different...inviting visitors to appreciate animals on their own terms. The snake...mind different from other animal minds? Behavioral psychologists have long known that learning plays a large role in the behavior of many animals. With a few dogs, dishes...
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Swimming with Animals

Magazine article by Zabe MacEachren, Tamara Anderson; Green Teacher, Summer 2007

Subjects:

Ability, Animals, Aquatic life, Environmental education, Environmentalists, Learning, Moose, Outdoor activities, Skills, Swimming

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...techniques of other animals came when I was...skills involved in learning to swim and tried to find an animal that could be associated...Likewise, learning to move deeper...pretending they were animals, and it was easy...as: Why do some animals seem naturally...ways that various animal bodies perform...lifeguards, my "learning to swim from animals...

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Newspaper Articles on: animal learning

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Taking My Next Pig Step in Discovering Animal Science; Our Smallholder Columnist Is Learning More and More about Livestock All the Time

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 27, 2009

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Livestock industry--Personal narratives, Livestock--Personal narratives, Swine--Personal narratives

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

...Smallholder Columnist Is Learning More and More about Livestock...about keeping pigs - like any animal - is that you never stop learning, and even people who had...preferring to specialise in small animals. You cant blame them. Who...pack a lot in. Most of the animal handling were doing at the...close and personal with farm animals in the spring, and were...
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Pupils Are Learning from the Animals at School; GO GREEN - School Farm Is Giving Children the Chance to Learn about Animal Husbandry as Well as Responsibility and the Environment

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), November 3, 2008

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

Pupils Are Learning from the Animals at School; GO GREEN...Chance to Learn about Animal Husbandry as Well as...Its part of the learning process that some of the animals here are destined for...lots of one type of animal but we have a small...of lots of different animals so each term we look...
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Learning to Work with Animals

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 19, 2006

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

Learning to Work with Animals. Byline: Matt Cooper...technician Likes: All animals Dislikes: Blood, needles...A veterinarian teaches animal care, including anatomy...jobs later. Working with animals shows the young adults...
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Learning to Work with Plants and Animals

Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), August 3, 2011

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Plants, Plants (Organisms)

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

Learning to Work with Plants and Animals...FANCY getting hands-on with animals, or perhaps working in horticulture...courses, ranging from Supported Learning courses at entry level to...apprenticeships and work based learning. On the timetable there are animal care courses from Level 1...
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The Day Animals Went to School. EDUCATION: Youngsters Bring in Their Furry and Scaly Friends for Special Learning Event

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 7, 2008

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

The Day Animals Went to School...Friends for Special Learning Event. Byline: By Tina Junday ANIMAL magic was on the...special flexible learning day. The 240 students...learned about new animals and were able to...You get to see animals youve never seen...judged some of the animal competitions...this is what real learning is all about...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: animal learning

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Thorndike, Edward Lee

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...their ability to learn. He conducted studies in animal psychology and the psychology of learning, and compiled dictionaries for children (1935...Mental and Social Measurements (1904), Animal Intelligence (1911), A Teachers Word Book...
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Education

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...over whether a single model of learning is appropriate for both sexes...the dominant psychologies of learning and systems of ethics. An ancient...Skinner developed a theory of learning, based on animal experimentation, that came to...
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Egyptian Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Sometimes a whole species of animal was sacred, as cats at Bubastis...other times only individual animals of certain types were worshiped...bodies (although they retained animal heads) and other human characteristics...ibis Thoth became a patron of learning and the arts. We do not know precisely how or why certain animals became associated with certain...
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National Parks and Monuments

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...570 (291,729) Subtropical plant and animal life; ancestral home of Seminole and...39,349) Large number of plant and animal species. City of Rocks NR Idaho 1988...ST S Fla. 1983 Subtropical plant and animal life along 1,300-mi (2,092-km...
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Science

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...agronomy, horticulture, and animal husbandry; and many aspects...rebirth, or Renaissance , of learning spread throughout the West...study of the fossil remains of animals of the distant past, thus...system of classification of animals and plants, and improvements...

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