Cognition, Evolution and the Study of Behavior Sara J. Shettleworth is a study book that focuses on cognitive processes in animals. The book integrates insights from psychology, behavioral science, and ethology, and discusses how evolution and behavioral science provide explanations for cognitive behavior in a wide range of animal species. This reference work is intended for researchers and students who are delving into animal cognition and behavior.
Contents
This book covers fundamental mechanisms such as perception, learning, and memory, as well as physical and social cognition. It aligns with research fields such as psychology, with an emphasis on the evolution and behavior of animals. Topics range from vision in fish to theories about the mind in chimpanzees. New in this edition are chapters on evolution and the brain, numerical cognition, and physical causality, bringing together theories of behavior and planning.
Product specifications
- Author: Sara J. Shettleworth (Professor of Psychology and Zoology, University of Toronto)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication date: 2010-04-08
- Number of pages: 720
- ISBN: 9780195319842
- Subject: Ethology and animal behavior
- BISAC: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior)
About the author
Sara Shettleworth is Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto, with a long record in cognitive research on animals. She has published more than 100 articles on learning and memory in birds, and in mammals, and has received multiple international awards. Shettleworth is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and various experimental psychology associations.