Evolving insight /
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| Author / Creator: | Byrne, Richard W., author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016. |
| Description: | 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10740305 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: What is insight, and why care about its evolution?
- 2. Why are animals cognitive? The need for cognitive explanation in animal behavior
- 3. In the beginning was the vocalization: Vocal communication in monkeys and apes
- 4. Gestural communication in great apes
- 5. Understanding others: Reacting to what others see and know
- 6. Social complexity and the brain
- 7. Learning from others: Cultural intelligence?
- 8. Theory of mind: Understanding what others think about the world
- 9. Pivot point: From social to technical abilities
- 10. Knowledge about the physical world
- 11. Learning new complex skills: Behavior parsing and the origin of insight
- 12. A road map to insight: How it is we can think about why things happen
- References
- Author index
- Subject index