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This is the first book to collate and synthesise the recent burgeoning primary research literature on dog behaviour, evolution and cognition. The author presents a new ecological approach to the understanding of dog behaviour, demonstrating how dogs can be the subject of rigorous and productive scientific study without the need to confine them to a laboratory environment. Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition starts with an overview of the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the study of the dog, followed by a brief description of their role in human society - almost a third of human families share their daily life with the dog! An evolutionary perspective is then introduced with a summary of current research into the process of domestication. The central part of the book is devoted to issues relating to the cognitive aspects of behaviour which have received particular attention in recent years from both psychologists and ethologists. The book's final chapters introduce the reader to many novel approaches to dog behaviour, set in the context of behavioural development and genetics. Directions for future research are highlighted throughout the text which also incorporates links to human and primate research by drawing on homologies and analogies in both evolution and behaviour. The book will therefore be of relevance and use to anyone with an interest in behavioural ecology including graduate students of animal behaviour and cognition, as well as a more general audience of dog enthusiasts, biologists, psychologists and sociologists.

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...both honest and representative of current thinking on the origins and importance of canine ethology. Claire L. Corridan Anthrozoos Miklosis review is authoritative and exhaustive. Current Biology Adam Miklosi's new book...will be a landmark contribution to the study of animal behaviour, evolution and cognition. Current Biology This book is distinct in its approach to canine behaviour from a convergent evolutionary viewpoint, thus it is not directly comparable to any other book on canine behaviour and fills a unique need in the field of behavioural science. DOODY'S Notes The 'must-reads' at the end of each chapter are a valuable guide to the literature, should the reader want to learn more. What makes this book especially valuable is that Miklosi reviews not only the very recent, but also the less recent literature. Trends in Cognitive Science, Vol. 12. No.6

...both honest and representative of current thinking on the origins and importance of canine ethology. Claire L. Corridan Anthrozoos Miklosis review is authoritative and exhaustive. Current Biology Adam Miklosi's new book...will be a landmark contribution to the study of animal behaviour, evolution and cognition. Current Biology This book is distinct in its approach to canine behaviour from a convergent evolutionary viewpoint, thus it is not directly comparable to any other book on canine behaviour and fills a unique need in the field of behavioural science. DOODY'S Notes The 'must-reads' at the end of each chapter are a valuable guide to the literature, should the reader want to learn more. What makes this book especially valuable is that Miklosi reviews not only the very recent, but also the less recent literature. Trends in Cognitive Science, Vol. 12. No.6

...both honest and representative of current thinking on the origins and importance of canine ethology. Claire L. Corridan Anthrozoos Miklosi's review is authoritative and exhaustive. Current Biology Adam Miklosi's new book...will be a landmark contribution to the study of animal behaviour, evolution and cognition. Current Biology This book is distinct in its approach to canine behaviour from a convergent evolutionary viewpoint, thus it is not directly comparable to any other book on canine behaviour and fills a unique need in the field of behavioural science. DOODY'S Notes The 'must-reads' at the end of each chapter are a valuable guide to the literature, should the reader want to learn more. What makes this book especially valuable is that Miklosi reviews not only the very recent, but also the less recent literature. Trends in Cognitive Science, Vol. 12. No.6

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Adam Miklosi is a Reader in Biology and the Head of the Department of Ethology at the Eotvos University in Budapest, Hungary. He was awarded a Doctor of Science by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2005 and has more the 40 refereed publications on dog behaviour to his name.

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