TY - BOOK AU - Candland,Douglas K. TI - Feral children and clever animals: reflections on human nature SN - 142940616X AV - BF95 .C36 1993eb U1 - 150/.9 20 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Psychology KW - History KW - Research KW - Feral children KW - Psychology, Comparative KW - Animal behavior KW - Child development KW - history KW - Behavior, Animal KW - Child Development KW - Social Isolation KW - psychology KW - Psychologie KW - Histoire KW - Recherche KW - Enfants sauvages KW - Psychologie comparée KW - Animaux KW - Mœurs et comportement KW - Enfants KW - Développement KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Wildes Kind KW - gnd KW - Psychologische Anthropologie KW - Vergleichende Psychologie KW - Wolfskinderen KW - gtt KW - Psicologia (historia) KW - larpcal KW - Psicologia comparada KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-394) and index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - What is it that sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom? What makes us unique? What makes us human? In this provocative book, Douglas Candland shows that as we begin to understand the way animals and non-speaking humans 'think', we hold up a mirror of sorts to our own mental world, and gain profound insights into human nature. Among the fascinating accounts of feral children and clever animals from which the book draws its arguments are the Wolf Girls of India, Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron, Kaspar Hauser, and 'Clever Hans', the German horse that could calculate square roots UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=169772 ER -