Word: chimp
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...surprisingly, then, accounts of the first language experiments with apes in the 1970s produced one of the most fractious debates in the history of the behavioral sciences. Washoe the chimp and Koko the gorilla became famous for their linguistic feats using sign language, but scientists argued bitterly over the significance. Did the "speech" of these animals reflect a genuine ability to think symbolically and communicate thought, or was it largely the result of rote conditioning or of cuing -- a la Hans -- by trainers? Skepticism carried the day, and researchers who had dedicated their lives to working with the apes...
...experiment supervised by Nicholas Toth of Indiana University, Kanzi watched as a favorite treat was placed inside a box. The box was then locked, and the key was placed inside another box tied up by a cord. It added up to a Houdini-like challenge for the chimp: how to get to the treat...
...donated $55,000 to a zoo near his hometown of Norfolk, Neb. Why? Reuben, 7, the installation's only chimp, has outgrown his temporary quarters, a fortified mobile home. Carson's largesse will pay for a permanent primate exhibit -- and perhaps buy Reuben a female companion...
More than 500 people and animals turned out for Curious George's 50th birthday party (casual attire), including George Plimpton, Zippy the chimp, and Harvard President Derek C. Bok. Proceeds of the $100-a-plate benefit went to aid a half million dollar fund drive for Philips Brooks House...
...Writers Stanley Weiser and Lawrence Lasker (WarGames) resist nearly every temptation to truckle, and Director Jonathan Kaplan (Heart Like a Wheel) finds each scene's emotional core while surrounding it with meticulous technique. But the film is Broderick's. A great listener, he can make a colloquy with a chimp seem like the meeting of true souls. This time, he has gone beyond cute, to acute...