Clever animals and killjoy explanations in comparative psychology

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 477-481

  Shettleworth, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COGNITION; COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; INSECT SOCIETIES; NON-HUMAN SPECIES; ORGANIC EVOLUTION; SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS; THEORY OF MINDS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ANIMALS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISORIENTATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77958173733     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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