Word: tamarins
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...dogs will be used in behavior studies, which, according to Psychology Professor Marc D. Hauser, the leader of the study, will reveal “the extent to which domestication will change dogs into the proximity of human thinking.” The lab formerly housed 40 cottontop tamarin monkeys but were recently replaced by dogs because of the high cost of caring for the monkeys. This switch from monkeys to dogs has struck fear into the hearts of many on-campus dog-lovers, who worry that the dogs will be used in harsh tests. “They don?...
...Cognitive Evolution Lab in William James Hall will be switching from bananas to bones as Pyschology Professor Marc D. Hauser has decided to stop his research with cotton top tamarin monkeys to work with dogs instead. Hauser said that the rising costs of care for the 40 tamarins that reside in the lab were getting too high—especially in the current economic climate—considering that his research is purely behavioral. “The granting that funds behavioral work have nowhere near the kinds of budget as the funds for biomedical research,” Hauser...
...Tamarin health is checked weekly by veterinarians from Harvard’s Animal Resources Center and daily by the animal care staff, who look for signs of stress such as weight loss or pacing back and forth, according to Arthur L. Lage, the director of Harvard’s Animal Resources Center...
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...Marshmallows are bar-none their favorite things on earth.” Pinker and Goodall live in Harvard’s Cognitive Evolution Laboratory along with about 25 other monkeys named after prominent scientists and researchers. The monkeys—both endangered cotton-top tamarins and common marmosets—live a peaceful co-existence under the direction of Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser. Hauser, who founded the lab on the tenth floor of William James Hall, started the tradition of bestowing illustrious names on the primates. According to Cushman, this can lead to ridiculous comments...