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The cognitive abilities of birds are remarkable: hummingbirds integrate spatial and temporal information about food sources, day-old chicks have a sense of numbers, parrots can make and use tools, and ravens have sophisticated insights in social relationships. This volume describes the full range of avian cognitive abilities, the mechanisms behind such abilities and how they relate to the ecology of the species. Synthesising the latest research in avian cognition, a range of experts in the field provide first-hand insights into experimental procedures, outcomes and theoretical advances, including a discussion of how the findings in birds relate to the cognitive abilities of other species, including humans. The authors cover a range of topics such as spatial cognition, social learning, tool use, perceptual categorization and concept learning, providing the broader context for students and researchers interested in the current state of avian cognition research, its key questions and appropriate experimental approaches.

Birds --- Cognition in animals. --- Psychology. --- Behavior. --- Animal cognition --- Animal intelligence --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Vertebrates --- Ornithology

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Cognition in animals. --- Animal behavior. --- Cognition --- Psychology --- Animals --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Zoology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Animal cognition --- Animal intelligence --- Philosophy. --- Behavior

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This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process. It synthesizes research from comparative cognition, neuroscience, primatology as well as lithic archaeology, reviewing findings on the cognitive ability of great apes to recognize the physical properties of an object and then determine the most effective way in which to manipulate it as a tool to achieve a specific goal. The authors argue that apes (Hominoidea) lack the human cognitive ability of imagining how to blend reality, which requires drawing on memory in order to envisage alternative future situations, and thereby modifying behavior determined by procedural memory. This book reviews neuroscientific findings on short-term working memory, long-term procedural memory, prospective memory, and imaginative forward thinking in relation to manual behavior. Since the manipulation of objects by Hominoidea in the wild (particularly in order to obtain food) is regarded as underlying the evolution of behavior in early Hominids, contrasts are highlighted between the former and the latter, especially the cognitive implications of ancient stone-tool preparation. .

Neuropsychology --- Memory --- Cognition in animals. --- Research. --- Animal cognition --- Retention (Psychology) --- Psychology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Zoology. --- Neuropsychology. --- Biological psychology. --- Cognitive psychology. --- Cognitive Psychology. --- Biological Psychology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Psychology, Cognitive --- Cognitive science --- Psychology --- Biological psychology --- Biopsychology --- Biology --- Human behavior --- Biological psychiatry --- Neurophysiology --- Psychophysiology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Behavioral sciences --- Mental philosophy --- Mind --- Science, Mental --- Human biology --- Philosophy --- Soul --- Mental health --- Animal intelligence --- Intellect --- Thought and thinking --- Comprehension --- Executive functions (Neuropsychology) --- Mnemonics --- Perseveration (Psychology) --- Reproduction (Psychology) --- Neurology --- Research --- Consciousness. --- Applied psychology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Psychology, clinical. --- Applied psychology --- Psychagogy --- Psychology, Practical --- Social psychotechnics --- Apperception --- Mind and body --- Perception --- Spirit --- Self