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A Psychologist Goes To The Zoo: An Interview with Terry L. Maple
Scientific American: I first became aware of Dr. Terry L. Maple when I read his article in the latest issue of The Observer, the magazine of the Association for Psychological Science. Maple is former president
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Rethinking the Value of Pets
The New York Times: Think an elderly family member is better off with a pet? You may want to think again. Sure, there have been hundreds of articles claiming dogs and cats can lower blood
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A Zoo Where the Animals Come First
On the occasion of my 65th birthday, in the City of Atlanta, where I spent 17 years working at a zoo once denigrated as one of America’s worst zoos, I announced my retirement as president
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Retrospective Evaluations in Capuchin Monkeys
I’m Venkat Lakshminarayanan from Yale University, and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
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49th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society
The 49th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society will be held June 10 – 14, 2012 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information visit: http://animalbehaviorsociety.org/absmeetings/
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Optogenetics: Stranger Than Fiction
It sounds like a science fiction movie: Scientists integrate the photoreceptive properties of light-sensitive algae into rat neurons. The result? A rat whose brain can be controlled by light. As crazy as it seems, this
