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Title:

Comparative vertebrate cognition : are primates superior to non-primates? / edited by Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela Kaplan.

Publisher:

Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xv, 386 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Cognition in animals.
Primates--Psychology.
Vertebrates--Psychology.
Behavior, Animal.
Cognition.
Primates--psychology.
Psychology, Comparative.
Anatomy, Comparative.
Brain--anatomy & histology.
Vertebrates.
Cognitieve ontwikkeling.
Primaten.
Gewervelde dieren.

Other Authors:

Rogers, Lesley J.
Kaplan, Gisela T.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Comparing the complex cognition of birds and primates / Nathan J. Emery and Nicola S. Clayton -- Visual cognition and representation in birds and primates / Giorgio Vallortigara -- Socially mediated learning among monkeys and apes : some comparative perspectives / Hilary O. Box and Anne E. Russon -- Social learning, innovation, and intelligence in fish / Yfke van Bergen, Kevin N. Laland and William Hoppitt -- The primate isolation call : a comparison with precocial birds and non-primate mammals / John D. Newman -- Meaningful communication in primates, birds, and other animals / Gisela Kaplan -- Theory of mind and insight in chimpanzees, elephants, and other animals? / Moti Nissani -- The use of social information in chimpanzees and dogs / Josep Call -- Increasing the brain's capacity : neocortex, new neurons, and hemispheric specialization / Lesley Rogers -- The evolution of lateralized motor functions / Michelle A. Hook.

Series:

Developments in primatology : progress and prospects

ISBN:

9780306477270
0306477270

LCCN:

2003060171

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)