Learning from animals? / [edited by] Louise S. Roska-Hardy and Eva M. Neumann-Held.

Other author Röska-Hardy, Louise, 1950-
Other author Neumann-Held, Eva M.
Format Book
Publication InfoHove, East Sussex ; New York : Psychology Press, 2009.
Descriptionpages cm
Subjects
Psychology, Comparative--Research.
Animal psychology--Research.

Contents Introduction: Issues and themes in comparative studies : language, cognition, and culture / Louise S. Roska-Hardy -- Language -- Prolegomena to a science of biolinguistics / W. Tecumseh Fitch -- Sketch of an evolutionary grammar based on comparative biolinguistics / Wolfgang Wildgen -- Vocal and gestural communication in non-human primates and the question of the origin of language / Adrien Meguerditchian and Jacques Vauclair -- Cognition -- Socio-emotional factors in the development of joint attention in human and ape infants / Kim A. Bard and David A. Leavens -- Collective intentionality and the roots of human societal life / Hannes Rakoczy -- Socio-cognitive abilities and cooperative breeding / Judith-Maria Burkart -- Attentiveness toward others and social learning in domestic dogs / Zsófia Virányi, Friederike Range, and Ludwig Huber -- From similarity to uniqueness : method and theory in comparative psychology / Ingar Brinck -- Culture -- Experimental approaches to the study of culture in primates / Christine A. Caldwell -- How the chimpanzee stole culture, or lessons learned from labours in cultural primatology / William C. McGrew -- Great apes and the human resistance to equality / Dale Jamieson -- Apes and human dignity / Matthias Kettner -- Postscript: Human uniqueness in a comparative perspective / Louise S. Roska-Hardy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008019111
ISBN9781841697079 (hardcover)
ISBN1841697079 (hardcover)