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Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think

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Do animals think? Can they count? Do they have emotions? Do they feel anger, frustration, hurt, or sorrow? At last, here is a book that provides authoritative answers to these long-standing questions. Most popular science books t to misrepresent animals, presenting them either as furry little humans or as creatures that cannot feel at all. Marc D. Hauser, an acclaimed scientist in the field of animal cognition, uses insights from evolutionary theory and cognitive science to examine animal thought without such biases or preconceptions. Hauser treats animals neither as machines devoid of feeling nor as extensions of humans, but as independent beings driven by their own complex impulses. In prose that is both elegant and edifying, Hauser describes his groundbreaking research in the field, leading his readers on what David Premack, author of The Mind of an Ape, calls "a masterful tour of the animal mind."

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About the Author

Marc D. Hauser is a professor at Harvard University, where as a Fellow of the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Program he performs laboratory research, supplemented by fieldwork around the world. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife and their menagerie of animals.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780805056709
Subtitle:
What Animals Really Think
Author:
Hauser, Marc D.
Publisher:
Holt Paperbacks
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Zoology
Subject:
Cognition in animals
Subject:
Social behavior in animals
Subject:
Animal psychology
Subject:
Life Sciences - Zoology - General
Edition Number:
1st Owl Books ed.
Series Volume:
no. NIH 00-218
Publication Date:
20010301
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
15 bandw illustrations
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8.26x5.45x.88 in. .64 lbs.
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