Category Archives: Publications
New blog on veganism
A few weeks ago I have made a new blog, especially dedicated to veganism. I have been a vegan since I was 17. At that time I was already a vegetarian and feared I could never be vegan, because I … Continue reading
My work discussed in a fascinating book on the origins of human language
In 2008 MIT Press published Michael Tomasello’s book Origins of Human Communication, which was based on lectures that Tomasello gave in Paris in 2006. The book is a fascinating account of how human language may have evolved out of ape … Continue reading
My work cited in an article that advocates neuroscientific research with great apes
I am busy making a separate page on my blog to discuss how my work with the signing apes has been cited and quoted in publications by others. The first article of that page I discuss here in this post. … Continue reading
My articles on Animal Consciousness now online
Yesterday I scanned all my publications about animal consciousness and uploaded them to my profile on Academia.edu. In the 1990s I published several articles on the subject together with my brother Titus Rivas. In these articles we advocate the analogy … Continue reading
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My chapter on Animal Ethics now online
In 1997 I edited a book about animal consciousness and animal ethics, together with my co-editors Marcel Dol, Kasanmoentalib, Susanne Lijmbach and Ruud van den Bos. We gave it the title Animal consciousness and animal ethics. Perspectives from the Netherlands, … Continue reading
Dissertation now published at Radboud University
Today my dissertation was included in the Radboud Repository, the electronic deposit of academic publications of the university library of Radboud University (Nijmegen University). This is the link to it, which you should also use when you want to refer … Continue reading
Filed under Language research with animals, Publications
Electronic version of my dissertation!
Today I’ve finished working on the electronic version of my dissertation GIMME GIMME GIMME. The recent signing behaviour of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in interaction with longtime human companions, for which I got my doctoral degree in April 2003 from the … Continue reading
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List of publications
I have just added a list of my academic publications to my profile on Academia.edu, including articles and books. The articles are presented with an abstract. You will also find the whole article in the Journal of Comparative Psychology on … Continue reading
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