Irene Pepperberg
Animal cognition scientist
Irene Pepperberg is an American scientist who studies animal cognition, especially in parrots. She is the author of Alex & Me.
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American Born 1949 in Brooklyn, United States
About Irene Pepperberg
Irene Maxine Pepperberg was born on 1 April 1949 in Brooklyn, New York. She is an American scientist known for her work on how parrots think, and for comparative studies of the building blocks of language and communication. Her research on language learning in a bird species was among the earliest to build on animal language work such as the Washoe project. She worked with an African Grey parrot named Alex for more than 30 years, and Alex & Me is among her books. Pepperberg also takes an active part in wildlife conservation, with a focus on parrots.