The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition

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· Cambridge University Press
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This handbook lays out the science behind how animals think, remember, create, calculate, and remember. It provides concise overviews on major areas of study such as animal communication and language, memory and recall, social cognition, social learning and teaching, numerical and quantitative abilities, as well as innovation and problem solving. The chapters also explore more nuanced topics in greater detail, showing how the research was conducted and how it can be used for further study. The authors range from academics working in renowned university departments to those from research institutions and practitioners in zoos. The volume encompasses a wide variety of species, ensuring the breadth of the field is explored.

About the author

Allison B. Kaufman is a research scientist for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Connecticut, USA, and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California at Riverside. She currently has a research program based at the University of Connecticut, where her main interests are in communication and innovative abilities in animals. She has written or edited five books, including The Psych 101 series and Animal Cognition 101 with Erin Colbert-White.

Josep Call is a comparative psychologist specializing in primate cognition, the Wardlaw Professor of Evolutionary Origins of Mind in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at University of St Andrews, UK, and Director of the Budongo Research Unit at Edinburgh Zoo. He has also been an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Cognitive Science Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the British Academy.

James C. Kaufman is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut, USA. He is the author or editor of more than 45 books, including The Cambridge Handbook in Creativity, 2nd edition (Cambridge 2019). He has also published more than 400 papers and won many awards, including from Mensa, the American Psychological Association, and the National Association for Gifted Children.

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