Cetacean science does not have to be pseudo-science

Rendall and Whitehead overstate the weak evidence for social learning in cetaceans as a group, including the current evidence for vocal learning in killer whales. Ethnographic techniques exist to test genetic explanations of killer whale calling behavior, and additional captive experiments are feasi...

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Published in:Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Main Author: Miller, Patrick J. O.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
Subjects:
Behavioral Neuroscience
Physiology
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x01473961
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0140525x01473961 2024-03-03T08:46:15+00:00 Cetacean science does not have to be pseudo-science Miller, Patrick J. O. 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x01473961 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0140525X01473961 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Behavioral and Brain Sciences volume 24, issue 2, page 347-348 ISSN 0140-525X 1469-1825 Behavioral Neuroscience Physiology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology journal-article 2001 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x01473961 2024-02-08T08:35:54Z Rendall and Whitehead overstate the weak evidence for social learning in cetaceans as a group, including the current evidence for vocal learning in killer whales. Ethnographic techniques exist to test genetic explanations of killer whale calling behavior, and additional captive experiments are feasible. Without such tests, descriptions of learning could be considered pseudo-scientific, ad hoc auxiliary assumptions of an untested theory. Article in Journal/Newspaper Killer Whale Killer whale Cambridge University Press Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 2 347 348
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Physiology
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Cetacean science does not have to be pseudo-science
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description Rendall and Whitehead overstate the weak evidence for social learning in cetaceans as a group, including the current evidence for vocal learning in killer whales. Ethnographic techniques exist to test genetic explanations of killer whale calling behavior, and additional captive experiments are feasible. Without such tests, descriptions of learning could be considered pseudo-scientific, ad hoc auxiliary assumptions of an untested theory.
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