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Irene Pepperberg
Irene studies cognitive process, teaching and learning in birds. She is problably the most recognized researcher on avian cognition in the world. Alex and Wart, not to forget Griffin, her African Gray collaborators are saying and doing things we used to believe that only small children, great apes, and Dolphins could do. Brilliant work deserves better funding. Our own amazing African Grays are not as well taught as those in Irene's lab, but they are proof that the avian abilities she describes are not an odd mutation, fluke or an unusual 'talent'.
Nova Spivack
Nova is a cognitive scientist and high-tech entrepreneur working on technolgies for overcoming information overload. He has founded companies and is now developing interactive internet software that we all need. His thinking covers a great range. He is my Son.
Marin Spivack
Composer, saxophonist, Teacher of Tai Chi in Salem, Massachusetts; Chen style Instruction in authentic Taiji martial arts, Qi cultivation, Tai Chi DVD videos. Chen Zhaokui Martial Arts Research Association, North America