Información General

• Autores: Nereida Bueno Guerra (coord.), Federica Amici (coord.)
• Editores: Cambridge University Press
• Año de publicación: 2018
• País: Reino Unido
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41394-7
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Resumen

• Would you ask a honeybee to point at a screen and recognise a facial expression? Or ask an elephant to climb a tree? While humans and non-human species may inhabit the same world, it's likely that our perceptual worlds differ significantly. Emphasising Uexküll's concept of 'umwelt', this volume offers practical advice on how animal cognition can be successfully tested while avoiding anthropomorphic conclusions. The chapters describe the capabilities of a range of animals - from ants, to lizards to chimpanzees - revealing how to successfully investigate animal cognition across a variety of taxa. The book features contributions from leading cognition researchers, each offering a series of examples and practical tips drawn from their own experience. Together, the authors synthesise information on current field and laboratory methods, providing researchers and graduate students with methodological advice on how to formulate research questions, design experiments and adapt studies to different taxa.

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Listado de artículos

• • lntroduction. The Concept of Umwelt in Experimental Animal Cognition

    Nereida Bueno Guerra, Federica Amici

    págs. 1-7

    

  • Ants - Individual and Social Cognition

    Zhanna Reznikova

    págs. 8-30

    

  • Bats - Using Sound to Reveal Cognition

    Yossi Yovel, Stefan Greif

    págs. 31-59

    

  • Bees - The Experimental Umwelt of Honeybees

    Randolf Menzel

    págs. 60-75

    

  • Chicken - Cognition in the Poultry Yard

    Cinzia Chiandetti, Giorgio Vallortigara

    págs. 97-118

    

  • Chimpanzees - lnvestigating Cognition in the Wild

    Roman M. Wittig, Catlwine Crockford

    págs. 119-145

    

  • Dolphins and Whales- Taking Cognitive Research Out of the Tanks and into the Wild

    Volker B. Deecke

    págs. 146-176

    

  • Elephants - Studying Cognition in the African Savannah

    Lucy A. Bates

    págs. 177-198

    

  • Fish - How to Ask Them the Right Questions

    Catarina Vila Pouca, Culum Brown

    págs. 199-221

    

  • Hermit Crabs- lnformation Galhering by lhe Hermit Crab, Pagurus bemhardus

    Robert W. Elwood

    págs. 222-243

    

  • Hyenas- Testing Cognition in lhe Umwelt of the Spotted Hyena

    Lily Johnson Uirich, Kenna D. S. Lehman, Julie W. Turner, Kay E. Holekamp

    págs. 244-265

    

  • Lizards- Measuring Cognition: Practical Challenges and the lnfluence of Ecology and Social Behaviour

    Martín J. Whiting, Daniel W. A. Noble

    págs. 266-285

    

  • Meerkats- ldentifying Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Meerkat Coordination and Communication: Expetimental Designs in Their Natural Habitat

    Marta Manser

    págs. 286-307

    

  • Octopuses- Mind in the Waters

    Jennifer A. Mather, Michael J. Kuba

    págs. 308-328

    

  • Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus)- Cognitive and Communicative Abilities

    Irene M. Pepperberg

    págs. 329-353

    

  • Sharks- Elasmobranch Cognition

    Tristan L. Guttridge, Kara E. Yopak, Vera Schluessel

    págs. 354-380

    

  • Spiders- Hints for Testing Cognition and Learning in Jumping Spiders

    Elizabeth M. Jakob, Skye M. Long, Margaret Bruce

    págs. 381-401

    

  • Tortoises- Cold-Biooded Cognition: How to Get a Tortoise Out of lts Shell

    Anna Wilkinson, Ewen Glass

    págs. 401-419