Beyond the brain: how body and environment shape animal and human minds
Auteur :
Barrett, Louise
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691165561
Date de publication :
22 mars 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
397 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
When 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 niche