VISUAL SLIDES ON SELF INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR IN RHESUS MONKEYS (MACACA MULATTA)

自我伤害行为（SIB） 与侵略有关。 我们发现患有SIB的猴子威胁， 攻击，发声更多，表现出更少的服从姿态， 对照 此外，这些威胁与 猴子咬自己的情节。 这些发现并 没有回答是否其他人的行为活动 猴子（例如，威胁）充当SIB的触发器。 的目的 这项研究是让猴子接触描绘各种各样的幻灯片图像 猴子的行为，包括威胁，并确定这些 暴露影响SIB。 受试者为21名单独居住的成年人， 雄性恒河猴（13只有SIB兽医记录，8只有SIB兽医记录） 对照）。 在两场幻灯片演示期间， 接触了12张载玻片。 每张载玻片在屏幕上显示15秒。 一段时间，然后是1分钟的滑动间隔。 的反应 受试者被记录下来，观察者对幻灯片不知情。 顺序 所有的猴子都注意到了幻灯片， 滑动期间的观看时间比滑动间的观看时间长 interval. 载玻片类型对自咬水平没有影响， 起搏 因此，无论是猴子能够区分 来自真实的生活动作的二维图像，或者它们看起来 影响

It has been suggested that self-injurious behavior (SIB) is related to aggression. We have found that monkeys with SIB threaten, aggress, and vocalize more and show fewer submitting postures than controls. Furthermore, these threats are significantly associated with episodes in which the monkeys bite themselves. These findings do not answer the question as to whether behavioral activity from other monkeys (e.g., threats) serve as a trigger for SIB. The purpose of this study was to expose monkeys to slide images depicting a variety of monkey behaviors including threats, and determine how these exposures influence SIB. Subjects were 21 individually housed adult male rhesus monkeys (13 with a veterinary record of SIB and 8 controls). During the two sessions of slide presentation, monkeys were exposed to 12 slides. Each slide was on screen for a 15-sec. period followed by a 1-minute interslide interval. The reaction of the subjects was recorded, and observers were blind to the slide sequence. All monkeys attended to the slides and showed a higher duration of looking during the slide period than during the interslide interval. Slide type had no effect on the levels of self-biting or pacing. Therefore, either monkeys are able to distinguish two-dimensional images from real life actions or they are seemingly unaffected