An efficient computerized testing method for the capuchin monkey (Cebus apella):: Adaptation of the LRC-CTS to a socially housed nonhuman primate species
An efficient computerized testing method for the capuchin monkey (Cebus apella):: Adaptation of the LRC-CTS to a socially housed nonhuman primate species
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DOI：
10.3758/brm.40.2.590
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发表时间：
2008-05-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Menzel, Charles R.
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作者：
Evans, Theodore A.;Beran, Michael J.;Menzel, Charles R.
即使在自动化测试技术的进步，卷尾猴(Cebus Apella)可能是一个很难在实验室测试的物种，因为它的社会/行为倾向和典型的活动模式。维持卷尾猴群体的实验室能够对个体进行分离和测试，但这个过程可能非常费力和耗时，产生的数据量可能不大。本文章描述了用于训练一群计算机幼稚的卷尾猴以快速和可靠地将它们自己与群成员隔离并与计算机化测试系统交互以产生大量数据的程序和设备。讨论了在激励猴子参与其中的几个重要因素。
Even with advances in automated testing techniques, the capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) can be a difficult species to test in the laboratory, given its social/behavioral tendencies and typical activity pattern. Laboratories that maintain social colonies of capuchin monkeys are able to separate and test individuals, but the process can be very effortful and time consuming, and the resulting data can be modest in quantity. The present article describes procedures and apparatuses that were used to train a colony of computer-naive capuchin monkeys to quickly and reliably isolate themselves from group members and interact with a computerized test system in order to produce a large volume of data. Several elements that were important in motivating the monkeys to participate are discussed.