Evidence of Public Engagement with Science: Visitor Learning at a Zoo-Housed Primate Research Centre

Bridget M. Waller; Kate Peirce; Heidi Mitchell; Jerome Micheletta

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044680

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Evidence of Public Engagement with Science: Visitor Learning at a Zoo-Housed Primate Research Centre

Bridget M. Waller ,

* E-mail: bridget.waller@port.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Marwell Wildlife, Winchester, United Kingdom
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Kate Peirce,

Affiliation Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Heidi Mitchell,

Affiliation Marwell Wildlife, Winchester, United Kingdom
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Jerome Micheletta

Affiliations Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Marwell Wildlife, Winchester, United Kingdom
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Evidence of Public Engagement with Science: Visitor Learning at a Zoo-Housed Primate Research Centre

Bridget M. Waller,
Kate Peirce,
Heidi Mitchell,
Jerome Micheletta

Published: September 13, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044680

About the Authors

Bridget M. Waller

* E-mail: bridget.waller@port.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Marwell Wildlife, Winchester, United Kingdom

Kate Peirce

Affiliation Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Heidi Mitchell

Affiliation Marwell Wildlife, Winchester, United Kingdom

Jerome Micheletta

Affiliations Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Marwell Wildlife, Winchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMW KP JM HM. Performed the experiments: KP. Analyzed the data: BMW. Wrote the paper: BMW.

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