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Comparative assessment of psychomotor performance - Target prediction by humans and macaques (Macaca mulatta)Although nonhuman primates such as rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) have been useful models of many aspects of cognition and performance, it has been argued that, unlike humans, they may lack the capacity to respond as predictor-operators. Data from the present series of experiments undermine this claim, suggesting instead a continuity of predictive competency between humans and nonhuman primates. A prediction coefficient was devised to examine the degree to which each subject's response path approximated the optimal predictive strategy. Whereas human subjects (N= 30) generally predicted more accurately, rhesus monkeys (N= 10) also significantly anticipated the movements of the target in all conditions. It appears that humans and rhesus monkeys both exhibit the capacity to respond to where a stimulus is going.
Document ID
19930049038
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Washburn, David A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Rumbaugh, Duane M.
(Georgia State Univ. Atlanta, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Volume: 121
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0096-3445
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
93A33035
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG2-438
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-HD-06016
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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