Francine Patterson
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Francine "Penny" Patterson (born February 13, 1947) is an American animal psychologist. From 1972 onwards, she taught a modified form of American Sign Language, which she called "Gorilla Sign Language" (GSL) to a gorilla named Koko. The scientific validity of Patterson's claims about the extent of Koko's language mastery has been debated.[1][2][3]
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Penny Patterson | |
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Born | Francine Patterson (1947-02-13) February 13, 1947 (age 77) |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 1970) Stanford University (Ph.D., 1979) |
Parent | C. H. Patterson |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | President and Research Director of The Gorilla Foundation |
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