How do dolphins think?

Do they really have names?

And how do we know that, anyway?

Please join SFDI this Wednesday, August 4, when we will meet Dr. Kelly Jaakkola from the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, FL. She will take us behind the scenes and show us how scientists study the dolphin mind “up close and personal.” She will share some of what she and her colleagues have learned about these amazing animals, and discuss the importance of these types of studies, which help to improve dolphin welfare and conservation. This will be a presentation on Zoom. We look forward to seeing you on Zoom or in the room!

About Dr. Kelly Jaakkola

Kelly Jaakkola, PhD, is one of the very few people in the world whose job it is to figure out how dolphins think. Director of Research for the Dolphin Research Center, she has investigated dolphin behavior and cognition for over 20 years. She earned her Masters degree in Psychology from Emory University, where she began her career studying cognition in chimpanzees and human children. After earning her Ph.D. from MIT, she won a grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on dolphin cognition and communication, where she has stayed ever since.

Kelly has taught courses on human and animal thinking at several colleges, including Boston College, Brandeis University, and MIT. Her research has been published in numerous international scientific journals and book chapters, and her research findings have received worldwide coverage in news shows, newspapers, books, magazine articles, and television.