tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post7050703500262145973..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: Murky Research, Monkey ResearchJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-52108039058743825862013-08-24T23:01:25.002-04:002013-08-24T23:01:25.002-04:00I hope I didn't imply that Hauser did experime...I hope I didn't imply that Hauser did experiments on monkeys in labs and in primate chairs. I said only that reading a phrase about studies of rhesus monkeys made me remember my own experiences in that field.Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-32525707102340278872013-08-24T10:08:40.102-04:002013-08-24T10:08:40.102-04:00Hauser didn't do work using "primate chai...Hauser didn't do work using "primate chairs" and he didn't do the sorts of studies that are typically done with rhesus monkeys in the lab. His work with Rhesus monkeys was on an island nature preserve and the monkeys were free-roaming in the wild. The studies were behavioral -- the method typically involved placing food in different locations and observing the location in which a monkey searched for the food. His lab studies with monkeys involved cotton-top tamarins, not rhesus, and they again were studies of looking behavior and choices. The monkeys were not restrained and the studies were not invasive. <br /><br />Hauser did care about the welfare of the animals he studied. That doesn't excuse scientific misconduct, of course. Daniel J. Simonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02968898312917472467noreply@blogger.com