The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots by Irene Maxine Pepperberg

The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots



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The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots Irene Maxine Pepperberg ebook
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Page: 448
ISBN: 9780674008069


Can a parrot understand complex concepts and mean what it says? Since the early 1900s, most studies on animal-human communication have focused on great apes and a few cetacean species. Birds were rarely used in similar studies on the grounds that they were merely talented mimics—that they were, after all, "birdbrains." Experiments performed primarily on pigeons in Skinner boxes demonstrated capacities inferior to those of mammals; these results were thought to reflect the capacities of all birds, despite evidence suggesting that species such as jays, crows, and parrots might be capable of more impressive cognitive feats. Twenty years ago Irene Pepperberg...

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