In the hearts of the beasts : how American behavioral scientists rediscovered the emotions of animals / Anne C. Rose.

"Animals cannot use words to explain whether they feel emotions, and scientific opinion on the subject has been divided. Charles Darwin believed animals and humans share a common core of fear, anger, and affection. Today most researchers agree animals experience comfort or pain. In America around 19...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, Anne C., 1950- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Emotions in animals > Research > United States > History.
Animal behavior > Research > United States > History.
Behavioral scientists > United States.
Animal behavior > Research.
Behavioral scientists.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 222 pages ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Surprising glimpses into animal hearts
  • Conversations with the animals
  • Animal appetites unleashed : the Great War
  • The family passion
  • The rediscovery of pain
  • Animal emotions in the shadows : a war like no other
  • The animal mind reinvented.