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Advances in the Study of Behavior
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 149.00The aim of Advances in the Study of Behavior remains as it has been since the series began: to serve the increasing number of scientists who are engaged in the study of animal behavior by presenting their theoretical ideas and research to their colleagues and to those in neighboring fields. We hope that the series will continue its "contribution to... more...
Advances in the Study of Behavior
Elsevier Science 1985; US$ 149.00ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR V 15 more...
Advances in the Study of Behavior
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 149.00The aim of Advances in the Study of Behavior remains as it has been since the series began: to serve the increasing number of scientists who are engaged in the study of animal behavior by presenting their theoretical ideas and research to their colleagues and to those in neighboring fields. We hope that the series will continue its "contribution... more...
Affective Neuroscience
Oxford University Press, USA 2004; US$ 54.99PART I: Conceptual Background. 1. Affective Neuroscience: History and Major Concepts. 2. Emotional Operating Systems and Subjectivity: Methodological Problems and a Conceptual Framework for the Neurobiological Analysis of Affect. 3. Varieties of Emotional Systems in the Brain--Theories, Taxonomies, and Semantics. 4. Neurostatistics: The Anatomy of... more...
The Age of Empathy
Crown Publishing Group 2009; US$ 17.00"An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness." ?Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape Are we our brothers' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? In this thought-provoking book, the acclaimed author of Our Inner Ape... more...
The Age of Empathy
Souvenir Press 2010; US$ 17.50"There is a widely held assumption that humans are hard-wired for relentless and ruthless competition... Frans de Waal sees nature differently -- as a biological legacy in which empathy, not mere self interest, is shared by humans, bonobos and animals." Ben Macintyre, 'The Times' "A pioneer in primate studies, Frans de Waal sees our better side... more...
Beast and Man
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 19.95Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely, she asserts, the same things as animals. She tells us humans are rather more like other animals than we previously... more...
Beyond the Brain
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 37.50When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms that we do. But as Beyond the Brain indicates, this is a dangerous assumption because animals have different evolutionary trajectories, ecological niches,... more...









