Animal Learning and Cognition / Edition 2

by N. J. Mackintosh

Overview

How do animals learn? By what means can animals be conditioned? This volume of the acclaimed Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Second Edition, reviews such basic models as Pavlovian conditioning as well as more modern models of animal memory and social cognition. Sure to represent a benchmark of a vast literature from diverse disciplines, this reference work is a useful addition to any library devoted to animal learning, conditioning behavior, and interaction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780121619534
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/27/1994
Series:	Handbook of Perception and Cognition
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	379
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

N.J. Mackintosh, Introduction.
G. Hall, Pavlovian Conditioning: Laws of Association.
A. Dickinson, Instrumental Conditioning.
B.A. Williams, Reinforcement and Choice.
J.M. Pearce, Discrimination and Categorization.
R.G.M. Morris, The Neural Basis of Learning with Particular Reference to the Role of Synaptic Plasticity: Where Are We a Century after Cajal's Speculations?
S.J. Shettleworth, Biological Approaches to the Study of Learning.
C.R. Gallistel, Space and Time.
W.C. Gordon and R.L. Klein, Animal Memory: The Effects of Context Change on Retention Performance.
C.M. Heyes, Social Cognition in Primates.
D.M. Rumbaugh and E.S. Savage-Rumbaugh, Language in Comparative Perspective.
D.R. Shanks, Human Associative Learning.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

A dozen studies review the current models of how animals learn and how they can be conditioned. The topics include classical Pavlovian conditioning, the neural basis of learning, space and time, animal memory, social cognition in primates, and applications to human language and learning. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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