Bats Sing, Mice Giggle The Surprising Science of Animals' Inner Lives

by Shanor, Karen; Kanwal, Jagmeet

• ISBN13: 9781848312234
• ISBN10: 1848312237
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-23
• Publisher: Icon Books

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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