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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.

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Author:   N. J. Mackintosh (University of Cambridge, U.K.)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780121619534

ISBN 10:   0121619532
Pages:   379
Publication Date:   10 November 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

N.J. Mackintosh, Introduction. G. Hall, Pavlovian Conditioning: Laws of Association. A. Dickinson, Instrumental Conditioning. B.A. Williams, Reinforcement and Choice. J.M. Pearce, Discrimination and Categorization. R.G.M. Morris, The Neural Basis of Learning with Particular Reference to the Role of Synaptic Plasticity: Where Are We a Century after Cajal's Speculations? S.J. Shettleworth, Biological Approaches to the Study of Learning. C.R. Gallistel, Space and Time. W.C. Gordon and R.L. Klein, Animal Memory: The Effects of Context Change on Retention Performance. C.M. Heyes, Social Cognition in Primates. D.M. Rumbaugh and E.S. Savage-Rumbaugh, Language in Comparative Perspective. D.R. Shanks, Human Associative Learning. Index.

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