Cognition: The Thinking Animal (Willingham Daniel T.)(Paperback)

Cognition: The Thinking Animal (Willingham Daniel T.)(Paperback)

By describing experiments that control, manipulate and measure mental processes, this book shows how we can discover the answers to key questions about the mind, such as: 'Can we focus attention on more than one thing?' and 'Is language unique to humans?' Written in a down-to-earth narrative prose

Animal Learning & Cognition: An Introduction (Pearce John M.)(Paperback)

Animal Learning and Cognition: An Introduction provides an up-to-date review of the principal findings from more than a century of research into animal intelligence. This new edition has been expanded to take account of the many exciting developments that have occurred over the last ten years. The

Animal Cognition 101 (Colbert-White Erin)(Paperback)

This concise overview provides a scientific yet highly accessible introduction to the science of animal cognition. Written for undergraduate college courses as well as any interested reader, it encompasses the history of animal cognition studies, essential theories and methodology, and the latest

On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction (Boyd Brian)(Paperback)

A century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species, evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all human-related subjects--anthropology, archeology, psychology, economics, religion, morality, politics, culture, and art. Now a distinguished

The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition (Kaufman Allison B.)(Paperback)

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

Thinking Animals: Why Animal Studies Now? (Weil Kari)(Paperback)

Kari Weil provides a critical introduction to the field of animal studies as well as an appreciation of its thrilling acts of destabilization. Examining real and imagined confrontations between human and nonhuman animals, she charts the presumed lines of difference between human beings and other

Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

The phenomenal New York Times Bestseller by Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions. Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny

The Temple (Berman Joshua)(Paperback)

When thinking of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, one often conjures up images of animal sacrifice, pilgrimages to the Holy City on religious festivals, and the High Priest solemnly entering the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur. Indeed, each of these observances was a staple of Temple ritual, but it is

I'm Thinking of a Farm Animal (Guillain Adam)(Board book)

Guess the animal from the clues, then pull a slider to reveal the answer! With vibrant energetic artwork and a friendly rhyming text, these interactive books are great for reading aloud. Each child is thinking of farm animal

I'm Thinking of a Jungle Animal (Guillain Adam)(Board book)

Guess the jungle animal from the clues, then pull a slider to reveal the answer! With vibrant energetic artwork and a friendly rhyming text, these interactive books are great for reading aloud. Each child is thinking of jungle animal . With four favourite jungle animals to find - and animal

The Design and Statistical Analysis of Animal Experiments (Bate Simon T.)(Paperback)

Written for animal researchers, this book provides a comprehensive guide to the design and statistical analysis of animal experiments. It has long been recognised that the proper implementation of these techniques helps reduce the number of animals needed. By using real-life examples to make them

Developmental Disorders of Language Learning and Cognition (Hulme Charles)(Paperback / softback)

This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders. Highlights key research on normal and typical development Includes clinical case studies and diagrams to illustrate key concepts A reader-friendly writing

Thinking in Pictures (Grandin Temple)(Paperback / softback)

A gifted and successful animal scientist, the author, who is autistic, tells us what it was like to grow up perceiving the world in an entirely concrete and visual way - somewhat akin to how animals think. She gives an insight into autism and its challenges using her observed understanding of the

Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life (Marder Michael)(Paperback)

The margins of philosophy are populated by non-human, non-animal living beings, including plants. While contemporary philosophers tend to refrain from raising ontological and ethical concerns with vegetal life, Michael Marder puts this life at the forefront of the current deconstruction of

Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman Daniel)(Paperback)

Major New York Times bestsellerOver two million copies soldSelected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2011Selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best nonfiction books of 20112013 Presidential Medal of Freedom RecipientDaniel Kahneman's work with Amos

Language, Cognition, and Human Nature (Pinker Steven)(Paperback)

Language, Cognition, and Human Nature collects together for the first time much of Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker's seminal research explores the workings of language and its connections to cognition, perception, social relationships, child

Why I Love My Daddy (Howarth Daniel)(Paperback)

A heartwarming book featuring children's own words and animal illustrations, this is the perfect book to say, 'I love you, Daddy ''I love my daddy because...'Everyone's daddy is the best. And who better to tell the world than children themselves?This beautiful book combines endearing things said by

Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal Clinical Behaviour (Mills Daniel S.)(Paperback)

Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal ClinicalBehaviour is about how stress impacts on animal behaviour andwelfare and what we can do about it, especially by using chemicalsignals more effectively. This readily accessible text starts fromfirst principles and is useful to both academics and

Embodied Cognition (Shapiro Lawrence)(Paperback)

Embodied cognition is a recent development in psychology that practitioners often present as a superseding standard cognitive science. In this outstanding introduction, Lawrence Shapiro sets out the central themes and debates surrounding embodied cognition, explaining and assessing the work of many

Exercise-Cognition Interaction: Neuroscience Perspectives (McMorris Terry)(Pevná vazba)

Exercise-Cognition Interaction: Neuroscience Perspectives is the only book on the market that examines the neuroscientific correlation between exercise and cognitive functioning. The upsurge in research in recent years has confirmed that cognitive-psychology theory cannot account for the effects of

I'm Thinking of a Pet (Guillain Charlotte)(Board book)

Guess the animal from the clues, then pull a slider to reveal the answer! Other titles in the series include:I'm Thinking of a Jungle AnimalI'm Thinking of a Sea CreatureI'n Thinking of a Farm

Psychoanalytic Thinking on the Unhoused Mind(Paperback / softback)

Psychoanalytic Thinking on the Unhoused Mind illuminates the psychological underpinnings of current societal problems: homelessness, mental distress, loneliness and states of societal breakdown and exclusion. Illustrated with a broad range of clinical work as well as thoughts on art and literature,

The Extended Mind (Menary Richard)(Paperback)

Leading scholars respond to the famous proposition by Andy Clark and David Chalmers that cognition and mind are not located exclusively in the head.Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? In their famous 1998 paper 'The Extended Mind,' philosophers Andy Clark and David J. Chalmers

Cognition: Pearson New International Edition (Ashcraft Mark)(Paperback / softback)