Note: Cover -- Dolphin Cognition and Behavior: A Comparative Approach -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- I: BRAIN AND SENSES OF DOLPHINS -- 1. Evolutionary Morphology of the Dolphin Brain -- Introduction -- Subdivisions of the Cortical Formations -- Concepts of Neocortical Evolution: Application to Studies of Architecture of the Cetacean Cerebral Cortex -- Recent Studies of Cetacean Cortex -- Electrophysiological Mapping Studies of the Cetacean Brain -- Summary -- References -- 2. Physiological Observations on Dolphin Brains -- Dolphin Brain Size -- Convolutedness-Surface Area of the Dolphin Brain -- Volume of the Dolphin Cortex -- The Dolphin Brain and Visceral Function -- Growth of the Dolphin Brain -- Dolphin Brain Metabolism -- Hemispheric Independence -- Absence of REM Sleep in Dolphins -- Lateralization of the Dolphin Brain -- Somatosensory Observations on the dolphin -- The Auditory System -- References -- 3. Middle- and Long-Latency Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Dolphins -- Introduction -- Methods -- Experiment I. Effects of Stimulus Probability -- Experiment II. ERPs to Conditioned Tone Sequences -- Experiment III. The Recovery Cycle of the Dolphin ERP -- Discussion -- Summary -- References -- 4. Vision, Audition, and Chemoreception in Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals -- Introduction -- Vision -- Audition -- Chemoreception -- References -- 5. Dolphin Audition and Echolocation Capacities -- Introduction -- Ear Anatomy and Transduction Mechanisms -- Auditory Thresholds -- Delphinid Echolocation Sound Production -- Theoretical Echolocation Models -- References -- II: COGNITION AND INTELLIGENCE OF DOLPHINS -- 6. The Perceptual Worlds of Dolphins -- The Dolphin's World -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 7. How Can You Tell if an Animal is Intelligent? -- Folk Taxonomy. , Intelligence Within the Domain of Behavioral Science -- Quantity Vs. Quality -- Some Ways of Studying Animal Intelligence -- Similarity" is a Multidimensional, not a Unidimensional, Concept -- How Have Our Views of Animal Intelligence Changed Over the Past Two or Three Decades? -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 8. Describing Intelligence -- The Comparative Approach -- The Absolute Approach -- The Internal Representation of Objects -- Classification Behavior -- Problem Solving -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 9. Suggestions for Research on Ethological and Comparative Cognition -- Introduction -- Purpose -- List of Measurable Variables -- Comments on the List -- Summary -- References -- 10. Cognition and Language Competencies of Bottlenosed Dolphins -- Introduction -- Processing Auditory and Visual Information -- Language Comprehension -- Discussion -- References -- 11. Reinforcement Training as Interspecies Communication -- Dolphin Domestication -- Positive Reinforcement Training and Cognition -- Reinforcement Training and Intraspecific Signals -- Reinforcement Training and Human-Animal Communication -- Conclusion -- References -- 12. Dolphin Behavior and Cognition: Evolutionary and Ecological Aspects -- Introduction -- The Social Organizations of Mammals -- Social Organization and Encephalization -- Natural Selection and Social Dynamics -- Higher Mental Processes and Cognition -- References -- III: COMMUNICATION IN DOLPHINS -- 13. Dolphin Vocal Mimicry and Vocal Object Labeling -- Introduction -- Vocal Mimicry -- Labeling of Objects -- Implications of Mimicry for Cognition Research -- Natural Communication -- References -- 14. Acquisition of Anomalous Communicatory Systems: Implications for Studies on Interspecies Communication -- Inculcation of Human Codes-Validity and Implications. , Inculcation of Human Codes-Social and Referential Aspects -- Consequences of Anomalous Communicative Competence -- References -- 15. Awareness, Intentionality, and Acquired Communicative Behaviors: Dimensions of Intelligence -- Introduction -- The Difference Between Acquired and Innate Patterns -- Awareness and Intentional Informative Communicative Acts -- References -- 16. Signaling Behavior: Contributions of Different Repertoires -- The Repertoire of Signal Acts -- Repertoire of Variations of Signal Form -- Repertoires of Patterned Combinations of Signal Units -- Repertoires of Formalized Interactions -- Contributions of the Repertoires -- Conclusions -- References -- IV: SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND FORAGING STRATEGIES OF DOLPHINS -- 17. Delphinid Social Organization and Social Behavior -- Introduction -- Social Organization -- Social Behavior -- The Symmetry of Relations -- Conclusion -- References -- 18. Delphinid Foraging Strategies -- Introduction -- Finding and Securing Food -- Cooperative Foraging -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 19. Social Complexity and Cooperative Behavior in Delphinids -- Forms of Social Cooperation -- Economics of Cooperation in General -- Economics of Cooperation in Cetaceans -- Measures of Cooperation Complexity -- References -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.