Nadezhda Ladygina-Kohts
Nadezhda Ladygina-Kohts | |
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| Born | May 18, 1889 |
| Died | September 3, 1963 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ethology, Animal cognition |
| Institutions | Darwin Museum in Moscow, Institute of Philosophy of the Soviet Academy of Sciences |
Nadezhda Nikolaevna Ladygina-Kohts (Надежда Николаевна Ладыгина-Котс; May 18, 1889 – September 3, 1963) was a Russian zoopsychologist and comparative psychologist best known for her work comparing human and chimpanzee behavior, emotion, and cognition. She is the author of several books on ape and monkey behavior and served as the co-director of the first natural history museum in Russia.