List of Illustrations .......................................... ix
Preface ....................................................... xii
Notes on Contributors ......................................... xiv
Part I Complexity and the Animal Mind
Introduction .................................................... 3
Maggie McGonigle-Chalmers
1 Relational and Absolute Discrimination Learning by Squirrel
Monkeys: Establishing a Common Ground with Human Cognition .. 12
Barry T. Jones
2 Serial List Retention by Non-Human Primates: Complexity
and Cognitive Continuity .................................... 25
F. Robert Treichler
3 The Use of Spatial Structure in Working Memory:
A Comparative Standpoint .................................... 38
Carlo De Lilio
4 The Emergence of Linear Sequencing in Children:
A Continuity Account and a Formal Model ..................... 55
Maggie McGonigle and Iain Kusel
5 Sensitivity to Quantity: What Counts across Species? ........ 80
Sarah T. Boysen and Anna M. Yocom
Part II Complexity in Robots
Introduction ................................................... 99
David McFarland
6 Towards Cognitive Robotics: Robotics, Biology and
Developmental Psychology ................................... 103
Mark Lee, Ulrich Nehmzow and Marcos Rodriguez
7 Structuring Intelligence: The Role of Hierarchy,
Modularity and Learning in Generating Intelligent
Behaviour .................................................. 126
Joanna J. Bryson
8 Epistemology, Access and Computational Models .............. 144
George Luger
9 Reasoning about Representations in Autonomous Systems:
What Pуlya and Lakatos Have to Say ......................... 167
Alan Bundy
Part III Language, Evolution and the Complex Mind
Introduction .................................................. 187
Keith Stenning
10 How to Qualify for a Cognitive Upgrade: Executive
Control, Glass Ceilings and the Limits of Simian Success ... 197
Andy Clark
11 Private Codes and Public Structures ........................ 223
Colin Allen
12 The Emergence of Complex Language .......................... 243
Wolfram Hinzen
13 Language Evolution: Enlarging the Picture .................. 264
Keith Stenning and Michael van Lambalgen
Epilogue: Brendan McGonigle ................................... 283
Index ......................................................... 289
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