... with apes in mind
Subtitle: emergents, communication & competence
By: by Duane M. Rumbaugh, Regents' Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Founding Director of the Language Research Center, Georgia State University
Edition: Second edition, black and white
Publisher: Duane M. Rumbaugh
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781492913818
Subjects: Apes; Psychology; Behavior; Learning in animals; Comparative Psychology; Human-animal communication
Other titles: With apes in mind :
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: On being a primate; title: On the beach and the San Diego Zoo; title: The LANA Project: a chimpanzee, a computer, and language; title: An ape of many talents; title: Sherman and Austin learn the meaning of words; title: The Language Research Center: a Southern phoenix; title: The road to language is not paved with good intentions; title: Will what worked for you, Kanzi, work for others?; title: Who counts?; title: Developing a computerized testing system; title: Prediction, control and the benefits of a big brain...; title: A salience theory of learning and behavior; title: Apes paved a road to a new theory of learning and behavior: salience theory and a rational behaviorism; title: On the issues of rearing and rights: animal & human; title: Epilogue / David A. Washburn.