Ai (born in 1976) is a female chimpanzee currently living at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University (acronym KUPRI). She is well known for being the principal subject of the Ai project, a 28 year old research program aimed at understanding chimpanzee cognition through computer interface experiements. The Ai project includes tests for numerical competency, color to symbol matching ability, and audio-to-image matching and recognition. Over the years, the Ai project has grown to include a 14 member community of chimpanzees (Including Ai's 6 year old son, Ayumu) who reside in a state of the art facility at KUPRI. The Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University was established in 1967 as the first Japanese national research center for the study of primates. ... The Clocktower Kyoto University (Japanese: 京都大å¦, KyÅto Daigaku; abbreviated to 京大, KyÅdai) in Kyoto, Japan, is the second oldest university and one of the leading research universities in the country. ... Look up Cognition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Primatology is the study of primates. ... The Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University was established in 1967 as the first Japanese national research center for the study of primates. ... This is a list of apes of encyclopedic interest. ... Research into non-human Great Ape language has generated a great deal of evidence suggesting that apes are capable of using sophisticated communication with humans and other apes. ...
She continues to study tool-use in chimpanzees in the wild and at the Regenstein Center for African Apes as part of the Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes.
Chimpanzees Nana and Chuckie use a stick to fish for treats, such as mustard, in the artificial termite mound located within Lincoln Park Zoo’s Regenstein Center for African Apes.
In addition to providing the chimpanzees with enrichment, the termite mound is also the focal point of a tool-use study being conducted by Fisher Center Director and Mind of the Chimpanzee Conference co-organizer Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Ph.D. Chimpanzee Kathy within her enclosure at Lincoln Park Zoo’s Regenstein Center for African Apes.
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