Animal Cognition: The Mental Lives of Animals

by Clive D.L. Wynne

Covering a wide range of key topics, from reasoning and communication to sensation and complex problem-solving, this engagingly-written text presents a comprehensive survey of contemporary research on animal cognition. Written for anyone with an interest in animal cognition, but without a background in animal behavior, it endeavors to explain what makes animals tick.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Animals

231 pages, Paperback

First published March 8, 2002

About the author

Clive D.L. Wynne is a founding director of the Canine Science Collaboratory at Arizona State University. He has published pieces in Psychology Today, New Scientist, and the New York Times, and has appeared on National Geographic Explorer, PBS, and the BBC.

Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting read!

I appreciate the fact that this book considers what we do not know as much as what we know (for sure) about animal cognition.

[Christian Kiefer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super excellent overview of current views of animal cognitive science and perception. Lots of pages spent on pigeons and apes, which are all good, but of somewhat less interest to me (personally). Still, blew my mind.

[Léa Gérard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really well written. It's been extremely useful for my university dissertation.