Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id DAA19712 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 5 Sep 2000 03:25:31 +0100 X-Sender: rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk From: Raymond Recchia <rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com> Subject: The Alex Studies : Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:23:15 -0400 Message-ID: <1244001901-7434751@smtp.clarityconnect.com> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Finally got around to picking up "The Alex Studies : Cognitive and
Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots"
by Irene Maxine Pepperberg (Harvard University Press 2000). This book
summarizes 20 years of Doctor Pepperberg's research into the cognition and
linguistic capacity of a grey parrot. I've only gotten about 80 pages into
it so far but I am very impressed with the care with which Doctor Pepperberg
conducted her research and with the interesting results she was able to achieve.
Dr Pepperberg was able to teach her parrot about 100 words. At the point
that I am at in the book the parrot has proven capable of labeling
individual objects, describing them in terms of their color and quantity,
and recognizing color and quantity as separate categories themselves.
Amazon's review is at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067400051X/qid%3D968119632/102-575651
5-6174542
Raymond O. Recchia
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