ABOUT ME
I have spent the last 30+ years studying various aspects of behavior, cognition and the brain in human and nonhuman primates, notably chimpanzees and other great apes but also other species including rhesus and capuchin monkeys. I am currently Professor of Neuroscience at Georgia State University and Associate Scientist in the Division of Developmental and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. I am also Co-Director of National Chimpanzee Brain Resource (NCBR) and President of the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative (ACCI) located in Des Moines, Iowa. ACCI is a 501(3)(c) dedicated to the study and conservation of bonobos.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Evolution of Hemispheric Specialization
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1983
University of Wisconsin
B.S. Psychology
Mechanisms Underlying Individual Differences in Behavior, Cognition and the Brain
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Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience
1986
Georgia State University
M.A. Developmental and Comparative Psychology
1990
Georgia State University
Ph.D., Developmental and Comparative Psychology
The view from atop the "Pic du mouches" near Aix-en-Provence, France
