Personality in Nonhuman Animals
This stimulating and comprehensive collection brings together multiple perspectives on the topic of personality in nonhuman animals—linking historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, methods, and cutting-edge discoveries. Experts from various fields
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Personality in Nonhuman Animals
Personality in Nonhuman Animals
Jennifer Vonk Alexander Weiss Stan A. Kuczaj •
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Editors Jennifer Vonk Department of Psychology Oakland University Rochester, MI USA
Stan A. Kuczaj Department of Psychology University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS USA
Alexander Weiss Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK
ISBN 978-3-319-59299-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-59300-5
ISBN 978-3-319-59300-5
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In Memoriam: Stan A. Kuczaj
On April 14, 2016, the scientific community lost a beloved colleague and friend, Dr. Stan A. Kuczaj. One of Stan’s principal research interests was animal personality, but he did not begin his research career with this topic. After a somewhat later than usual start in academia, Stan earned a Ph.D. in Child Psychology in 1976 from the University of Minnesota where his focus was on language development. In 1989, he was invited to serve as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii’s Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in order to collaborate with Dr. Louis Herman on studies of dolphin language and syntax. Inspired by the incredible cognitive abilities of the dolphins, he founded the Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1996 and shifted his research efforts to comparative psychology, and specifically marine mammals. Stan was a prolific scholar and exceptional collaborator. He autho
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