Avian Cognition
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: Avian Cognition – Why and What?
- 2 Spatial Cognition in Birds
- 3 Spatial Cognition and Ecology: Hummingbirds as a Case Study
- 4 Food Storing and Memory
- 5 Avian Cognition and the Evolution of Warning Signals
- 6 Social Learning and Innovation
- 7 Solving Foraging Problems: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Perspectives on the Role of Cognition
- 8 Objects and Space in an Avian Brain
- 9 Physical Cognition and Tool Use in Birds
- 10 Avian Numerical Cognition: A Review and Brief Comparisons to Non-Avian Species
- 11 Mechanisms of Perceptual Categorization in Birds
- 12 Relational Concept Learning in Birds
- 13 The Linguistic Abilities of Birds
- 14 Avian Vocal Perception: Bioacoustics and Perceptual Mechanisms
- 15 Sing Me Something Smart: Does Song Signal Cognition?
- 16 Avian Social Relations, Social Cognition and Cooperation
- Index