Wednesday, March 11, 2015
12 PM – 1 PM
Part of the Animal Matters Seminar Series from the Center for Animals and Public Policy
View the recorded seminar here:
Speaker: Irene M. Pepperberg, MA, PhD, Research Associate and Lecturer, Psychology Department, Harvard University
Dr. Irene Pepperberg received her MA and PhD from Harvard University. Dr. Pepperberg’s research interest is in animal cognition and comparative psychology, with an emphasis on avian behavior. She works with Grey parrots, teaching them to communicate with humans using the sounds of English speech, and then uses this communication code to test them in ways similar to those used with young children. The main focus of her work is to determine the cognitive and communicative abilities of these birds, and compare their abilities with those of great apes, marine mammals, and young children.
Made possible by the generous support of: Elizabeth A. Lawrence Endowed Fund
Email: capp@tufts.edu
Website: http://vet.tufts.edu/capp
