Bøger i Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series serien

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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 experiences of animals as they behave in their natural environment during the course of their normal lives. Cognitive Ethology discusses the possibility that animals may have abilities to experience, communicate, reason, and plan beyond those usually ascribed to them in a "black box" or "stimulus-response" interpretation of their behavior. Contributions from scientists who have been associated with or influenced by Griffin offer a lively array of views, some disparate from one another and some especially selected to present approaches contrary to his.

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 absorbed. According to this philosophy, it is acceptable to hypothesize that an animal might engage in complex processing of information, as long as one can operationalize evidence for such a process and the hypothesis can be presented in the context of testable predictions that can differentiate it from other mechanisms. The contributions to this volume represent the three most important areas of research in animal cognition -- stimulus representation, memory processes, and perceptual processes -- although current research has considerably blurred these distinctions.

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The studies described in this book characterize the emergence of number-related abilities in rats, pigeons, chimpanzees, and humans. It examines the cognitive capabilities demonstrated throughout many species.

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The studies described in this book characterize the emergence of number-related abilities in rats, pigeons, chimpanzees, and humans. It examines the cognitive capabilities demonstrated throughout many species.

First Published in 1989. The contributors to this volume present research concerning the cognitive structures and development of nonhuman primates from a cognitive psychological perspective.