Edward A. ('Ed') Wasserman is a professor of psychology at the
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...
. His research focusses on comparing cognitive processes in human and non-human animals. Wasserman has over 250 publications in peer reviewed academic journals.
In 2015 Wasserman was honoured by the
Comparative Cognition Society for his contributions to the study of
animal cognition
Animal cognition encompasses the mental capacities of non-human animals including insect cognition. The study of animal conditioning and learning used in this field was developed from comparative psychology. It has also been strongly influenc ...
.
[http://www.comparativecognition.org/CO3%202015%20Program2015-04-09.pdf]
Selected publications
*''Comparative Cognition Experimental Explorations of Animal Intelligence'' (with
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, 2006)
References
External links
An interview with Wasserman on NPRWasserman's master lecture at the 2015 Conference on Comparative Cognition
21st-century American psychologists
Animal cognition writers
University of Iowa faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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