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Terrace named the infant chimpanzee as a pun on Noam Chomsky. With this project, Terrace intended to challenge Chomsky's assertion that only humans can use language. [10] (Terrace's mentor, B.F. Skinner, a key figure in behaviorism, was known as an academic target and rival of Chomsky. [11])
Herbert S. Terrace. Herbert S. Terrace (born 29 November 1936) is a professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University.His work covers a broad set of research interests that include behaviorism, [1] animal cognition, [2] ape language [3] and the evolution of language. [4]
Project Nim is a 2011 documentary film directed by James Marsh. [3] It tells the life story of a chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky, who was the center of a 1970s research project to determine whether a primate could learn to speak using American Sign Language. [4]
The Mind of an Ape is a 1983 book by David Premack and his wife Ann James Premack. The authors argue that it is possible to teach language to (non-human) great apes.They write: "We now know that someone who comprehends speech must know language, even if he or she cannot produce it."
The show has also been translated into international versions; for Nickelodeon in India as The Munnabhai Show, for JET TV in Taiwan (狗狗猩猩大冒險), for Modern Nine in Thailand (ขำกลิ้งลิงกับหมา) and TVB in Hong Kong (阿笨與阿占) as The Adventures of Pan and James: Chimpanzee and Bulldog on Errands, winning Best Foreign Purchased Program at the 2006 ...
Tonka, the chimpanzee at the center of the HBO docuseries Chimp Crazy, is far removed from the drama included in the show today.. The 32-year-old primate first rose to fame in the 90s, when, as a ...
As with that series, "Chimp Crazy" — as the title suggests — is less about the animals than the people who own them. The four-part docuseries premieres Sunday on HBO at 10 p.m. Pacific and ...
He Went That Way is a 2023 American crime drama film directed by Jeffrey Darling in his directorial debut, and starring Jacob Elordi and Zachary Quinto.The film is based on the actual events of the serial killer Larry Ranes encountering animal trainer Dave Pitts.