Assessing Public Engagement with Science in a University Primate Research Centre in a National Zoo

Mark T. Bowler; Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith; Andrew Whiten

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034505

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Assessing Public Engagement with Science in a University Primate Research Centre in a National Zoo

Mark T. Bowler ,

* E-mail: mtb21@st-andrews.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, and Scottish Primate Research Group, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
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Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith,

Affiliation Psychology, School of Natural Sciences, and Scottish Primate Research Group, University of Stirling, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Andrew Whiten

Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, and Scottish Primate Research Group, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
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Assessing Public Engagement with Science in a University Primate Research Centre in a National Zoo

Mark T. Bowler,
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith,
Andrew Whiten

Published: April 4, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034505

About the Authors

Mark T. Bowler

* E-mail: mtb21@st-andrews.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, and Scottish Primate Research Group, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Affiliation Psychology, School of Natural Sciences, and Scottish Primate Research Group, University of Stirling, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Andrew Whiten

Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, and Scottish Primate Research Group, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB HBS AW. Performed the experiments: MB. Analyzed the data: MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB HBS AW. Wrote the paper: MB HBS AW.

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