Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition Revised Edition
Author(s): Edward A. Wasserman (Editor), Thomas R. Zentall
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 20 Mar. 2012
- Edition: Revised
- Language: English
- Print length: 960 pages
- ISBN-10: 0195392663
- ISBN-13: 9780195392661
Book Description
In the past decade, the field of comparative cognition has grown and thrived. No less rigorous than purely behavioristic investigations, examinations of animal intelligence are useful for scientists and psychologists alike in their quest to understand the nature and mechanisms of intelligence. Extensive field research of various species has yielded exciting new areas of research, integrating findings from psychology, behavioral ecology, and ethology in a unique and wide-ranging synthesis of theory and research on animal cognition.
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition contains sections on perception and illusion, attention and search, memory processes, spatial cognition, conceptualization and categorization, problem solving and behavioral flexibility, and social cognition processes including findings in primate tool usage, pattern learning, and counting. The authors have incorporated findings and theoretical approaches that reflect the current state of the field. This comprehensive volume will be a must-read for students and scientists who want to know about the state of the art of the modern science of comparative cognition.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Those who study comparative cognition find themselves in a particularly prosperous time . . . A diversity of available species to study, opportunities for increased national and international collaboration, and technological advances offer us a greater opportunity for data collection and dissemination than at any time in history. The present book attests to how these opportunities can produce compelling research programs that serve as excellent models for the future of comparative cognition. ― Michael J. Beran in PsycCRITIQUES (for the previous edition)
This book is an outstanding collection of chapters by an exceptional group of researchers. A unique aspect of this collection is the strong reliance on experimental science in each of the research programs. One chapter after another provides a critical analysis of the state of knowledge about a fascinating cognitive ability. How do animals perceive, order, and categorize the world? Do animals remember their own past? Do species differ in their sense of time and space? How flexible are animals in the use of tools and in their problem solving? Are there unique social cognitive processes? Each of these well-written chapters contains enough detail to provide the reader with the information necessary to reach their own conclusions about the validity of an argument. Everyone interested in the cognitive and intellectual capacities of animals should read this book. ―
Peter Balsam, Samuel R Milbank Professor of Psychology, Barnard College and Columbia University (for the previous edition)
This book is a gem. It brings together a large, readable, and rich set of chapters by an international group of experts on many of the most important topics in the study of cognitive processes in animals. It will be a 'must read' for students and scientists who are curious about the state of the art of the modern science of comparative cognition. ―
Mark E. Bouton, Professor of Psychology, University of Vermont (for the previous editon)
This impressive compendium shows the remarkable breadth and depth of current experimental research in comparative cognition. It is sure to become a major landmark in long history of this continually evolving field. ―
Michael Domjan, Professor of Psychology, University of Texas (for the previous edition)
Comparative Cognition will be an invaluable resource for all working or being interested in the wide field of comparative psychology and neuroscience. ―
European Journal of Neurology (for the previous edition)
Excellent book...Highly recommended. ―
Choice (for the previous edition)
Review
A natural science of animal intelligence is not only possible, it is necessary to disclose the true character of minds other than ours. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition attests to the power and prospects of a natural science account of animal cognition.
About the Author
Edward A. Wasserman, Ph.D., is Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Iowa Center for Developmental and Learning Sciences, The University of Iowa.
Thomas Zentall, Ph.D., is DiSilvestro Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky.
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