The mind of the chimpanzee : ecological and experimental perspectives / Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Stephen R. Ross, & Tetsuro Matsuzawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lonsdorf, Elizabeth.

Contributor:

Ross, Stephen R.

Matsuzawa, Tetsurō, 1950-

Goodall, Jane, 1934-2025.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chimpanzees--Behavior--Congresses.

Chimpanzees.

Chimpanzees--Psychology--Congresses.

Chimpanzees--Ecology--Congresses.

Chimpanzees--Conservation--Congresses.

Cognition in animals--Congresses.

Cognition in animals.

Social behavior in animals--Congresses.

Social behavior in animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can be seen in the way that chimpanzees think, learn, and behave. The Mind of the Chimpanzee brings together scores of prominent scientists from around the world to share the most recent research into what goes on inside the mind of our closest living relative. Intertwining a range of topics-including imitation, tool use, face recognition, culture, cooperation, and reconciliation-with critical commentaries on conservation and welfare, the collection aims to understand how chimpanzees learn, think, and feel, so that researchers can not only gain insight into the origins of human cognition, but also crystallize collective efforts to protect wild chimpanzee populations and ensure appropriate care in captive settings. With a breadth of material on cognition and culture from the lab and the field, The Mind of the Chimpanzee is a first-rate synthesis of contemporary studies of these fascinating mammals that will appeal to all those interested in animal minds and what we can learn from them.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. The Chimpanzee Mind: Bridging Fieldwork and Laboratory Work

2. Early Social Cognition in Chimpanzees

3. Using an Object Manipulation Task as a Scale for Comparing Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees and Humans

4. Do the Chimpanzee Eyes Have It?

5. Understanding the Expression and Classification of Chimpanzee Facial Expressions

6. Behavioral and Brain Asymmetries in Chimpanzees

7. Trapping the Minds of Apes: Causal Knowledge and Inferential Reasoning about Object-Object Interactions

8. A Coming of Age for Cultural Panthropology

9. The Cultural Mind of Chimpanzees: How Social Tolerance Can Shape the Transmission of Culture

10. How Are Army Ants Shedding New Light on Culture in Chimpanzees?

11. The Complexity of Chimpanzee Tool-Use Behaviors

12. Tools, Traditions, and Technologies: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chimpanzee Nut Cracking

13. Ubiquity of Culture and Possible Social Inheritance of Sociality among Wild Chimpanzees

14. New Theaters of Conflict in the Animal Culture Wars: Recent Findings from Chimpanzees

15. Chimpanzee Minds in Nature

16. Vocal Communication in Chimpanzees

17. The Function and Cognitive Underpinnings of Post-Conflict Affiliation in Wild Chimpanzees

18. The Role of Intelligence in Group Hunting: Are Chimpanzees Different from Other Social Predators?

19. Chimpanzee Social Cognition

20. Intentional Communication and Comprehension of the Partner's Role in Experimental Cooperative Tasks

21. Collaboration and Helping in Chimpanzees

22. Inequity and Prosocial Behavior in Chimpanzees

23. The Need for a Bottom-Up Approach to Chimpanzee Cognition

24. How Cognitive Studies Help Shape Our Obligation for the Ethical Care of Chimpanzees

25. Positive Reinforcement Training, Social Learning, and Chimpanzee Welfare

26. Chimpanzee Orphans: Sanctuaries, Reintroduction, and Cognition

27. Human-Chimpanzee Competition and Conflict in Africa: A Case Study of Coexistence in Bossou, Republic of Guinea

28. Chimpanzee Mind, Behavior, and Conservation

Afterword: Meanings of Chimpanzee Mind

Appendix: Major Chimpanzee Research Sites

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612710735

9781282710733

1282710737

9780226492810

0226492818

OCLC:

656902995