Psych 200C Winter 2008
Course Documents
Reading Assignments:
Week 1 - Introduction
Shettleworth - Chapter 1, Lecture 1 Presentation
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Week 2 - Perception
Shettleworth - Chapter 2, Lecture 2 Presentation
Cook, R.G. (2001). Hierarchical stimulus processing in pigeons. In R. G. Cook (Ed.), Avian visual cognition [On-line]. Available: www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/cook/
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Week 3 - Classes and Concepts
Shettleworth - Chapter 5, Lecture 3 Presentation
Thompson, R.K.R., Oden, D.L., & Boysen, S.T. (1997). Language-naive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) judge relations between relations in a conceptual matching-to-sample task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 23, 31-43. pdf.
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Week 4 & 5 - Working Memory
Shettleworth - Chapter 6, Lecture 4 Presentation
Cook, R.G., Brown, M.F., & Riley, D.A. (1985). Flexible memory processing by rats: Use of prospective and retrospective information in the radial maze. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 11, 453-469. pdf.
Wright, A.A., Santiago, H.C., Sands, S.F., Kenrick, D.F., & Cook, R.G. (1985). Memory processing of serial lists by pigeons, monkeys, and people. Science, 229, 287-289. pdf.
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Week 7 - Reference Memory & Space, Lecture 5 Presentation
Clayton, N.S., Griffiths, D.P., & Dickinson, A. (2000). Declarative and episodic-like memory in animals: Personal musings of a Scrub Jay. In C. Heyes and L. Huber (Eds.), The evolution of cognition. pp. 273-288. pdf.
Inman, A., & Shettleworth, S.J. (1999). Detecting metamemory in nonverbal subjects: A test with pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 25, 389-395. pdf.
Shettleworth - Chapter 7
Sawa, K., Leising, K., & Blaisdell, A.P. (2005). Sensory preconditioning in spatial learning using a touch screen task in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. pdf.
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Week 8 - Time, Number, & Counting Lecture 7 Presentation
Shettleworth - Chapter 8
Savastano, H.I., & Miller, R.R. (1999). Time as content in Pavlovian conditioning. Behavioural Processes, 44, 147-162. pdf.
Brannon, E.M., & Terrace, H. (2000). Representations of numerosities 1-9 by rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 26, 31-49. pdf.
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Week 9 - Imitation, Social Learning, and Tool Use,
Shettleworth - Chapter 10, Lecture 9 Presentation
Terkel, J. (1996). Cultural transmission of feeding behavior in the Black Rat (Rattus rattus). In C.M. Heyes and B.G. Galef (Eds.), Social learning in animals: The roots of culture, pp. 17-47, San Diego: Academic Press. pdf.
Zentall, T., & Akins, C. (2001). Imitation in animals: Evidence, function and mechanisms. In R.G. Cook (Ed.), Avian visual cognition [On-line]. Available: www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/zentall/.
Franks, N.R., & Richardson, T. (2006). Teaching in tandem-running ants. Nature, 439, 153. pdf.
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Week 10 - Imagery, Causality, and Thought
Lecture 10 Presentation
Blaisdell, A.P., Sawa, K., Leising, K.L., & Waldmann, M.S. (2006). Causal reasoning in rats. Science, 311, 1020-1022 + Supporting Online Materials. pdf.
Brooks, R.A. (1991). Intelligence without representation. Artificial Intelligence, 47, 139-159. pdf.
Dennett, D.C. (1995). Darwin's dangerous idea: Evolution and the meaning of life. Read Chapter 13, Part 1, The role of language in intelligence (pp. 370-383). pdf.
Hollard, V.D., & Delius, J.D. (1982). Rotational invariance in visual pattern recognition by pigeons and humans. Science, 218, 804-806. pdf.
Neiworth. J.J., & Rilling, M.E. (1987). A method for studying imagery in animals. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 13, 203-214. pfd.