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My Senior Thesis Project

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  My Senior Thesis Project   One of the biggest highlights of my time at UC Berkeley and of my career, was being able to conduct research with monkeys and lemurs at the Oakland Zoo, which I formed my senior honors thesis on. During the process, I actually kept a blog: https://primatecognitionproject.blogspot.com/ , but will summarize it here as well as provide the link to my presentation on it. Red-tailed monkey at the Oakland Zoo, by Steven Gotz. Ring-tailed lemurs at the Oakland Zoo, by me. Female crowned lemur at the Oakland Zoo, by me. Male crowned lemur at the Oakland Zoo, by me. My little SURF bio.                       Here is the abstract of my thesis, and of course, if anyone is interested in reading the whole thing, I would be happy to email it to you, or you can find it in the UC library system!   Abstract: While primate cognition and intelligence are well-researched subjects in haplorrhines, comparatively ...