Dutch-American psychology professor Dr. Frans B. M. 德瓦尔 will draw comparisons between human and animal mental capacities at Nebraska Wesleyan University's annual Clifford Fawl Psychology 讲座.
His lecture, “Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?” will be held Thursday, March 30 at 7 p.m. in O’Donnell Auditorium.
The wall between human and animal intelligence is starting to look like a Swiss cheese, says 德瓦尔. Animal intelligence has been scientifically proven to be similar to that of humans. Primates are considered political, cultural, even moral beings. Scientific research in this area has uncovered similar findings in animals beyond primates—encompassing the entire animal kingdom. 在他的演讲中, 德瓦尔 will provide an overview of these results and the methods used to find them, pulling examples from primates, 大象, 章鱼, 鲸类, 和鱼.
德瓦尔 is a psychology professor at Emory University and director of the Living Links Center at Yerkes National Primate 研究 Center in Atlanta, 乔治亚州. He is best known for his work on the behavior and social intelligence of primates. Since the release of his book, 黑猩猩, 德瓦尔 has continued to draw parallels between primate and human behavior. His work has been published in scientific journals 科学, 自然, Scientific American. In 2007, Time named him one of the world’s “100 Most Influential People Today.” He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of 科学s and the Royal Dutch Academy of 科学s and named as one of the “Great Minds of 科学” by 发现.
The lecture is free and open to the public. O’Donnell Auditorium is located in the Rogers Center for Fine Arts at 50th Street and Huntington Ave.
The Clifford Fawl 讲座 honors the long-time professor and chair of Nebraska Wesleyan’s Psychology Department. The series brings in nationally-recognized speakers in the area of psychology.