Cetacean science does not have to be pseudo-science

被引：1

作者：

Miller, PJO ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Dept Biol, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA

来源：

BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES | 2001年 / 24卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1017/S0140525X01473961

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：347 / +

页数：12

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