Why should anyone be interested in comparative Psychology

4/17/98

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Why should anyone be interested in comparative Psychology

Three reasons to be interested in comparative psychology

Major focus of standard cognitive science

The biomimetic perspective on cognitive science

Flies vs Bobby Fisher

Foundational operations

Animal cognition lends perspective

Dolphins sensory systems give perspective

Dolphin echolocation

Sensory and perceptual processes

Echolocation click

Portion of an echo from object in mud

Applications from rabbits to helicopters

Gluck’s neural model

Maintaining CH-46 Helicopters

Models of pigeon matching-to-sample performance

Integrator Gateway Network

Underwater vehicle finds buried objects

What does it mean to have a mind?

Computational theory of mind

Conclusion

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Presentation to the 1996 Meeting of the American Psychological Association