Description
Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.
About the Author
Nereida Bueno-Guerra is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Comillas Pontifical University, Spain. With a background in psychology and criminology, as well as ethology and education, her research focuses on the topics of morality and revenge. Her interest in animal cognition began while conducting comparative studies of chimpanzees and humans at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI). Federica Amici is a post-doctoral researcher in the Primate Kin Selection Group at the University of Leipzig and at the MPI. Her main research interests lie in the evolutionary forces shaping the distribution of cognitive skills across vertebrates, combining behavioural observations and controlled experimental procedures, both in the wild and in captivity.
Reviews
'Field and Laboratory Methods in Animal Cognition, edited by Bueno-Guerra and Amici, manages also to implicitly teach some of the fundamentals of cognition in the way it showcases methods. By illuminating how similar cognitive principles need to be tested differently across species, the existence of the volume itself proves the importance of the 'Umwelt' concept it champions. With a star-studded lineup of authors, the book serves as a snapshot of who is doing what and how in the field of comparative cognition.' Alison L. Greggor, The Quarterly Review of Biology
Book Information
ISBN 9781108413947
Author Nereida Bueno-Guerra
Format Paperback
Page Count 456
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 920g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 175mm * 22mm