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"Sara Shettleworth has accomplished a truly impressive synthesis of an enormous body of research on a wide variety of animal species. I can think of no other work that so successfully and thoughtfully integrates research in both experimental psychology and behavioral ecology, and that so comprehensively describes the exciting new field of animal cognition. Her book is essential to anyone interested the evolution of animal minds and the mechanisms that guide animal thought." --Dorothy Cheney, University of Pennsylvania
"In the decade since the first edition was published, the field of comparative cognition has seen an expansive increase and diversification (Shettleworth, 2009*). Many advances have been made, and many new ideas have become influential. The revisions in this new edition represent an enormous undertaking, masterfully capturing the excitement of the past decade. Whether in spatial cognition or communication, the chapters remain both comprehensive and integrative, with additions highlighting significant and interesting developments in diverse topics. The range of issues discussed is staggering and attests to a highly skilful and balanced overview of what has become a complex and interdisciplinary field. The new edition is an improvement on an already great scholarly work, with much to say to diverse fields including comparative cognition, neuroethology, and behavioral ecology. It will be highly cited."
--Ken Cheng, Macquarie University
*Behavioural Processes 80:210-217
"Rigorous analyses of field and laboratory findings lie at the heart of this readable yet insightful examination of the uses and abuses of evolutionary theory and ecology in the study of animal cognition. Shettleworth's thought-provoking, up-to-date, interdisciplinary overview is essential reading for anyone with an interest in understanding the relationship between animal and human psychology."
--Bennett Galef, McMaster University
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How do animals perceive the world, learn, remember, search for food or mates, communicate, and find their way around? Do any nonhuman animals count, imitate one another, use a language, or have a culture? What are the uses of cognition in nature and how might it have evolved? What is the current status of Darwin's claim that other species share the same "mental powers" as humans, but to different degrees? In this completely revised second edition of Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior, Sara Shettleworth addresses these questions, among others, by integrating findings from psychology, behavioral ecology, and ethology in a unique and wide-ranging synthesis of theory and research on animal cognition, in the broadest sense--from species-specific adaptations of vision in fish and associative learning in rats to discussions of theory of mind in chimpanzees, dogs, and ravens. She reviews the latest research on topics such as episodic memory, metacognition, and cooperation and other-regarding behavior in animals, as well as recent theories about what makes human cognition unique. In every part of this new edition, Shettleworth incorporates findings and theoretical approaches that have emerged since the first edition was published in 1998. The chapters are now organized into three sections: Fundamental Mechanisms (perception, learning, categorization, memory), Physical Cognition (space, time, number, physical causation), and Social Cognition (social knowledge, social learning, communication). Shettleworth has also added new chapters on evolution and the brain and on numerical cognition, and a new chapter on physical causation that integrates theories of instrumental behavior with discussions of foraging, planning, and tool using.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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As a Psychology undergraduate student taking Animal behaviour as a module for my final year, this book provides a useful insight into the more psychological explanations into animal behaviour. I have not needed to refer to the whole of the book, but unfortunately the sections that I have read have sometimes taken me longer to read due to numerous printing errors or poor grammar, making it almost impossible to understand some of the sentences within the book. However, it does provide good empirical evidence throughout the book to support the theories it discusses.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This book would be a suitable text for an advanced course in animal cognition. Undergraduates can appreciate it in small doses (probably not the whole book though). Master's and doctoral students will love it. Shettleworth provides an impressive review of spatial cognition, temporal cognition, and social cognition. She tends to emphasise the learning theorists view of things, and in so doing sometimes de-emphasises the role of cognition, representations, and the environment. The details are handled skillfully and accurately. There isn't much on the big questions though, such as whether causal cognition and/or intentionality might be important and possibly human-specific developments in the evolution of cognition.
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Most complete book on animal behavior I have yet encountered.
9 Sep 2009
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As a dedicated student of animal behavior I have read a wide variety of texts on the subject but this book stands out in its seamless synthesis of data from ethology/behavioral ecology and comparative/experimental psychology. Previously a student seeking a complete picture of the field of animal behavior would be best served by reading several texts from psychology and biology but here a vast amount of information is presented in a clear, concise, and highly readable manner. The author has in one text presented material that will intrigue but not overwhelm the lay person, yet it will also challenge experts in the field to consider data they might otherwise not have considered.
I wish I could give this book 6 stars. My only regret is not having discovered this one years ago.
I wish I could give this book 6 stars. My only regret is not having discovered this one years ago.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
May Be The Best Yet
27 Dec 2009
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I have been doing some serious reading on animal intelligence and behavior: "Animal Cognition" by Clive Wynne, "Animal Intelligence" by Zhanna Reznikova, Animal Learning & Cognition 3rd Ed by John Pearce, and The Ethology of Domestic Animals 2nd Ed by Per Jensen. This ranks right up there with Dr. Pearce's book. Sara Shettleworth is far more open-minded than Wynne, who projects his own limitations onto the animals. She writes with the detail of Reznikova and the clarity of Pearce. If you know these authors, I have told you enough. If not, let me just say that this is one of the best detailed introductions with graphs and charts, and written in everyday language. Yet she does not wear her scholarship lightly.
However, if you are interested in bugs, Reznikova's Animal Intelligence would be my best recommendation. Or if a negative assessment of animal intelligence would make you feel better about yourself, try Dr. Wynne's "Animal Cognition" or the popular level, "Do Animals Think?" His answer is No.
Also worth reading:
Animal Minds by Donald Griffin
Minds of Their Own by Lesley Rogers
Wild Minds by Marc Hauser
The Smartest Animals on the Planet by Sally Boysen
Some of these are more-or-less popular level, mass publications. The Boysen book is a beautiful coffee table item with color photos and excellent charts and explantions of animal "IQ tests."
However, if you are interested in bugs, Reznikova's Animal Intelligence would be my best recommendation. Or if a negative assessment of animal intelligence would make you feel better about yourself, try Dr. Wynne's "Animal Cognition" or the popular level, "Do Animals Think?" His answer is No.
Also worth reading:
Animal Minds by Donald Griffin
Minds of Their Own by Lesley Rogers
Wild Minds by Marc Hauser
The Smartest Animals on the Planet by Sally Boysen
Some of these are more-or-less popular level, mass publications. The Boysen book is a beautiful coffee table item with color photos and excellent charts and explantions of animal "IQ tests."
My Favorite Book!
21 Jun 2011
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This book is so full of fascinating information and interesting studies that it's remarkable! I recommend it to anyone who is interested in human or animal intelligence, evolution, or behavior. It is a huge gift to all of us who are curious about ourselves, the other animals we share the planet with, and how all of us became who we are over the course of evolution. It's not a light read, but it's not so heavy as to be out of reach for most educated readers. I have reread parts of it several times and always find new rewards. It should be required reading for a real education!
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