That was a fascinating article, Carol. I have talked about Koko when covering language in my Intro course, and was interested to read about the controversy about just how much Koko actually does accurately use and understand sign. I always felt, too, that there is a *lot* of anthropomorphizing going on there. (And what's with all the nipple stuff? That was just kinda weird.)
Beth Benoit Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Carol DeVolder <devoldercar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > This is an interesting article from the Slate about ape language. I read > it rather quickly, but it seems to be fair treatment of the topic. > > > http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/08/koko_kanzi_and_ape_language_research_criticism_of_working_conditions_and.single.html > > > cd > -- > Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > 518 West Locust Street > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > 563-333-6482 > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=38025 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-38025-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=38028 or send a blank email to leave-38028-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu