The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Artist
We report on the case of an extraordinary orangutan who spontaneously produced over a thousand drawings in 5 years. This female orangutan, Molly, started drawing when she was estimated to be 50 years old. Although it has been established that great apes spontaneously draw without training, she produ...
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| author | Yuki Hanazuka Hidetoshi Kurotori Mika Shimizu Akira Midorikawa Akira Midorikawa |
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| description | We report on the case of an extraordinary orangutan who spontaneously produced over a thousand drawings in 5 years. This female orangutan, Molly, started drawing when she was estimated to be 50 years old. Although it has been established that great apes spontaneously draw without training, she produced an enormous number of paintings in her old age, and the numbers of lines and colors in her drawings varied from day to day. As her drawings seemed to be affected by her surroundings, we attempted to analyze quantitatively relationships between her drawings and potentially influential factors during a specific period in which no ostensibly major events were observed. According to our results, her drawings were affected by the identity of her keeper, implying that her drawing behavior may have been affected by environmental factors. Thus, drawings may serve as windows to the internal states of non-human primates. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae081f6fd6584c03b469dc1afc0e98032022-12-21T18:47:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-09-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.02050466508The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) ArtistYuki Hanazuka0Hidetoshi Kurotori1Mika Shimizu2Akira Midorikawa3Akira Midorikawa4Institute of Cultural Sciences, Chuo University, Tokyo, JapanTama Zoological Park, Tokyo, JapanTama Zoological Park, Tokyo, JapanInstitute of Cultural Sciences, Chuo University, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University, Tokyo, JapanWe report on the case of an extraordinary orangutan who spontaneously produced over a thousand drawings in 5 years. This female orangutan, Molly, started drawing when she was estimated to be 50 years old. Although it has been established that great apes spontaneously draw without training, she produced an enormous number of paintings in her old age, and the numbers of lines and colors in her drawings varied from day to day. As her drawings seemed to be affected by her surroundings, we attempted to analyze quantitatively relationships between her drawings and potentially influential factors during a specific period in which no ostensibly major events were observed. According to our results, her drawings were affected by the identity of her keeper, implying that her drawing behavior may have been affected by environmental factors. Thus, drawings may serve as windows to the internal states of non-human primates.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02050/fulldrawing behaviorevaluation of drawingsenvironmental effectsorangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)aging |
| spellingShingle | Yuki Hanazuka Hidetoshi Kurotori Mika Shimizu Akira Midorikawa Akira Midorikawa The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Artist Frontiers in Psychology drawing behavior evaluation of drawings environmental effects orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) aging |
| title | The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Artist |
| title_full | The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Artist |
| title_fullStr | The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Artist |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Artist |
| title_short | The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Artist |
| title_sort | effects of the environment on the drawings of an extraordinarily productive orangutan pongo pygmaeus artist |
| topic | drawing behavior evaluation of drawings environmental effects orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) aging |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02050/full |
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