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15%OFFReuven Dukas - Cognitive Ecology: The Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and Decision Making - 9780226169330 - V9780226169330
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Cognitive Ecology: The Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and Decision Making

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Description for Cognitive Ecology: The Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and Decision Making Paperback. Examines how the environment shapes the way an animal processes information and makes decisions, and how constraints imposed on nervous systems affect an animal's activities. To help answer these questions, this text integrates evolutionary ecology and cognitive science. Num Pages: 428 pages, 97 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAJ; PSVP; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
This study examines how the environment shapes the way an animal processes information and makes decisions, and how constraints imposed on nervous systems affect an animal's activities. To help answer these questions, this text integrates evolutionary ecology and cognitive science, demonstrating how studies of perception, memory and learning can deepen understanding of animal behaviour and ecology. The book considers such issues as: the evolution of learning and its influence on behaviour; the effects of cognitive mechanisms on the evolution of signalling behaviour; how neurobiological and evolutionary processes have shaped navigational activities; functional and mechanical explanations for altered behaviours in response ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226169330
SKU
V9780226169330
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