1. Lessons for Lana.
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CHIMPANZEES as laboratory animals ,CAPTIVE chimpanzees ,PRIMATES ,PRIMATES as laboratory animals ,LABORATORY animals - Abstract
The article features Lana, a three-year-old female chimpanzee at the Emory University's Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia. It says that Lana is quickly learning how to read and write in a brand new language called Yerkish under the guidance of the center's scientists. It reveals that Lana's teaching system is based on a computer, which she can control at will by pressing large keys on a console. Lana's instruction is said to have started with a simple search and reward system.
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- 1974