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The study of animal cognition adds importantly to the understanding of the functions of intellect in the natural world of animals and the pressures that may select for intellect. In turn, such study and analysis can place the theory and data on human cognition in a broader comparative perspective. This may make possible the isolation of special features of human cognition, as well as features that have parallels or precursors among animal species.
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© 1986 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht
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Herman, L.M. (1986). Contributions of Animal Cognition to the Understanding of Human Cognition. In: Newstead, S.E., Irvine, S.H., Dann, P.L. (eds) Human Assessment: Cognition and Motivation. NATO ASI Series, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4406-0_21
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