Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

From the reviews: "An edited volume answering my earnest request to broaden our treatment of cognitive development. ... I add to the list offered by Matsuzawa three more features that distinguish this volume. The first is the inclusion of material that is not explicitly developmental. ... The second ... is the depth of knowledge about individuals, particularly among the members of the KUPRI community. ... The third distinguishing feature of the volume is the use in several of the studies of the 'participation observation' method ... ." (Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Primates, 2006) "The book ... offers fascinating insights into the cognitive life of our closest extant relatives. ... The book addresses a broad audience and will be fascinating for readers with different specializations, not only because of the topics but also because of the easily accessible style. The authors integrate their own remarkable findings with thoughtful discussions of decades of research. ... Every chapter in this book provides some novel insights, often in combination with a review on the state of the art in the respective topic." (Signe Preuschoft and Christine Hrubesch, Folio Primatologica, Vol. 78, 2007) "This book is the first of its kind to cover such a broad range of topics concerning chimpanzee development ... . it is easy for me to declare that this book represents a landmark contribution to the study of the comparative development of humans and chimpanzees. It is a must read for students and experts interested in cognitive development, human evolution and the cognitive neurosciences." (Brian Hare, Nature Neuroscience, Vol. 10 (9), 2007) "The excellence of the research and the clarity of the presentation lead to the charm of the book ... . Anyone interested in primates-indeed, anyone interest in how animal behavior can best be studied thoughtfully and humanely-will find reason to be grateful for this work and thereby to the editors, authors ... . Who will profit from reading this book? Any primatologist who wants to achieve both breadth and depth in the field; any one interested in the long-term and humane study of animal life." (Douglas K. Candland, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 28, 2007) "This is an important book for researchers, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, conservationists, and professionals working with great apes, especially captives. ... an excellent reference and guide for those interested in effective and responsible approaches to the study of great ape cognition. It is also accessible and relevant to readers from any discipline ... . This book is a substantial contribution to comparative work on great ape cognition and cognitive evolution for its impressive findings and for the depth to which it integrates developmental considerations." (Anne E. Russon and Laura C. Adams, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Vol. 135, 2008)

• to Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees.- Sociocognitive Development in Chimpanzees: A Synthesis of Laboratory Work and Fieldwork.- Behavioral and Physical Foundation.- A New Comparative Perspective on Prenatal Motor Behaviors: Preliminary Research with Four-Dimensional Ultrasonography.- Cognitive Abilities Before Birth: Learning and Long-Lasting Memory in a Chimpanzee Fetus.- Spindle Neurons in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Humans and Great Apes.- Descent of the Larynx in Chimpanzees: Mosaic and Multiple-Step Evolution of the Foundations for Human Speech.- Understanding the Growth Pattern of Chimpanzees: Does It Conserve the Pattern of the Common Ancestor of Humans and Chimpanzees?.- The Application of a Human Personality Test to Chimpanzees and Survey of Polymorphism in Genes Relating to Neurotransmitters and Hormones.- Communication and Mother-Infant Relationship.- Evolutionary Origins of the Human Mother-Infant Relationship.- Development of Facial Information Processing in Nonhuman Primates.- Development of Joint Attention in Infant Chimpanzees.- Food Sharing and Referencing Behavior in Chimpanzee Mother and Infant.- Development of Chimpanzee Social Cognition in the First 2 Years of Life.- Social Cognition: Imitation and Understanding Others.- Chimpanzee Learning and Transmission of Tool Use to Fish for Honey.- How and When Do Chimpanzees Acquire the Ability to Imitate?.- Yawning: An Opening into Empathy?.- How Social Influences Affect Food Neophobia in Captive Chimpanzees: A Comparative Approach.- Tactical Deception and Understanding of Others in Chimpanzees.- Conceptual Cognition.- Early Spontaneous Categorization in Primate Infants—Chimpanzees, Humans, and Japanese Macaques—with the Familiarization-Novelty Preference Task.- Processing of Shadow Informationin Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Human (Homo sapiens) Infants.- Color Recognition in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).- Auditory-Visual Crossmodal Representations of Species-Specific Vocalizations.- Spontaneous Categorization of Natural Objects in Chimpanzees.- Cognitive Enrichment in Chimpanzees: An Approach of Welfare Entailing an Animal’s Entire Resources.- Tools and Culture.- Cognitive Development in Apes and Humans Assessed by Object Manipulation.- Token Use by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Choice, Metatool, and Cost.- Behavioral Repertoire of Tool Use in the Wild Chimpanzees at Bossou.- Ant Dipping in Chimpanzees: An Example of How Microecological Variables, Tool Use, and Culture Reflect the Cognitive Abilities of Chimpanzees.- Ontogeny and Cultural Propagation of Tool Use by Wild Chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea: Case Studies in Nut Cracking and Leaf Folding.