Diana Reiss

Diana Reiss (born 1948 or 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a professor of psychology at Hunter College and in the graduate program of Animal Behavior and Comparative Psychology at the City University of New York. Reiss's research has focused on understanding cognition and communication in dolphins and other cetaceans. Her important contributions include demonstrating mirror self-awareness in dolphins via the Mirror test.

Her work in conservation and animal welfare includes "the protection of dolphins in the tuna-fishing industry and her current efforts to bring an end to the killing of dolphins in the drive hunts in Japan."

She was the scientific advisor for ''The Cove'' and wrote ''The Dolphin in the Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives''.

Reiss earned a doctorate from Temple University. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Precocious development of self-awareness in dolphins.

    Precocious development of self-awareness in dolphins. by Rachel Morrison, Diana Reiss

    Published 2018-01-01
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    Bottlenose Dolphins and Antillean Manatees Respond to Small Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Systems

    Bottlenose Dolphins and Antillean Manatees Respond to Small Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Systems by Eric A. Ramos, Eric A. Ramos, Brigid Maloney, Brigid Maloney, Marcelo O. Magnasco, Diana Reiss, Diana Reiss

    Published 2018-09-01
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    The Relevance of Human Whistled Languages for the Analysis and Decoding of Dolphin Communication

    The Relevance of Human Whistled Languages for the Analysis and Decoding of Dolphin Communication by Julien Meyer, Marcelo O. Magnasco, Diana Reiss

    Published 2021-09-01
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    Learning to localize sounds in a highly reverberant environment: Machine-learning tracking of dolphin whistle-like sounds in a pool.

    Learning to localize sounds in a highly reverberant environment: Machine-learning tracking of dolphin whistle-like sounds in a pool. by Sean F Woodward, Diana Reiss, Marcelo O Magnasco

    Published 2020-01-01
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    Behavioural laterality in foraging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

    Behavioural laterality in foraging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) by J. Daisy Kaplan, Samantha Y. Goodrich, Kelly Melillo-Sweeting, Diana Reiss

    Published 2019-11-01
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    A Preliminary Study on Humpback Whales Lunge Feeding in the New York Bight, United States

    A Preliminary Study on Humpback Whales Lunge Feeding in the New York Bight, United States by Samantha E. Smith, Danielle M. Brown, Danielle M. Brown, Jelisa R. Oliveras, Jelisa R. Oliveras, Paul L. Sieswerda, Sean Ahearn, Diana Reiss

    Published 2022-03-01
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    Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition.

    Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition. by Lori Marino, Richard C Connor, R Ewan Fordyce, Louis M Herman, Patrick R Hof, Louis Lefebvre, David Lusseau, Brenda McCowan, Esther A Nimchinsky, Adam A Pack, Luke Rendell, Joy S Reidenberg, Diana Reiss, Mark D Uhen, Estel Van der Gucht, Hal Whitehead

    Published 2007-05-01
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