Affiliation:
1. Pyschology Department University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA
Abstract
AbstractExamples of realized scientific careers can provide ideas and inspiration for others aiming to pursue such careers. Here I recount in brief the story of my long career in primatology (1973 to the present), focusing on one enduring theme in my research: the nature and genesis of goal‐directed action (evident in movement). The story begins in graduate school, passes through developing my own laboratory, on to pursuing a spectrum of studies with mentees and collaborators, developing a theoretical explanatory framework for goal‐directed action that I think holds promise for the field as a whole, and ends with an exciting field project that seems a suitable finale to my career. I mention the value to me, the field, and society of participation in scientific societies, including the American Society of Primatologists, throughout my career.
Funder
Leakey Foundation
National Geographic Society
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute of Mental Health
National Science Foundation
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics