Studying animal languages without translation : an insight from ants /: an insight from ants. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zhanna Reznikova.
• Authors: Reznikova, Zh. I (Zhanna Ilʹinichna)
• Contents: Communication, speech and language in human- and non-human animals. The complexity of communication systems and intelligence in animals -- Intelligent communication: can animals exchange meaningful messages? -- Cracking animals codes -- Direct dialogs with animals by means of intermediary languages -- Ants and Bits -- Why bits? Information Theory as a tool for studying natural communication systems -- Why ants? Reliable agents for information transmission -- Ants on the Binary Tree -- The entropy? based approach -- The Kolmogorov Complexity-based approach -- Ants can compress information -- Numerical competence in animals with an insight from ant "language" -- Criteria of numerical competence for comparative studies -- Quantitative judgments in animals -- Advanced numerical abilities -- Information Theory as a tool for studying wild arithmetic on the base of their own communications -- An insight from ant "language": flexibility of communication as a basis for arithmetic skills.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 591.59; Life sciences; Animal communication; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Animal communication; Computers -- Information Theory; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Invertebrates; Animal pathology & diseases; Coding theory & cryptology; Zoology: Invertebrates; Neurosciences; Animal physiology; Laboratory animals; Coding theory; Invertebrates; Neurobiology; Animal physiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319449180; 3319449184
• Related ISBNs: 9783319449166
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 27, 2016).
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