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Complex Worlds from Simpler Nervous Systems
"A Bradford book."The authors of Complex Worlds from Simpler Nervous Systems explain how animals with small, often minuscule, nervous systems--jumping spiders, bees, praying mantids, toads, and others--are not the simple "reflex machines" they were once thought to be. Because these animals live in the same world as do much larger species, they must meet the same environmental challenges. They d…
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- 9780262281898
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- 1 online resource (xx, 436 pages) :illustrations (some color)
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Beyond the cognitive map :from place cells to episodic memory
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262282192
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 420 pages) :illustrations
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Perspectives on imitation :from neuroscience to social science.
A state-of-the-art view of imitation from leading researchers in neuroscience and brain imaging, animal and developmental psychology, primatology, ethology, philosophy, anthropology, media studies, economics, sociology, education, and law.Leading researchers across a range of disciplines provide a state-of-the-art view of imitation, integrating the latest findings and theories with reviews of s…
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- 9780262275958
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- 1 online resource (1 volume) :illustrations
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Dolphin communication and cognition : past, present, and future
"Dolphin researchers have collected an impressive amount of data over the last twenty years, thanks to advances in technology for monitoring, recording, and analyzing dolphin behavior as well as increasing interest in exploring and modeling dolphins' cognitive capacities. This volume offers a comprehensive reference to the latest research on dolphin communication and cognition, reporting on fin…
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- 9780262331852
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages) :illustrations
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Animal beauty :on the evolution of biological aesthetics
An illustrated exploration of colors and patterns in the animal kingdom, what they communicate, and how they function in the social life of animals. Are animals able to appreciate what humans refer to as "beauty" The term scarcely ever appears nowadays in a scientific description of living things, but we humans may nonetheless find the colors, patterns, and songs of animals to be beautiful in a…
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- 9780262353359
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- 1 online resource (128 pages) :illustrations
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Methuselah's zoo :what nature can teach us about living longer, healthier lives
"A natural history of longevity in a wide variety of species along with an exploration of what we can learn from other species to preserve and extend human health"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026237059X
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- 1 online resource.
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Virtual menageries :mediologies of animal representation
The close interdependency of animal emissaries and new media from early European colonial encounters with the exotic to today's proliferation of animals in digital networks. From cat videos to corporate logos, digital screens and spaces are crowded with animal bodies. In Virtual Menageries, Jody Berland examines the role of animals in the spread of global communications. Her richly illustrated …
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- 9780262352000
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- 1 online resource (312 pages) :illustrations.
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Sex and the brain
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- 9780262272247
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 834 pages) :illustrations
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Species of Mind :The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology.
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- 9780262267021
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- 1 online resource (231 pages)
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Spatial schemas and abstract thought
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- 9780262316163
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- 1 online resource (vi, 352 pages) :illustrations
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