Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition (Oxford Biology)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199545669 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 290 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was awarded a Doctor of Science by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2005 and has more the 40 refereed publications on dog behaviour to his name.He has also authored the hardback edition of Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition.. Ádám Miklósi is a Reader in Biology and the Head of the Department of Etholog
"The Big Picture" according to JamesW2. Miklosi sees the big picture and recognizes that what we think we know about dog behavior is flawed and more research needs to be done. Scott- Fuller needs to be expanded upon and Pavlov needs to be looked at. Wolf behavior based training philosophy is flawed because of the way previous research was done. What is called babymorphism training philosophy needs more experiments. Miklosi calls "to develop behavioral models based on . Book Maven said The Science of Dogs. Dog Behaviour, Evolution and Cognition is an outstanding achievement. It is primarily focused on the more recent cognitive work coming out of Hungary. The book makes an excellent compliment with Helton's Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs. Together they'll give you immense insight into the minds of dogs. Both are scientifically rigorous, unlike many of the popular books written about the minds of dogs. No lore and le. "Interesting book but flawed Kindle ed." according to Peter Jones. I like this book and it is very interesting and, in the main, well written. Sometimes the English expression is a little strained but for a book of this type that is nothing exceptional.I took at least one star off for the clumsiness of the Kindle edition which is anything but cheap. The diagrams are generally indecipherable on the Kindle and there are some frustrating broken page links where you end up in anew chapter and have
The author presents a new ecological approach to the understanding of dog behaviour, demonstrating how dogs can be the subject of rigorous and productive scientific study without the need to confine them to a laboratory environment. Directions for future research are highlighted throughout the text which also incorporates links to human and primate research by drawing on homologies and analogies in both evolution and behaviour. The central part of the book is devoted to issues relating to the cognitive aspects of behaviour which have received particular attention in recent years from both psychologists and ethologists. The book will therefore be of relevance and use to anyone with an interest in behavioural ecology including graduate students of animal behaviour and cognition, as well as a more general audience of dog enthusiasts, biologists, psychologists and sociologists.. This is the first book to collate and synthesize the recent burgeoning primary research literature on dog behaviour, evolution, and cognition. The book's final chapters introduce the reader to many novel approaches to dog behaviour, set in the context of behavioural development and genetics. Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition starts with an overview of the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the study of the dog, followed by a brief desc
`an important contribution and a must read for every researcher and student interested in ethology in general, and dog ethology in particular. ' Trends in Cognitive Sciences