Comparative psychology is the scientific study of animal cognition and behavior from an evolutionary perspective.   This two-volume handbook presents the different aspects of comparative psychology — behavior, cognition, learning, and neurophysiology — in a balanced and exhaustive manner.   There are 80 chapters across the set, divided into nine parts.   History and Methods constitute the first two parts of the handbook. Key events and basic questions (and controversies) that have shaped the field as well as the methods used to make those questions empirically tractable are presented here.   The next three parts — Adaptation/Evolution, Genes/Hormones, and Neural Substrate — present the conceptual foundations for understanding the genesis of behavior and cognition both from a phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspective.   Finally, the next four parts (Behavior, Perception/Attention, Learning/Motivation, and Cognition/Emotion) are devoted to the core of comparative psychology today.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1: Basic Concepts, Methods, Neural Substrate, and Behavior Editorial Board About the Editor-in-Chief Contributors Series Preface Introduction Part I: History and Basic Concepts Chapter 1: What Is Comparative Psychology? Josep Call, Gordon M. Burghardt, Irene M. Pepperberg, Charles T. Snowdon, and Thomas R. Zentall Chapter 2: Trends and Themes in the History of Comparative Psychology Donald A. Dewsbury Part II: Methods Chapter 3: Studying Animal Behavior: Integration of Field and Laboratory Approaches Charles T. Snowdon and Gordon M. Burghardt Chapter 4: Observational and Experimental Methods in Comparative Psychology Ken Yasukawa and Kristin E. Bonnie Chapter 5: Collecting Biologically Relevant Information: DNA to Population Density Tobias Deschner, Mimi Arandjelovic, and Hjalmar S. Kühl Chapter 6: Tools for Measuring Animal Cognition: T Mazes to Touchscreens David A. Washburn, J. Antonio Salamanca, Rachel C. Callery, and William Whitham Chapter 7: Neurons to Networks: Integrative Methods for Studying Social Behavior Eileen A. Lacey and Nancy G. Solomon Chapter 8: From Nonparametric Tests to Mixed Models: A Brief Overview of Statistical Tools Frequently Used in Comparative Psychology Roger Mundry Chapter 9: Methods and Applications of Animal Personality Research Alexander Weiss and Drew M. Altschul Chapter 10: Phylogenetic Approaches for Research in Comparative Cognition Evan L. MacLean and Charles L. Nunn Part III: Adaptation, Evolution, and Phylogeny Chapter 11: Behavioral Variation, Adaptation, and Evolution Delia S. Shelton and Emília P. Martins Chapter 12: Evolution of Learning and Cognition Nathan J. Emery Chapter 13: Evolution and Consequences of Sociality Judith Maria Burkart Chapter 14: The Evolution of Language Michael C. Corballis Chapter 15: Evolutionary Approaches to Human Psychology Gillian R. Brown and Catharine P. Cross Chapter 16: Behavioral, Emotional, and Cognitive Effects of Domestication Ruth C. Newberry Part IV: Genes, Hormones, and Ontogeny Chapter 17: From Instinct to Behavior Systems: An Integrated Approach to Ethological Psychology Gordon M. Burghardt and Robert Ian Bowers Chapter 18: The Rise of Behavioral Genetics and the Transition to Behavioral Genomics and Beyond Oliver Krüger, Peter Korsten, and Joseph I. Hoffman Chapter 19: Behavioral Endocrinology and Development Elizabeth Adkins-Regan Chapter 20: Cognitive Development in Comparative Perspective: Exploring the Role of Language Acquisition in Spatial, Quantitative, and Memory Development Nora S. Newcombe Chapter 21: Filial Attachment: Development, Mechanisms, and Consequences Michael B. Hennessy and Harry N. Shair Chapter 22: Epigenetic Mechanisms Shaping the Brain: Implications for Psychological Science Anthony P. Auger and Catherine J. Auger Part V: Neural Substrate Chapter 23: Instinctual Foundations of Animal Minds: Comparative Perspectives on the Evolved Affective Neural Substrate of Emotions and Learned Behaviors Jaak Panksepp Chapter 24: Comparative Vertebrate Nervous Systems Andrew N. Iwaniuk and Douglas R. Wylie Chapter 25: Parallel Processing of Spatial and Temporal Information in Rodents and Humans: Role of the Hippocampus Raymond Kesner Chapter 26: The Biopsychology of Birdsong: Birdsong as a Biological Model for Human Language Kazuo Okanoya Chapter 27: Laterality at the Neural, Cognitive, and Behavioral Levels Giorgio Vallortigara and Elisabetta Versace Chapter 28: Neural Networks, Learning, and Intelligence Bruce J. MacLennan Chapter 29: Biological Rhythms Benjamin L. Smarr and Lance J. Kriegsfeld Part VI: Behavior Chapter 30: Information, Communication, and Language Michael D. Beecher Chapter 31: Referential Communication in Nonhuman Animals Klaus Zuberbühler and Christof Neumann Chapter 32: Symbolic Communication in Nonhuman Animals Irene M. Pepperberg Chapter 33: Interspecific Communication Irene M. Pepperberg Chapter 34: Play and Exploration Sergio M. Pellis and Gordon M. Burghardt Chapter 35: Maternal Behavior Phyllis C. Lee Chapter 36: Paternal and Alloparental Care Charles T. Snowdon Chapter 37: Courtship and Mate Choice Michael J. Ryan and Lyndon A. Jordan Chapter 38: Ingestive Behavior Kurt Schwenk Chapter 39: Predator–Prey Interactions: Integrating Fear Effects Liana Y. Zanette and Michael Clinchy Chapter 40: Antipredator Behavior Akira Mori and Ryo Ito Chapter 41: Why Animals Fight: Uncovering the Function and Mechanisms of Territorial Aggression Matthew J. Fuxjager, Xin Zhao, Nathan S. Rieger, and Catherine A. Marler Chapter 42: Conflict Resolution Teresa Romero and Filippo Aureli Chapter 43: Friendships, Coalitions, and Alliances Marina Cords and Nicole A. Thompson Chapter 44: Comparative Studies of Cooperation: Collaboration and Prosocial Behavior in Animals Katherine A. Cronin Chapter 45: Thermoregulation, Energetics, and Behavior Christopher Harshaw, Mark S. Blumberg, and Jeffrey R. Alberts Index Volume 2: Perception, Learning, and Cognition Editorial Board Contributors Part I: Perception, Attention, and Memory Chapter 1: Animal Psychophysics: The Study of Sensation in Nonverbal Organisms John Malone Chapter 2: Hearing and Communication Georg M. Klump Chapter 3: Comparative Visual Perception: An Overview Olga F. Lazareva Chapter 4: Chemoreception Alicia Mathis and Adam L. Crane Chapter 5: Perceptual and Functional Categorization in Animals Ulrike Aust Chapter 6: Object and Picture Perception Shigeru Watanabe and Ulrike Aust Chapter 7: Face Perception and Processing in Nonhuman Primates Ikuma Adachi and Masaki Tomonaga Chapter 8: Comparative Visual Illusions: Evolutionary, Cross-Cultural, and Developmental Perspectives Kazuo Fujita, Noriyuki Nakamura, Sota Watanabe, and Tomokazu Ushitani Chapter 9: Selective and Divided Attention in Comparative Psychology Walter T. Herbranson Chapter 10: The Comparative Study of Working Memory William A. Roberts and Angelo Santi Chapter 11: Episodic-Like Memory and Mental Time Travel in Animals Nicola S. Clayton Part II: Learning and Motivation Chapter 12: Ethological and Evolutionary Perspectives on Pavlovian Conditioning Mark A. Krause and Michael Domjan Chapter 13: Comparative Learning and Evolution Mauricio R. Papini and Carmen Torres Chapter 14: On the Structure and Role of Optimality Models in the Study of Behavior Marco Vasconcelos, Inês Fortes, and Alex Kacelnik Chapter 15: Decision Making: Rational and Irrational Choice Thomas Zentall Chapter 16: Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Preferences, Biases, and Choice Alexandra G. Rosati Chapter 17: Relational Thinking in Animals and Humans: From Percepts to Concepts Ed Wasserman, Leyre Castro, and Joël Fagot Chapter 18: Serial Learning Greg Jensen Chapter 19: The Comparative Psychology of Social Learning Bennett G. Galef and Andrew Whiten Chapter 20: Animal Social Learning, Culture, and Tradition Kevin Laland and Cara Evans Part III: Cognition and Emotion Chapter 21: Spatial Cognition Ken Cheng and Kate Jeffery Chapter 22: Homing and Navigation David J. Pritchard and Susan D. Healy Chapter 23: Timing in Animals: From the Natural Environment to the Laboratory, From Data to Models Marco Vasconcelos, Marilia Pinheiro de Carvalho, and Armando Machado Chapter 24: Intertemporal Choice and Delayed Gratification Jeffrey R. Stevens Chapter 25: Quantitative Cognition Michael J. Beran Chapter 26: Comparative Metaphysics: Thinking About Objects in Space and Time Trix Cacchione and Hannes Rakoczy Chapter 27: Problem Solving Amanda Seed and Carolina Mayer Chapter 28: Animal Creativity and Innovation Stan A. Kuczaj Chapter 29: Causal and Inferential Reasoning in Animals Christoph J. Völter and Josep Call Chapter 30: Cognitive Insights From Tool Use in Nonhuman Animals Elisabetta Visalberghi, Gloria Sabbatini, Alex H. Taylor, and Gavin R. Hunt Chapter 31: The Comparative Psychology of Metacognition Alexandria C. Zakrzewski, Jennifer M. Johnson, and J. David Smith Chapter 32: Mind Reading in Animals? Juliane Kaminski Chapter 33: Reflecting on Mirror Self-Recognition: A Comparative View Diana Reiss and Rachel Morrison Chapter 34: Empathy Through the Ages: A Comparative Perspective on Rodent Models of Shared Emotion Jules B. Panksepp and Jaak Panksepp Chapter 35: Animal Welfare Science Michael Mendl, Georgia J. Mason, and Elizabeth S. Paul Index