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An investigation into some effects of captivity on the behaviour of gorillas and chimpanzees in four British zoos [PDF]

, 1999
This study, conducted at four British zoos over a period of four months, investigated some of the effects of captivity on the typical daily behaviour of 14 adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and 9 adult western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla),
Hill, Sonya Petre
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A near telomere-to-telomere phased reference assembly for the male mountain gorilla

Scientific Data
The endangered mountain gorilla, Gorilla beringei beringei, faces numerous threats to its survival, highlighting the urgent need for genomic resources to aid conservation efforts.
David R. Nelson, Richard Muvunyi, Khaled M. Hazzouri, Jean-Claude Tumushime, Gaspard Nzayisenga, Nziza Julius, Wim Meert, Latifa Karim, Wouter Coppieters, Katherine M. Munson, DongAhn Yoo, Evan E. Eichler, Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, Jean-Claude Twizere   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corpses as Repositories of Information and Funerals as Information Centres: Why Natural Selection Favours the Bereaved

Ethology, EarlyView.
Corpses are repositories of information about the cause of death. The distress of the bereaved acts as an honest signal drawing conspecifics to the body, enabling them to learn quickly about the death, adapt their behaviour, and spread knowledge of threats across multiple social levels.
Jacob Dembitzer, Dror Ben‐Ami
wiley   +1 more source

L2 Chinese Grammatical Acquisition and Processing: A Substantive and Methodological Review

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 92 empirical studies on Chinese as a second language (CSL) in grammatical processing and development, synthesizing their substantive foci and methodological characteristics. The results reveal consistent scholarly attention to cross‐linguistic topics, with less focus on features that are distinctively
Shaohua Fang, Yi Xu, Jiani He, Jia Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The MacBrain Resource Center (MBRC) rhesus macaque postnatal brain histology datasets: Enabling new discoveries through NHP tissue and digital data Repositories

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
The MacBrain Resource Center (MBRC) postnatal rhesus macaque brain histology datasets are organized into Collections that promote cost‐effective de novo research. This article provides examples from Collections 5, 6, and 7 and describes the histo‐ and immunohistochemical (IHC) processing of materials for Collection 6.
Valeria Mendoza‐Silva, Lucy Greene, Emma Burke, Cristina Canales, Julia Chocarro, Jose L. Lanciego, Khuleshwari Kurrey, Phil Barello, Aya Nusir, Nadine Kabbani, Kathleen S. Rockland, Dibyadeep Datta, Jon I. Arellano, Amy F. T. Arnsten, Yury M. Morozov, Bashir Ahmed, Zoltán Molnár, Caroline J. Zeiss, Pasko Rakic, Alvaro Duque   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attention Is Attention: Preserving Ontological Integrity in Organizational Research

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Inspired by the Attention‐Based View of the firm, organizational research has illuminated how organizations learn, adapt, and perform, yet recent theorizing risks diluting attention's explanatory force by compromising its ontological integrity.
Luke Rhee
wiley   +1 more source

Input Variability in Foreign Language Verb–Argument Construction Learning: A Primary School Intervention

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Input variability (i.e., varied experience with different grammar exemplars; “[talk/think/rant/wonder] about [god/bicycles/dogs]”) can improve generalization (i.e., “[Verb] about [Noun]”) and enhance learning. Controlled experiments show that input variability benefits children's generalization and extension of linguistic information from ...
Johannes Schulz, Victoria Murphy, Elizabeth Wonnacott   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensions of Lexical Mastery and Their Relationships with Listening and Reading Proficiency Among Beginner‐to‐Low‐Intermediate Learners of French

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract The extent to which lexical mastery consists of interrelated types of lexical knowledge has been widely discussed. Yet, few studies have explored whether the lexical dimensions of knowledge and processing are relatively independent or investigated how these two dimensions contribute to listening and reading among beginner‐to‐low‐intermediate ...
Amber Dudley, Emma Marsden
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Age and Instruction in Children's Learning of Vocabulary and Grammar

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract It is generally assumed that children and adults learn language through fundamentally different mechanisms: Children predominantly rely on implicit learning, and adults utilize more explicit strategies (Lichtman, 2016). However, little is known about when and how learners begin to benefit from explicit instruction over the course of language ...
Wensi Zhang, Patrick Rebuschat, Padraic Monaghan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gorilla Gorilla

'Gorilla Gorilla' is a short film (00:03:02) by Chloe Brown. It was made during a residency at the The Zoologische Garten Berlin (Berlin Zoo) in 2010. The film is a single view of an aging female gorilla who refuses the gaze of the onlookers.
Brown, Chloe
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