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    Comparative Psychology by Papini, Mauricio;

    Evolution and Development of Brain and Behavior, 3rd Edition

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 3, New edition
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 21 October 2020

    • ISBN 9781138788145
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages558 pages
    • Size 254x178 mm
    • Weight 453 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 208 Illustrations, black & white; 64 Halftones, black & white; 144 Line drawings, black & white; 76 Tables, black & white
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    Short description:

    This revised third edition provides an up to date, comprehensive overview of the field of comparative psychology, integrating both evolutionary and developmental studies of brain and behavior. This book provides a unique combination of areas normally covered independently to satisfy the requirements of comparative psychology courses.

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    Long description:

    This revised third edition provides an up to date, comprehensive overview of the field of comparative psychology, integrating both evolutionary and developmental studies of brain and behavior. This book provides a unique combination of areas normally covered independently to satisfy the requirements of comparative psychology courses.



    Papini ensures thorough coverage of topics like the fundamentals of neural function, the cognitive and associative capacities of animals, the development of the central nervous system and behavior, and the fossil record of animals including human ancestors. This text includes many examples drawn from the study of human behavior, highlighting general and basic principles that apply broadly to the animal kingdom. New topics introduced in this edition include genetics, epigenetics, neurobiological, and cognitive advances made in recent years into this evolutionary-developmental framework.



    An essential textbook for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in comparative psychology, animal behavior, and evolutionary psychology, developmental psychology, neuroscience and behavioral biology.

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    Table of Contents:

    1. Biological Evolution


    1.1 Evidence for Evolution


    1.2 Logic of Natural Selection


    1.3 Origin and Preservation of Genetic Variability


    1.4 Natural Selection


    1.5 Glossary


    1.6 References


    2. Origin and Evolution of Animals


    2.1 Diversity of Life


    2.2 Geological Background


    2.3 Origin and Evolution of Animals


    2.4 Speciation


    2.5 Grades and Clades


    2.6 Glossary


    2.7 References



    3. Evo-devo, Brain, and Behavior


    3.1 Definitions


    3.2 Early Development


    3.3 Development of the Vertebrate Nervous System


    3.4 Development and evolution


    3.5 Terminology


    3.6 Behavior


    3.7 Glossary


    3.8 References



    4. Simple Nervous Systems and Behavior


    4.1 Invertebrate Phyla


    4.2 Behavior and Simple Neural Networks


    4.3 Behavioral and Neural Plasticity in Nonassociative Learning


    4.4 Evolution of Learning Mechanisms in Mollusks


    4.5 Glossary


    4.6 References



    5. Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain and Behavior


    5.1 Key Innovations of Vertebrates


    5.2 Comparative Neurology


    5.3 Telencephalon


    5.4 Brain Size


    5.5 Glossary


    5.6 References



    Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Learning and Cognition


    6.1 Definitions


    6.2 Forms of Conditioning


    6.3 Classical Conditioning


    6.4 Instrumental Conditioning


    6.5 Situational Generality of Associative Learning


    6.6 Brain Mechanisms of Learning and Cognition: An Overview


    6.7 Glossary


    6.8 References



    7. Comparative Analysis of Learning and Cognition


    7.1 Comparative Methodology


    7.2 Learning and Cognition in Invertebrates


    7.3 Learning and Cognition as Adaptations


    7.4 Learning, Cognition, and Phylogenetic History


    7.5 Glossary


    7.6 References



    8. Higher Cognitive Processes


    8.1 From Associative Learning to Cognition


    8.2 From Concepts to Social Cognition


    8.3 Mental Continuity and Discontinuity


    8.4 Glossary


    8.5 References



    9. Early Learning and Behavior


    9.1 Ontogenetic Transitions


    9.2 Prenatal and Prehatching Behavior


    9.3 Infant Behavior


    9.4 Infant Learning


    9.5 Development of Complex Behavior


    9.6 Glossary


    9.7 References



    10. Early Social Learning and Behavior


    10.1 From Individual to Social Behavior


    10.2 Imprinting


    10.3 Reproductive and Social Behavior


    10.4 Development of Vocal Behavior


    10.5 Glossary


    10.6 References



    11. Reproductive and Social Behavior


    11.1 Reproductive Biology and Social Behavior


    11.2 Mechanisms Underlying Social Behavior


    11.3 Mating Systems


    11.4 Patterns of Reproductive Behavior


    11.5 Infant Care


    11.6 Complex Animal Societies


    11.7 Glossary


    11.8 References



    12. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution of Primates


    12.1 What is a Primate?


    12.2 The Primate Brain


    12.3 Evolution of Language


    12.4 Origin of Primates


    12.5 Hominids


    12.6 From Archaic to Modern Humans


    12.7 Conclusion: From Oldowan Tools to Climate Change


    12.8 Glossary


    12.9 References

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