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The Feeding System of the Pigeon (Columba livia L.)
Gart A. Zweers
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paperback. Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology. Num Pages: 116 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 6. Weight in Grams: 208.
Anthropocentricity and pragmatism seem to be the main reasons why pigeons have served as the "black boxes" of so many psychologists and neurobehaviorists during the past decade. Anthropocentricity, because at first glance pigeons show several strik ing features which bear a beautiful similarity to human systems in respects such as drinking, bipedality, territoriality, and apparently easy pursual of individual interests. Pragmatism, because of the suspected lesser complexity of the pigeon's system, which enables them to serve as good paradigms for human systems. For example, the visually guided grasping system of the beak could be used as a model for the ... Read more
Anthropocentricity and pragmatism seem to be the main reasons why pigeons have served as the "black boxes" of so many psychologists and neurobehaviorists during the past decade. Anthropocentricity, because at first glance pigeons show several strik ing features which bear a beautiful similarity to human systems in respects such as drinking, bipedality, territoriality, and apparently easy pursual of individual interests. Pragmatism, because of the suspected lesser complexity of the pigeon's system, which enables them to serve as good paradigms for human systems. For example, the visually guided grasping system of the beak could be used as a model for the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540113324
SKU
V9783540113324
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