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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Other information: Presentation to the 1996 Meeting of the American Psychological Association