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Animal Learning and Cognition.

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Animal Learning and Cognition.

[Book]

N J Mackintosh

Saint Louis

Elsevier Science

2014

(398 pages).

Handbook of Perception and Cognition.

Front Cover --;Animal Learning and Cognition --;Copyright Page --;Table of Contents --;Contributors --;Foreword --;Preface --;CHAPTER 1. Introduction --;I. THE LEGACY OF PAVLOV AND THORNDIKE --;II. BIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOCENTRIC APPROACHES TO ANIMAL BEHAVIOR --;III. THE COGNITIVE REVOLUTION IN PSYCHOLOGY --;References --;CHAPTER 2. Pavlovian Conditioning --;I. PRELIMINARIES --;II. CONTIGUITY, FREQUENCY, AND INTENSITY --;III. CAUSALITY --;IV. SIMILARITY --;V. CONCLUSION --;Acknowledgments --;References --;CHAPTER 3. Instrumental Conditioning --;I. INTRODUCTION --;II. ACTIONS AND HABITS. III. INSTRUMENTAL KNOWLEDGE --;IV. REPRESENTATION OF INSTRUMENTAL ACTIONS --;V. INSTRUMENTAL LEARNING --;VI. PAVLOVIAN-INSTRUMENTAL INTERACTIONS --;VII. DISCRIMINATIVE CONTROL --;VIII. INCENTIVE LEARNING --;IX. COGNITION AND INSTRUMENTAL ACTION --;Endnotes --;References --;CHAPTER 4. Reinforcement and Choice --;1. INTRODUCTION --;II. CHOICE AS A MEASURE OF RESPONSE STRENGTH --;III. RELATIVE VALUE AS THE BASIS OF THE MATCHING LAW --;IV. THEORIES OF MATCHING --;V. CONCLUSIONS --;References --;CHAPTER5. Discrimination and Categorization --;I. THEORIES OF DISCRIMINATION LEARNING. II. RELATIONAL DISCRIMINATIONS --;III. CATEGORIZATION --;IV. CONCLUDING COMMENTS --;References --;CHAPTER 6. The Neural Basis of Learning with Particular Reference to the Role of Synaptic Plasticity --;I. INTRODUCTION --;II. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW --;III. EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGIES FOR EXPLORING THE RELATION BETWEEN SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY AND LEARNING --;IV. HIPPOCAMPAL LONG-TERM POTENTIATION --;V. OTHER TYPES OF ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY AND THE NATURE OF SYNAPTIC LEARNING RULES --;VI. EXPLORING THE EMPIRICAL RELATION BETWEEN HIPPOCAMPAL LONG-TERM POTENTIATION AND LEARNING. VII. CONCLUSIONS --;Acknowledgments --;References --;CHAPTER 7. Biological Approaches to the Study of Learning --;I. INTRODUCTION --;II. WHAT AND HOW DO ANIMALS LEARN IN THE WILD? --;III. WHAT DO REINFORCEMENT AND ASSOCIATION FORMATION HAVE TO DO WITH NATURAL BEHAVIOR? --;IV. HOW SHOULD ANIMALS LEARN? --;V. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS --;Acknowledgments --;References --;CHAPTER 8. Space and Time --;I. THE COGNITIVE MAP --;II. TIME SENSE --;III. CONCLUSION --;References --;CHAPTER 9. Animal Memory --;I. INTRODUCTION --;II. EFFECTS OF CONTEXT CHANGE ONHUMAN VERBAL RETENTION. III. INFLUENCE OF CONTEXT O N THE RETENTION PERFORMANCE OF ANIMALS --;IV. CONTEXT SPECIFICITY EXPLANATIONS --;V. UNDERSTANDING CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS ON RETENTION: CURRENT DIRECTIONS --;References --;CHAPTER 10. Social Cognition in Primates --;I. INTRODUCTION --;II. REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES --;III. CONCLUSION --;Acknowledgments --;References --;CHAPTER 11. Language in Comparative Perspective --;I. VIEWS OF LANGUAGE --;II. EVOLUTION AND LANGUAGE --;III. CATEGORIZATION SKILLS AND SEMANTICS --;IV. STUDIES WITH THE BONOBO --;V.A SENSITIVE AGE FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION --;VI. SUMMARY --;Acknowledgments.

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.

Cognition in animals.

Learning in animals.

N J Mackintosh

N J Mackintosh

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