Based on the results of a symposium on the comparative analysis of mind
held by Keio University in 2002, this book is the first volume in a series
of publications from the Centre for Integrated Research on the Mind(CIRM)
project, one of the university’s 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE21)
programs.
This research presented in this book covers work in learning and memory,
categorization and conceptualization, and social cognition. The book is
divided into four parts. The Introduction and Problem set out a theoretical
framework of the comparative study of the mind. Part 1 discusses learning
and memory, in which studies with jays, pigeons, goldfish and rats are
described. Part 2 deals with categorization and concept in which studies
with Java sparrows, pigeons, crows and humans are discussed. Part 3 deals
with social cognition in various species, namely goldfish, corvids, chimpanzees
and human infants.
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