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1. Animal Cognition

   A Tribute To Donald A. Riley

   Edited by Thomas R. Zentall

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   Prepared as a tribute to Donald A. Riley, the essays that appear here are representative of a research area that has loosely been classified as animal cognition -- a categorization that reflects a functionalist philosophy that was prevalent in Riley's laboratory and that many of his students...

   Published May 31st 1993 by Psychology Press
2. Language and Communication

   Comparative Perspectives

   Edited by Herbert L. Roitblat, Louis M. Herman, Paul E. Nachtigall

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   The result of a conference on language and related cognitive processes in animals, this book brings together scientists working on language and communication, reviews research done on language in apes and dolphins, and places this work in a larger perspective of animal communication and cognition....

   Published April 30th 1993 by Psychology Press
3. The Development of Numerical Competence

   Animal and Human Models

   Edited by Sarah T. Boysen, Sarah T. Boysen, E. John Capaldi, Sarah T. Boysen

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   The area of animal counting has historically been the subject of a long and colorful debate, but only more recently have systematic, more rigorous experimental efforts to evaluate numerical abilities in animals been undertaken. This volume contains chapters from investigators in a range of...

   Published November 30th 1992 by Psychology Press
4. Cognitive Ethology

   Essays in Honor of Donald R. Griffin

   Edited by Carolyn A. Ristau, Peter Marler

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   This collection of essays was written by former students, associates, admirers, critics and friends of Donald R. Griffin -- the creator of cognitive ethology. Stimulated by his work, this volume presents ideas and experiments in the field of cognitive ethology -- the exploration of the mental...

   Published September 30th 1990 by Psychology Press
5. Cognitive Ethology

   Essays in Honor of Donald R. Griffin

   Edited by Peter Marler, Carolyn A. Ristau

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   This collection of essays was written by former students, associates, admirers, critics and friends of Donald R. Griffin -- the creator of cognitive ethology. Stimulated by his work, this volume presents ideas and experiments in the field of cognitive ethology -- the exploration of the mental...

   Published September 30th 1990 by Psychology Press
6. Neurobiology of Comparative Cognition

   Edited by Raymond P. Kesner, David S. Olton

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   This book represents a unique and elaborate exposition of the neural organization of language, memory, and spatial perception in a wide variety of species including humans, bees, fish, rodents, and monkeys. The editors have united the comparative approach with its emphasis on evolutionary...

   Published January 31st 1990 by Psychology Press
7. Cognitive Structures and Development in Nonhuman Primates

   Edited by Francesco Antinucci

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   The contributors to this volume present research concerning the cognitive structures and development of nonhuman primates from a cognitive psychological perspective. The authors and researchers come to this project from the study of humans and apply their knowledge to research on nonhumans. For...

   Published September 30th 1989 by Psychology Press
8. Preoperative Events

   Their Effects on Behavior Following Brain Damage

   Edited by Jay Schulkin

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   Preoperative Events switches the focus from post-operative rehabilitation to preoperative experiences and personal histories to lessen the consequences of brain damage. These papers document the relationship between preoperative experience and postoperative performance and discuss a variety of...

   Published June 30th 1989 by Psychology Press
9. The Life of the Mind

   By Jason W. Brown

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   This detailed look at the development of microgenetic theory provides a comprehensive and coherent model of cognitive processing in the brain, based on patterns of breakdown in pathology. In so doing, it illustrates the clinical record that supports and documents microgenetic theory, and presents a...

   Published June 30th 1988 by Psychology Press
10. Social Learning

    Psychological and Biological Perspectives

    Edited by Thomas R. Zentall, Thomas R. Zentall, B. G. Galef, Jr.

    Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

    Published December 31st 1987 by Psychology Press