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耶基斯地区灵长目研究中心是一幢偏僻的灰色建筑物,位于亚特兰大市郊一条蜿蜒曲折而又狭窄的马路尽头;里面,有一只眼珠圆圆的年青黑猩猩,它的名字叫谢曼。当研究人员把食物放进箱子里去的时候,它瞪眼看着;谢曼注意到箱子上了锁,因此它大步朝着一块嵌在墙内、五彩缤纷的链盘走去,按亮了“给钥匙”的符号。另外一只黑猩猩,名叫奥斯汀,看见谢曼的请求,于是从一只工具盘中拣出一枚钥匙并把钥匙交给它;当谢曼把钥匙插入锁孔,旋动,把锁拿开的时候,奥斯汀两眼仔细看着。接着,谢曼打开箱子,取出食物,而且把一半分给了奥斯汀。城的那边,在另一条蜿蜒曲折的马路尽头,是佐治亚痴呆研究中心。在底楼一间小房间里,有一台键盘,跟谢曼和奥斯汀所使用的那台一模一样。一位名叫锡茜的少女坐在它的前面。她嘻笑着,按着链盘问:“罗伊丝,给小甜饼吗?”言语病理学家Royce White笑了起来,拥抱锡茜,递给她一块饼。这也是一项重大的成就。锡茜十八岁,但只有两岁半的智力年龄。使用这一套为耶基斯灵长目研究中心的黑猩猩所设计的电子计算机系统,锡茜正
The Yeccee Primate Research Center is a lonely, gray building at the end of a winding, narrow road on the outskirts of Atlanta. Inside, there is a round-faced young chimpanzee named Seymour. As the researcher put the food in the box, it stared at it; and Sherman noticed the lock on the box, so he strode toward a multicolored chain wheel embedded in the wall and shone “ Give the key ”symbol. The other chimpanzee, named Austin, saw Sherman’s request, so he picked a key out of a tool tray and handed it to it. When Sehmann inserted the key in the keyhole, swung it and removed the lock Austin looked carefully at his eyes. Then, Sherman opened the box, took out the food, and gave half to Austin. At the other end of the city, at the other end of the meandering road, is the Georgia Dementia Research Center. In a small room on the ground floor, there is a keyboard, exactly the same as that used by Sehmann and Austin. A girl named Jessie sat in front of it. She giggles, asking, according to the chain, “Royce, give the cookie?” Speech pathologist Royce White laughed, hugged Sisi and handed her a cake. This is also a major achievement. Sisi is 18 years old, but only two and a half years of intellectual age. Using this set of computer systems designed for the chimpanzees of the Yequis Spiritual Research Center,