Bibliograph

Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?, Frans de Waal ; with drawings by the author

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Label

Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?, Frans de Waal ; with drawings by the author

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-318) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

921868861

Responsibility statement

Frans de Waal ; with drawings by the author

Summary

What separates your mind from that of an animal? Is it the ability to design tools; a sense of self; or the grasp of past and future? In recent decades these claims have eroded, or even been disproven outright, by a revolution in the study of animal cognition. Waal explores both the scope and the depth of animal intelligence, offering a firsthand account of how science has stood traditional behaviorism on its head by revealing how smart animals really are, and how we've underestimated their abilities for too long

Table Of Contents

Magic wells -- A tale of two schools -- Cognitive ripples -- Talk to me -- The measure of all things -- Social skills -- Time will tell -- Of mirrors and jars -- Evolutionary cognition

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