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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] Project Nim draws from Elizabeth Hess' book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be ...
Nim's life history is detailed in Elizabeth Hess's seminal biography, Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human (2008), which became the basis for a 2011 documentary film directed by James Marsh, Project Nim (see below). Nim was born at the Institute for Primate Studies in Norman, Oklahoma.
Terrace's research in Project Nim has been criticized for its research methodology and various ethical concerns, most notably, in Elizabeth Hess's Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human (2008) [20] and a documentary film based on the book, Project Nim (2011). Following the project's conclusion, Nim was effectively abandoned by Terrace, who ...
She was taught signs taken from American Sign Language by primatologist Roger Fouts as part of an ape language project and eventually learned 140 signs. She appeared in Life magazine, where she became famous for drinking straight gin , rearing a cat , and using Playgirl and a vacuum cleaner for sexual gratification .
I have seen the documentary Project Nim. It contains interviews with most of the people that were involved in this project. They all call the ape Nim, not Nim Chimpsky. The article says that Nim Chimpsky is a pun on Noam Chomsky. Was Chimpsky actually adopted as his real name. Who invented this name, and how widely was it spread.
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