Bugnyar, T.

Reznikova, Z. 2007: Animal intelligence. From individual to social cognition. – Cambridge University Press, 472 pp.

Cambridge University Press, 472 pp., Isbn 9780521532020 (paperback), Price: Pound Sterling 31.99; Isbn 9780521825047, Price: Pound Sterling 70.00 Mag. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar, Department of Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition, University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, Vienna, Austria. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Myrmecol. News 11: 42 (online 28 May 2008) Issn 1994-4136 (print), Issn 1997-3500 (online) Received 29 February 2008; accepted 3 March 2008 This book provides a comprehensive review of the evolutionary approach to intelligence. It is perfectly suited for a broad readership, biologists interested in cognition, psychologists interested in the behaviour of animals in their natural environment and, of course, laypersons interested in an easy-to-read compendium of the state of art of cognition research in non-human animals. Zhanna Reznikova is a well-known scientist who has experienced the traditional schools in ethology and psychology, the cognitive revolution and the current attempts to put cognition into context, from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. In…

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