<P> Soon after moving in with Butler, Genie started showing the first signs of reaching puberty, marking dramatic improvement in her overall physical health and definitively putting her past Lenneberg's proposed critical period for language acquisition . Butler continued to observe and document Genie's hoarding, in particular noting that Genie collected and kept dozens of containers of liquid in her room . Although she could not discern the reason for Genie's intense fear of cats and dogs, after witnessing it firsthand Butler and the man she was dating--who was a retired University of Southern California professor and psychologist--tried to help her overcome it by watching episodes of the television series Lassie with her and giving her a battery - powered toy dog . Butler wrote that Genie could eventually tolerate fenced dogs, but that there was no progress with cats . </P> <P> In her journal, Butler wrote that she had gotten Genie to stop attacking herself when angry and had taught Genie to instead express her anger through words or by hitting objects . Butler also claimed that, shortly after moving in with her, Genie had become noticeably more talkative and that she had made substantial progress with her language acquisition . In an early August letter to Jay Shurley, she wrote that the man she was dating had also noticed and commented on the improvement in her language . Genie's incontinence gradually improved until, by the end of her stay, it had almost entirely gone away . </P> <P> Genie's mother continued to visit Genie, and around the time Genie moved in with Butler Genie's mother received corrective cataract surgery which restored much of her vision . During Genie's stay Butler had the man she was dating move in with her, believing that authorities would view her pending foster application more favorably if she offered a two - parent home . However, Butler began to strenuously resist visits from the researchers, who she felt overtaxed Genie, and began disparagingly referring to them as the "Genie team", a nickname which stuck . Butler particularly seemed to dislike James Kent and Susan Curtiss, preventing both from visiting during the latter part of Genie's stay, and also had several disagreements with Rigler, although he said their disputes were never as personal or as heated as she portrayed them . </P> <P> Researchers believed Butler had good intentions for Genie, but criticized Butler's unwillingness to work with them and thought she negatively affected Genie's care and the case study . They strongly contested Butler's claims of pushing Genie too hard, contending that she enjoyed the tests and could take breaks at will, and both Curtiss and Kent emphatically denied Butler's accusations towards them . The research team viewed Butler as personally troubled, noting her longstanding and widely known reputation for combativeness among coworkers and superiors . Several of the scientists, including Curtiss and Howard Hansen, recalled Butler openly stating that she hoped Genie would make her famous, and Curtiss especially remembered Butler repeatedly proclaiming her intent to be "the next Anne Sullivan". </P>

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