Talk to the Animals

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the progress being made in teaching communication skills to primates in experimental labs at Stanford, the University of Oklahoma, and the Yerkes Primate Center. Looks at the methods being used to teach these animals a language and the surprising sophistication of primate responses. Describes how the techniques and tools used in these experiments are also being modified for use in teaching handicapped humans to develop language skills.

Complete Record: Shows the progress being made in teaching communication skills to primates in experimental labs at Stanford, the University of Oklahoma, and the Yerkes Primate Center. Looks at the methods being used to teach these animals a language and the surprising sophistication of primate responses. Describes how the techniques and tools used in these experiments are also being modified for use in teaching handicapped humans to develop language skills., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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