Cognitive studies

The human propensity to take an ethical stance toward oneself and others is found in every known society, yet we also know that values taken for granted in one society can contradict those in another.

How our brains have evolved so that we control how we think and behaveThe Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation.

What's so special about music?

How our stone-age brains made modern society, and why it matters for relationships between men and womenAs countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things.

How the sciences of the mind can advance the study of religionThe essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms.

This monograph investigates the interplay of linguistics, theology, and cognitive science by analyzing the evolving theolinguistic matrices within religious and popular discourse.

Diese qualitative Einzelfallstudie untersucht zum einen, ob die soziologischen und kommunikativen Eigenheiten israelischer und deutscher Team-Mitglieder komplementär wirken und zu einem Vorteil für das Innovationsmanagement deutscher Unternehmen führen können.

A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.

A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.

Examines how neuroscience can inform the concept of free will and associated practices of moral and criminal responsibility.

Examines how neuroscience can inform the concept of free will and associated practices of moral and criminal responsibility.

An authoritative, up-to-date survey of the state of the art in artificial intelligence, written for non-specialists.

An authoritative, up-to-date survey of the state of the art in artificial intelligence, written for non-specialists.

A novel study on consciousness and the brain that places culture at the center of the analysis.

A novel study on consciousness and the brain that places culture at the center of the analysis.

A journey into the lives of chimpanzees, revealing the many parallels and differences between us.

An essential guide to the sensitive topic of cousin marriage, examining its social, medical, political and legal connotations.

Reviews the most important topics in current primatology using research on the long-studied Arashiyama population of Japanese macaques.

Explores the long-term studies at Mahale, Tanzania and the important insights they have provided into wild chimpanzee behaviour and ecology.

What is economics' missing link?

A milestone in the study of value in human life and thought, written by one of the world s preeminent living philosophers The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature is a philosophical investigation of the moral potentialities and sensibilities of human beings, of the meaning of human life, and of the place of death in life.

A milestone in the study of value in human life and thought, written by one of the world s preeminent living philosophers The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature is a philosophical investigation of the moral potentialities and sensibilities of human beings, of the meaning of human life, and of the place of death in life.

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE TO THE EVOLUTION OF THEORY AND METHODOLOGY WITHIN COGNITIVE INTERVIEW PROCESSESProviding a comprehensive approach to cognitive interviewing in the field of survey methodology, Cognitive Interviewing Methodology delivers a clear guide that draws upon modern, cutting-edge research from a variety of fields.

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE TO THE EVOLUTION OF THEORY AND METHODOLOGY WITHIN COGNITIVE INTERVIEW PROCESSESProviding a comprehensive approach to cognitive interviewing in the field of survey methodology, Cognitive Interviewing Methodology delivers a clear guide that draws upon modern, cutting-edge research from a variety of fields.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

Contemporary theories of modernity recognize the plurality or "e;multiplicity"e; of modernities.

Man hört das Wort "Neuroästhetik" und denkt, jetzt erklären uns die Hirnforscher endlich genau, was die Philosophen in ihren Ästhetikbüchern und die Kunstwissenschaftler an den Universitäten und Hochschulen lehren.

Why your political beliefs are influenced by the language you speakVoicing Politics brings together the latest findings from psychology and political science to reveal how the linguistic peculiarities of different languages can have meaningful consequences for political attitudes and beliefs around the world.

Hailed by the Washington Post as "e;a sure-footed and witty guide to slippery ethical terrain,"e; a philosophical exploration of AI and the future of the mind that Astronomer Royal Martin Rees calls "e;profound and entertaining"e;Humans may not be Earth's most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and Jeopardy!

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology.

A guide to research on wild primates, providing advice on technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods.

Encapsulates the behaviour of wild chimps, discussing the differences observed in populations across the species, and levels of social behaviour.

Definitive, broad-ranging reference work on Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoids).

A unique, multi-thematic case study of the entire monkey community of the Taï forest.

Explores how form is described in primate biology, and the effects of form on function and behavior.

Reviews the reasons for and the nature of great ape intelligence and its implications for human intelligence.

Sexual Selection in Primates is a comprehensive summary of primate sexual interactions.

This book explores how seasonal variation in resource abundance might have driven primate and human evolution.

Edited work on behavioural strategies of primates in foraging for food, and avoiding being eaten.

This book examines the relationships between humans and other primates and the implications for primate conservation.

Analysis of impact of infanticide on social organization and reproductive behavior in primates including humans.

A comprehensive and comparative reference work on the permanent and deciduous dentitions of extant primates.

A fascinating text describing the behavioural diversity of chimpanzees and bonobos (the pygmy chimpanzee).

A unique multidisciplinary volume offering truly comparative perspective on gorilla populations.

This interesting 1999 study sets gorilla and orangutan cognitive abilities in context with the other great apes and humans.

Draws together exciting new and controversial findings from field research on a wide variety of primates including humans.

Comprehensive and unique volume exploring the differences and similarities between primate communities worldwide.

A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds One of the most important books yet published this century SpectatorFor as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that information flowing from our senses determines what our mind perceives.