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Author | Aureli, Filippo; de Waal, F. B. M. | ||||
Title | Natural conflict resolution | Type | Book Whole | ||
Year | 2000 | Publication | University of California Press | Abbreviated Journal | University of California Press. |
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Abstract | Introduction FILIPPO AURELI & FRANS B. M. DE WAAL Menzel, C. R. 1993. van Schaik, C. P., & van Noordwijk, M. A. 1986. Communication by agonistic displays: What can games theory contribute to ethology? Chapais, B. 1995. Alliances as a means of competition in primates: Evolutionary, developmental, and cognitive aspects. Punishment in animal societies. Nature, 373: 209-216. | ||||
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Publisher | Place of Publication | Berkley | Editor | ||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 533 | ||
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Author | Nathan J. Emery | ||||
Title | The Evolution of Social Cognition | Type | Book Chapter | ||
Year | 2005 | Publication | The Cognitive Neuroscience of Social BehaviourGarten | Abbreviated Journal | |
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Abstract | Although this bookis focusedon the cognitive neuroscience ofhuman social behaviour, an understandingofsocial cognition in non-human animals is critical for unravellingthe neural basis of social cognition in humans as well as the selective pressures that have shapedthe evolution ofcomplex social cognition. Thanks to methodological limitations, we know little about the relationships between certain biochemical andelectrophysiological properties ofthe human brain andhow theycompute the behaviour andmental states ofother individuals. Traditional techniques for examiningneural function in humans, such as event-relatedpotentials (ERP),positron emission tomography(PET),and functional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI),are constrainedbythe fact that subjects are placed either into an immoveable scanner with a lot ofbackgroundnoise or wiredup with dozens of electrodes that are sensitive to slight movements. The possibilityofscanningor recordingbrain waves from two individuals that are physicallyinteractingsociallyis technicallyimpossible at present (however, see Montague et al, 2002 for a new methodfor simultaneouslyscanningtwo individuals interactingvia a computer). The onlywayto understandthe neurocognitive architecture ofhuman social behaviour is to examine similar social processes in both human andnon-human animal minds andmake comparisons at the species level. An additional argument is that traditional human socio-cognitive tasks are dependent on the use ofstories, cartoons andverbal cues andinstructions (Heberlein & Adolphs, this volume)which themselves will elicit specific neural responses that have to be eliminatedfrom neural responses specificallyrelatedto mindreading. Therefore, the development ofnon-verbal tasks wouldprovide a breakthrough for studies in non-linguistic animals, pre-verbal human infants andhuman cognitive neuroimaging. |
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Publisher | Psychology Press | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 543 | ||
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Author | BRYSON, JOANNA J. | ||||
Title | EVIDENCE OF MODULARITY FROM PRIMATE ERRORS DURING TASK LEARNING | Type | Conference Volume | ||
Year | Publication | MODELING LANGUAGE, COGNITION AND ACTION | Abbreviated Journal | ||
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Abstract | The last two decades have seen a great deal of theorising and speculation about the modular nature of human intelligence, as well as a rise in use of modular architectures in artificial intelligence. Nevertheless, whether such models of natural intelligence are well supported is still an issue of debate. In this paper, I propose that the most important criteria for modularity is specialised representations. I present a modular model of primate learning of the transitive inference task, and propose an extension to this model which would explain task-learning results in other domains. I also briefly relate this work to both neuroscience and established AI learning architectures. |
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 605 | ||
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Author | Nudds, M.; Hurley, S. | ||||
Title | Rational Animals? | Type | Book Whole | ||
Year | 2006 | Publication | Oxford University Press | Abbreviated Journal | Oxf. Univ. Pr. |
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Abstract | To what extent can animal behaviour be described as rational? What does it even mean to describe behaviour as rational? This book focuses on one of the major debates in science today – how closely does mental processing in animals resemble mental processing in humans. It addresses the question of whether and to what extent non-human animals are rational, that is, whether any animal behaviour can be regarded as the result of a rational thought processes. It does this with attention to three key questions, which recur throughout the book and which have both empirical and philosophical aspects: What kinds of behavioural tasks can animals successfully perform? What if any mental processes must be postulated to explain their performance at these tasks? What properties must processes have to count as rational? The book is distinctive in pursuing these questions not only in relation to our closest relatives, the primates, whose intelligence usually gets the most attention, but also in relation to birds and dolphins, where striking results are also being obtained. Some chapters focus on a particular species. They describe some of the extraordinary and complex behaviour of these species – using tools in novel ways to solve foraging problems, for example, or behaving in novel ways to solve complex social problems – and ask whether such behaviour should be explained in rational or merely mechanistic terms. Other chapters address more theoretical issues and ask, for example, what it means for behaviour to be rational, and whether rationality can be understood in the absence of language. The book includes many of the world's leading figures doing empirical work on rationality in primates, dolphins, and birds, as well as distinguished philosophers of mind and science. The book includes an editors' introduction which summarises the philosophical and empirical work presented, and draws together the issues discussed by the contributors. | ||||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 608 | ||
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Author | Altmann, Dagmar | ||||
Title | Harnen und Koten bei Säugetieren | Type | Book Whole | ||
Year | 1969 | Publication | Die neue Brehm-Bücherei | Abbreviated Journal | |
Volume | 404 | Issue | Pages | ||
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Abstract | Ein Beitr. zur vergleichenden Verhaltensforschung. Mit 50 Abb. u. 7 Tab. Wittenberg: Ziemsen 1969. 104 S.(Berliner Tierpark-Buch. 16.) (Die neue Brehm-Bücherei. 404.) | ||||
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Publisher | Ziemsen | Place of Publication | Wittenberg | Editor | |
Language | German | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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Notes | from Prof. Hans Klingels Equine Reference List | Approved | no | ||
Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 637 | ||
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Author | ANSELL, WFH | ||||
Title | The breeding of some larger mammals in northern Rhodesia | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1960 | Publication | Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London | Abbreviated Journal | Proc. Zool. Soc. London. |
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Abstract | Details are given of a standard manner of recording breeding data of large mammals by game department officers, which is considered a great improvement on previous casual reporting. Information on the breeding in Northern Rhodesia of several ungulates and large Carnivora is summarised, and comparisons made with published data from other territories. It is stressed that much more study is needed, but certain points emerge from consideration of present information. Many species have their young at any time of year, and only a few have a really sharply defined birth season. The wart hog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) seems markedly seasonal in the south of its range, but not in the northern parts. There is at present no data on the fluctuations in frequency of births among non-seasonal breeders. In the seasonally breeding species the actual birth months vary somewhat from north to south, and in the wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) there may be variation in the calving time due apparently to purely localdifferences of environment. The wild dog (Lycaon pictus) appears to be monoestrus, but data on the larger felids, though incomplete, seems to indicate that young may be born at any time of the year. Limiting factors in the study of breeding in African large mammals are pointed out, but it is suggested that further work on the lines of that carried out in Northern. Rhodesia would be profitable. | ||||
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Notes | from Prof. Hans Klingels Equine Reference List | Approved | no | ||
Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 643 | ||
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Author | Berger, J | ||||
Title | Wild horses of the Great Basin | Type | Book Whole | ||
Year | 1986 | Publication | University of Chicago Press, | Abbreviated Journal | Univ. of Chic. Press |
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Keywords | wildlife equine behaviour ecology | ||||
Abstract | Describes the behavior of wild horses living in the Great Basin Desert of Nevada and discusses the role of the horses in the area's ecology | ||||
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Publisher | University of Chicago Press | Place of Publication | Chicago | Editor | |
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ISSN | ISBN | 0-226-04367-3 | Medium | ||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 659 | ||
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Author | Cheney D.L.; Seyfarth, R.M. | ||||
Title | How monkeys see the world: Inside the mind of another species | Type | Book Whole | ||
Year | 1990 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
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Publisher | University of Chicago Press | Place of Publication | Chicago | Editor | |
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 706 | ||
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Author | In Zentall T.R, Galef B.G. (ed) | ||||
Title | Social Learning: Psychological and Biological Perspectives | Type | Book Whole | ||
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Publisher | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates | Place of Publication | Editor | In Zentall T.R, Galef B.G. | |
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ISSN | ISBN | 978-0898599213 | Medium | ||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 709 | ||
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Author | McDonnell, S.M. (ed) | ||||
Title | The Equid Ethogram: A Practical Field Guide to Horse Behavior | Type | Book Whole | ||
Year | 2003 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
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Publisher | Eclipse Press | Place of Publication | Lexington, Kentucky | Editor | McDonnell, S.M. |
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 711 | ||
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