The Mind of the Horse : : An Introduction to Equine Cognition /

The Mind of the Horse : : An Introduction to Equine Cognition / / Michel-Antoine Leblanc.

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Horses were first domesticated about 6,000 years ago on the vast Eurasian steppe, yet only in the last two decades have scientists begun to explore the mental capacities of these animals. In The Mind of the Horse, Michel-Antoine Leblanc presents an encyclopedic synthesis of scientific knowledge abou...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013
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Leblanc, Michel-Antoine,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.) :; 16 color illustrations, 60 halftones, 52 line illustrations, 15 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword to the French Edition
  • Foreword to the English Edition
  • Preface
  • 1. What We Know about the Nature of the Horse
  • 2. Equine Intelligence
  • 3. Animal Intelligence, Cognition, and Representation
  • 4. The Equine Brain
  • 5. The Nature of Equine Perception
  • 6. The Anatomical and Physiological Basis of Equine Visual Perception
  • 7. The Behavioral Exploration of Equine Visual Perception: Perception of Shapes and Movement
  • 8. The Behavioral Exploration of Equine Visual Perception: The Quest for Color Perception
  • 9. Hearing in Horses
  • 10. Equine Chemical Perception: Odors, Pheromones, Tastes, and Flavors
  • 11. Tactile Perception in the Horse
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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