The Missing Link in Cognition: Origins of Self-Reflective Consciousness

by Herbert S. Terrace

Are humans unique in having self-reflective consciousness? Or can precursors to this central form of human consciousness be found in non-human species? The Missing Link in Cognition brings together a diverse group of researchers who have been investigating this question from a variety of perspectives, including the extent to which non-human primates, and, indeed, young children, have consciousness, a sense of self, thought process, metacognitions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195161564
• ISBN13: 9780195161564
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"