Bats Sing, Mice Giggle The Surprising Science of Animals' Inner Lives
by Shanor, Karen; Kanwal, JagmeetEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-08-23
Publisher(s): Icon Books
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Summary
A truly incredible, scientific but intimate portrait of animals' inner worlds, based on cutting-edge research.
Author Biography
Dr. Karen Shanor is a neuropsychologist, a former White House consultant, and an advisory member of Discovery Channel Global Education. At Stanford University she researched how rats learn, and how cats dream. Her work at NASA included animal research on memory and information processing. Dr. Shanor hosted an NBC radio program for five years and appears frequently on national television. Dr. Jagmeet Kanwal is Associate Professor in the Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, and External Professor at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Kanwal works to develop a unified theory linking the functional organization of animal and human brains from the viewpoint of behavior. He enjoys observing and photographing nature.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. v |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Sensing | |
| A Supercharged World | p. 11 |
| Good Vibrations | p. 29 |
| Sounds for Tracking and Talking | p. 47 |
| Tasting and Touching | p. 67 |
| Surviving | |
| Alarming Behavior and Survival Strategies | p. 91 |
| From Frogcicles to Dreamstates | p. 123 |
| Animal Marathons by Land and Sea | p. 137 |
| De-stressing the Distress | p. 157 |
| Socializing | |
| Wit, Wiles and Good Fun | p. 181 |
| Eavesdropping and Deception | p. 211 |
| Rhythm, Song and Dance | p. 223 |
| Flirting, Courting and Coupling | p. 237 |
| Epilogue: "Human Nature" Reconsidered | p. 259 |
| Notes, References and Further Reading | p. 263 |
| Index | p. 287 |
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