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Curiosity and information seeking in animal and human behavior / Wojciech Pisula.

Title
Curiosity and information seeking in animal and human behavior / Wojciech Pisula.
Author
Pisula, Wojciech, 1965-
Publication
Boca Raton : Brown Walker Press, c2009.

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147 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Curiosity
  • Information behavior
  • Psychology, Comparative
  • Exploratory Behavior
  • Psychology, Comparative
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-147).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction and short history of research within animal psychology -- Remarks on the methods: the four "whys" -- The emergence of novelty and information seeking -- Phylogenetic development of exploratory activity -- Comparative analysis of exploration and play -- The neophobia and neophilia: two sides of the coin? -- The main difficulty: motivation -- Elements of novelty seeking neurobiology -- Adaptive function of information seeking -- Levels of organization of information seeking behavior and related phenomena -- Human curiosity.
ISBN
  • 9781599424989 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1599424983 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009019260
OCLC
327490316
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library