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Animal Behavior

Starting from Scratch

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

Starting from Scratch
  • By John Matthews.

Published October 2010

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…
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Comparative Psychology

Evolution and Development of Behavior, 2nd Edition

Comparative Psychology
  • By Mauricio R. Papini.

Published May 2008

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.…
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Training Nonhuman Primates Using Positive Reinforcement Techniques

A Special Issue of the journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

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

Published October 2003

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…
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Animal Cognition

Animal Cognition
  • By Nick Lund.

Published April 2002

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…
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Picture Perception in Animals

Picture Perception in Animals
  • Edited by Joel Fagot.

Published November 2000

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…
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Theories of Animal Memory

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

Published March 1986


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Comparing Behavior

Studying Man Studying Animals

  • Edited by D. W. Rajecki.

Published April 1983


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