Description
Evolution of Learning and Memory Mechanisms is an exploration of laboratory and field research on the many ways that evolution has influenced learning and memory processes, such as associative learning, social learning, and spatial, working, and episodic memory systems. This volume features research by both outstanding early-career scientists as well as familiar luminaries in the field. Learning and memory in a broad range of animals are explored, including numerous species of invertebrates (insects, worms, sea hares), as well as fish, amphibians, birds, rodents, bears, and human and nonhuman primates. Contributors discuss how the behavioral, cognitive, and neural mechanisms underlying learning and memory have been influenced by evolutionary pressures. They also draw connections between learning and memory and the specific selective factors that shaped their evolution. Evolution of Learning and Memory Mechanisms should be a valuable resource for those working in the areas of experimental and comparative psychology, comparative cognition, brain-behavior evolution, and animal behavior.
This book examines how evolution influences learning and memory processes in both human and nonhuman animals.
About the Author
Mark A. Krause is Professor of Psychology at Southern Oregon University. He has served as Associate Editor of Animal Behavior and Cognition, and is co-author of Introduction to Psychological Science (2020). Karen L. Hollis is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College. She served as President of APA's Divisions 3 and 6 and has received the Comparative Cognition Society Research Award for contributions to the field. Mauricio R. Papini is Professor of Psychology at Texas Christian University. He was Editor of the International Journal of Comparative Psychology and is the author of Comparative Psychology: Evolution and Development of Brain and Behavior, Third Edition (2021).
Reviews
'I am glad to add this [book] to [my] shelves, and will be recommending it to my colleagues. I congratulate the editors on the efforts they will have put into getting these chapters together, and on helping to produce such a consistency of quality (of the science and the writing) in the contents of the chapters.' Susan D. Healy, Quarterly Review of Biology
Book Information
ISBN 9781108738316
Author Mark A. Krause
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 980g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 177mm * 26mm
This book examines how evolution influences learning and memory processes in both human and nonhuman animals.
About the Author
Mark A. Krause is Professor of Psychology at Southern Oregon University. He has served as Associate Editor of Animal Behavior and Cognition, and is co-author of Introduction to Psychological Science (2020). Karen L. Hollis is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College. She served as President of APA's Divisions 3 and 6 and has received the Comparative Cognition Society Research Award for contributions to the field. Mauricio R. Papini is Professor of Psychology at Texas Christian University. He was Editor of the International Journal of Comparative Psychology and is the author of Comparative Psychology: Evolution and Development of Brain and Behavior, Third Edition (2021).
Reviews
'I am glad to add this [book] to [my] shelves, and will be recommending it to my colleagues. I congratulate the editors on the efforts they will have put into getting these chapters together, and on helping to produce such a consistency of quality (of the science and the writing) in the contents of the chapters.' Susan D. Healy, Quarterly Review of Biology
Book Information
ISBN 9781108738316
Author Mark A. Krause
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 980g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 177mm * 26mm
