Karyl B. Swartz - Academic Interests: Learning, development,
experimental methods. - Research: Cognition and cognitive
development in nonhuman primates, especially macaque monkeys and
great apes. Professor Swartz's research interests address
nonhuman primate cognition. Cognitive components of serial list
learning are investigated in rhesus monkeys and great apes using
a touchscreen apparatus and photographic stimuli. Studies with
rhesus monkeys are conducted in Professor Swartz's laboratory at
Lehman College; studies of serial list memory in great apes are
conducted at the Smithsonian Institution National Zoological
Park in Washington, D.C. A second area of interest is the
phenomenon of mirror self-recognition in nonhuman primates.
Individual and species differences in mirror use and self-
recognition are explored. These studies have been conducted in
the Lehman laboratory as well as the National Zoo, Monkey Jungle
in Miami, Florida, and at the Centre International de Recherches
Mèdicales de Franceville in Gab