Beastly brains :

By: Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]Copyright date: © 2017Description: 152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780544633353; 0544633350Subject(s): Animal intelligence -- Juvenile literature | Cognition in animals -- Juvenile literature | Animal behavior -- Juvenile literature | Animal intelligence | Cognition in animals | Animals -- Behavior | Animal behavior | Animal intelligence | Cognition in animalsGenre/Form: Juvenile works. LOC classification: QL785 | .C3155 2017
Contents:
From machine to thinking animal -- Entering the lab -- Making decisions -- Emotions and empathy -- Fairness -- Communication -- Self-awareness -- Mental time travel -- Problem solving -- From thinking animals to protected animals.
Summary: "In this fascinating nonfiction account, author Nancy F. Castaldo reveals just what's going on inside the minds of animals, and through understanding animal intelligence we discover more about ourselves, including far more similarities than one might expect. Humans may have the biggest brains, but intelligence is not a quality exclusive to only us!"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.

From machine to thinking animal -- Entering the lab -- Making decisions -- Emotions and empathy -- Fairness -- Communication -- Self-awareness -- Mental time travel -- Problem solving -- From thinking animals to protected animals.

"In this fascinating nonfiction account, author Nancy F. Castaldo reveals just what's going on inside the minds of animals, and through understanding animal intelligence we discover more about ourselves, including far more similarities than one might expect. Humans may have the biggest brains, but intelligence is not a quality exclusive to only us!"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 12+

Grades 7 to 8.