# Francine Patterson

> Francine "Penny" Patterson is an American animal psychologist. From 1972 onwards, she taught a modified form of American Sign Language, which she called "Gorilla Sign Language" (GSL), to a gorilla named Koko. The scientific validity of Patterson's claims about the extent of Koko's language mastery has been widely rejected in linguistic and other specialist circles.

*American researcher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/francine-patterson

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1947-02-13
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1166890/ (@nm1166890)

## Sources
- [Паттерсон, Франсин](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5479859)

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