The major aim of this book is to explore the adaptationist or ecological approach to cognition, looking at how hypotheses about adaptation can be tested, and how adaptationist and psychological explanations can be related to each other. To bridge the gap between comparative psychology and behavioral ecology, each chapter will synthesize laboratory analyses of cognitive mechanisms with related theory and data from behavioral ecology. By integrating research not ordinarily considered together, Shettleworth will present some ...
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The major aim of this book is to explore the adaptationist or ecological approach to cognition, looking at how hypotheses about adaptation can be tested, and how adaptationist and psychological explanations can be related to each other. To bridge the gap between comparative psychology and behavioral ecology, each chapter will synthesize laboratory analyses of cognitive mechanisms with related theory and data from behavioral ecology. By integrating research not ordinarily considered together, Shettleworth will present some new interpretations of traditional topics and offer some new directions for researchers in animal cognition as well as their graduate students.
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