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24%OFFLouise Barrett - Beyond the Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds - 9780691165561 - V9780691165561
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Beyond the Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds

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Description for Beyond the Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: JM; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms that we do. But as Beyond the Brain indicates, this is a dangerous assumption because animals have different evolutionary trajectories, ecological niches, and physical attributes. How do these differences influence animal thinking and behavior? Removing our human-centered spectacles, Louise Barrett investigates the mind and brain and offers an alternative approach for understanding animal and human cognition. Drawing on examples from animal behavior, comparative psychology, robotics, artificial life, developmental psychology, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691165561
SKU
V9780691165561
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About Louise Barrett
Louise Barrett is Professor of Psychology and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Lethbridge. She is the author of Baboons and the coauthor of Cousins, Walking with Cavemen, Human Evolutionary Psychology, and Evolutionary Psychology.

Reviews for Beyond the Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "Beyond the Brain is an astonishingly good book, both substantive and fun to read... Barrett re-centres the field on the study of animal cognition. I think this is an excellent decision, and not just because it allows her to tell some great animal stories. The main advantage is not narrative but substantive: ... Read more

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