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Cognitive Ecology: The Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and
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Cognitive Ecology: The Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and Decision Making Hardcover - 1998 - 1st Edition

by Reuven Dukas (Editor)


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How does the environment shape the ways an animal processes information and makes decisions? How do constraints imposed on nervous systems affect an animal's activities? To help answer these questions, Cognitive Ecology integrates evolutionary ecology and cognitive science, demonstrating how studies of perception, memory, and learning can deepen our understanding of animal behavior and ecology. Individual chapters consider such issues as the evolution of learning and its influence on behavior; the effects of cognitive mechanisms on the evolution of signaling behavior; how neurobiological and evolutionary processes have shaped navigational activities; functional and mechanical explanations for altered behaviors in response to changing environments; how foragers make decisions and how these decisions are influenced by the risks of predation; and how cognitive mechanisms affect partner choice. Cognitive Ecology will encourage biologists to consider how animal cognition affects behavior, and will also interest comparative psychologists and cognitive scientists.

First line

The message of this volume is that animal cognition is a biological feature that has been molded by natural selection.

Details

  • Title Cognitive Ecology: The Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and Decision Making
  • Author Reuven Dukas (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 430
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press
  • Date July 6, 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780226169323 / 0226169324
  • Weight 1.66 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 6.17 x 1.13 in (23.34 x 15.67 x 2.87 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Animal ecology, Cognition in animals
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97036597
  • Dewey Decimal Code 591.513