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Animal Personalities: Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution Kindle Edition

by Claudio Carere (Editor), Dario Maestripieri (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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Ask anyone who has owned a pet and they’ll assure you that, yes, animals have personalities. And science is beginning to agree. Researchers have demonstrated that both domesticated and nondomesticated animals—from invertebrates to monkeys and apes—behave in consistently different ways, meeting the criteria for what many define as personality. But why the differences, and how are personalities shaped by genes and environment? How did they evolve? The essays in Animal Personalities reveal that there is much to learn from our furred and feathered friends.           The study of animal personality is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in behavioral and evolutionary biology. Here Claudio Carere and Dario Maestripieri, along with a host of scholars from fields as diverse as ecology, genetics, endocrinology, neuroscience, and psychology, provide a comprehensive overview of the current research on animal personality. Grouped into thematic sections, chapters approach the topic with empirical and theoretical material and show that to fully understand why personality exists, we must consider the evolutionary processes that give rise to personality, the ecological correlates of personality differences, and the physiological mechanisms underlying personality variation.

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“Fascinating. . . . [and] valuable in promoting our understanding of the specific needs and motivation of different individuals, and consequently to improving their management.” -- Ori Pomerantz, Tel Aviv University ― Animal Welfare

“The editors provide a cornucopia full of studies on animal personalities, diverse in biological approaches and levels of investigation as well as in species. Gone are the days, not so long ago, when the intrepid few planted the seeds of research on personalities in animals other than humans and did so despite suspicion of the enterprise.”
-- Jeanne Altmann, Princeton University

“In this timely volume, the first one synthesizing and integrating the research on animal personality, Claudio Carere and Dario Maestripieri, two recognized scholars of behavioral biology, provide a collection of essays diverse in biological approaches and levels of investigation as well as in species―from invertebrates to monkeys and apes, including humans. . . . There is currently no other compilation of papers providing such a broad and updated overview about a subject at the forefront of science. Various research perspectives and approaches . . . have been brought together striving to develop new avenues of research. They include applied areas with an overall holistic approach to the subject, which makes the volume particularly valuable for a wide audience, ranging from undergraduate students uncertain of their future choices, biologists of virtually all disciplines, medical researchers, veterinarians, and psychologists.” -- Enrico Alleva, Istituto Superiore di Sanità ― Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità

“This synthesis of a blossoming area of research is valuable for all academic libraries. Highly recommended.” -- B. E. Fleury, Tulane University ― Choice

About the Author

Dario Maestripieri is professor of comparative human development, evolutionary biology, and neurobiology at the University of Chicago.

Claudio Carere is adjunct professor of animal behavior and animal physiology in the Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Italy.

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Dario Maestripieri is a Professor of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago, where he teaches and conducts research on biological aspects of social behavior in human and nonhuman primates. Dr. Maestripieri has a Ph.D. in Psychobiology from the University of Rome La Sapienza. He was a Visiting Scholar in the Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour at the University of Cambridge in 1990-1991 and a Research Associate at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University from 1992 to 1999. Dr. Maestripieri was awarded the B. Grassi Prize as the Best Young Zoologist from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Italy in 1989, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 2000, and a Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health in 2001. He has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA). Dr. Maestripieri has published over 230 scientific articles and several books. Dr. Maestripieri has appeared in many national and international TV and radio shows and his research has been featured in a number of newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Pravda, LeMonde, Der Spiegel, the Guardian, La Repubblica, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, The New Scientist, American Scientist, Nature, and Science.

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