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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Laurie Santos: Experimental Psychologist
Season 2009
Episode 36
Laurie is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Yale University. She studies monkey behavior to learn more about humans, particularly in the area of economics. She is also a photographer specializing in images of monkey feet.
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