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ANIMAL COGNITION

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                                   ANIMAL COGNITION   I NTRODUCTION  HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - EARLIEST INFERENCES -MORGANS CANON - ANECDOTE TO LABORATORY   THE BEHAVIORISTIC HALF CENTURY  THE COGNITIVE REVOLUTIONN METHODS  RESERARCH QUESTION  PRECEPTION  ATTRNTION SELECTIVE LEARNING DIVIDED ATTENTION  VISUAL SEARCH AND ATTENTIONAL PRIMING CONCEPTS AND CATEGORIES  RULE LEARNING  MEMORY  HABITUATION  DELAYED RESPONSE  RADIAL ARM MAZE  NAVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST Animal cognition   encompasses the mental capacities of   non-human   animals , including   insect cognition . The study of animal conditioning and learning used in this field was developed from   comparative psychology . It has also been strongly influenced by research in   ethology ,   behavioral ecology , and   evolutionary psycho...