Francine " Penny " Patterson (born February 13, 1947) is an American animal psychologist. From 1972 onwards, she taught a modified form of American Sign Language, which she called …

Hanabiko, nicknamed " Koko " (July 4, 1971 – June 19, 2018) was a female western lowland gorilla born in the San Francisco Zoo [2] and cross-fostered by Francine Patterson for use in …

Jul 28, 2016 · Penny passes Koko a kitten, and Koko signs “good” inside her trailer. Courtesy of The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org Five days a week around 3 p.m., Patterson drives to the 7 …

Jun 21, 2018 · The Gorilla Foundation, headed by Dr. Francine "Penny" Patterson, the animal psychologist who taught Koko sign language, announced that the famed super-simian died in …

American Sign Language (ASL) was selected by Dr. Penny Patterson as the primary language to teach Koko because of the success that other researchers had with chimpanzees. It turned out …

In 1971, Penny Patterson, a graduate student at Stanford University, met Koko, a new-born gorilla in San Francisco Zoo. Penny had grown up wanting to communicate...

Project Koko began in 1972 when Penny Patterson, a graduate student in psychology at Stanford, decided to teach sign language to a 1-year-old gorilla as part of her Ph.D. thesis. She had no …

Jun 23, 2018 · The western lowland gorilla died in her sleep Tuesday morning at the age of 46, according to the Gorilla Foundation, which is headed by animal psychologist Francine "Penny" …

From age six months to one year Koko was critically ill and moved to a trailer on zoo property. Penny began working with Koko when she recovered her health, and requested permission …

Jun 21, 2018 · By the age of 4, Koko had developed a vocabulary of more than 170 words and showed an ability to use language creatively, Penny Patterson, her longtime caretaker and …