Animal Behavior Books

New and Published Books

1. Perspectives on Human-Animal Communication

   Internatural Communication

   Edited by Emily Plec

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   Despite its inherent interdisciplinarity, the Communication discipline has remained an almost entirely anthropocentric enterprise. This book represents early and prominent forays into the subject of human-animal communication from a Communication Studies perspective, an effort that brings a...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Starting from Scratch

   The Origin and Development of Expression, Representation and Symbolism in Human and Non-Human Primates

   By John Matthews

   This book compares the beginning of symbolic thought in human infancy with that of our close primate relatives, the chimpanzees. The author investigates the precursors of symbolism by studying the actions and interactions of a small group of these intelligent, non-human primates who live in...

   Published October 21st 2010 by Psychology Press
3. Comparative Psychology

   Evolution and Development of Behavior, 2nd Edition

   By Mauricio R. Papini

   Comparative Psychology (second edition) is a core textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in Comparative Psychology, Animal Behavior, and Evolutionary Psychology. Its main goal is to introduce the student to evolutionary and developmental approaches to the study of animal behavior....

   Published May 27th 2008 by Psychology Press
4. Training Nonhuman Primates Using Positive Reinforcement Techniques

   A Special Issue of the journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

   Edited by Mark J. Prescott, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

   This special issue illustrates benefits to animals from positive reinforcement training (PRT) and--depending on the setting--to scientists, animal care staff, veterinarians, and in the case of the zoo, the visiting public. One important theme throughout is that training is a joint venture between...

   Published October 31st 2003 by Psychology Press
5. Animal Cognition

   By Nick Lund

   Series: Routledge Modular Psychology

   Animal Cognition looks at how non-human animals process information from their environment. Nick Lund has written an accessible and engaging account of this area of comparative psychology. The book contains chapters on animal navigation (including homing behaviour and migration), animal...

   Published April 24th 2002 by Routledge
6. Picture Perception in Animals

   Edited by Joel Fagot

   Animal researchers commonly present pictures to their subjects, usually birds or monkeys, in order to infer how natural objects are perceived and conceptualised, or to discover the brain mechanisms underlying these abilities. This unique book questions the premise of this experimental approach and...

   Published November 29th 2000 by Psychology Press
7. Theories of Animal Memory

   Edited by Donald F. Kendrick, Mark E. Rilling, M. Ray Denny

   Series: Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series

   Published March 31st 1986 by Psychology Press
8. Comparing Behavior

   Studying Man Studying Animals

   Edited by D. W. Rajecki

   Published April 30th 1983 by Psychology Press