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Nim Chimpsky [1] (November 19, 1973 – March 10, 2000) was a chimpanzee used in a study to determine whether chimps could learn a human language, American Sign Language (ASL). The project was led by Herbert S. Terrace of Columbia University with linguistic analysis by psycholinguist Thomas Bever .
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 ...
This included additional experiments which attempted to teach great apes to communicate in a more controlled environment. In 1979, after Herbert Terrace and Thomas Bever's Nim Chimpsky project failed to demonstrate a chimps' ability to use sentences, Terrace criticized Project Washoe as well. Drawing on public film clips of Washoe, Terrace ...
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 ...
Alex (May 18, 1976 – September 6, 2007) [1] was a grey parrot and the subject of a thirty-year experiment by animal psychologist Irene Pepperberg, initially at the University of Arizona and later at Harvard University and Brandeis University. When Alex was about one year old, Pepperberg bought him at a pet shop. [2]
In 1979, Herbert S. Terrace published the negative results of his Nim Chimpsky study, which presented evidence that Koko was mimicking her trainers. Terrace's article ignited intense debate over the ape language experiments (see "Scientific criticism" below), culminating in a 1980 "Clever Hans" conference that mocked the other researchers involved.
Nim Chimpsky was a common chimpanzee trained in American Sign Language. Trainers claimed that when Nim grew bored of learning to sign words, she would sign 'dirty' indicating she wanted to go to the toilet, which caused the trainer to stop the lesson. [13] Another example involves a chimpanzee approached from behind by a loud aggressive rival.
The ranch was created as sanctuary for the many burros rescued in 1979 and the early 1980s by the Fund for Animals. It became the largest sanctuary sponsored by the Fund. One of Black Beauty's most famous residents was a 25-year-old chimp named Nim Chimpsky who had been used in language experiments when young and then sold as a laboratory ...