The mind of the horse : an introduction to equine cognition / Michel-Antoine Leblanc ; translated by Giselle Weiss.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013Description: xix, 440 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674724969 (alk. paper)
  • 0674724968 (alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Esprit du cheval. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 636.1 23
LOC classification:
  • SF281 .L4313 2013
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 -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-424) and index.

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 -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

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