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Video-task assessment of learning and memory in Macaques (Macaca mulatta) - Effects of stimulus movement on performanceEffects of stimulus movement on learning, transfer, matching, and short-term memory performance were assessed with 2 monkeys using a video-task paradigm in which the animals responded to computer-generated images by manipulating a joystick. Performance on tests of learning set, transfer index, matching to sample, and delayed matching to sample in the video-task paradigm was comparable to that obtained in previous investigations using the Wisconsin General Testing Apparatus. Additionally, learning, transfer, and matching were reliably and significantly better when the stimuli or discriminanda moved than when the stimuli were stationary. External manipulations such as stimulus movement may increase attention to the demands of a task, which in turn should increase the efficiency of learning. These findings have implications for the investigation of learning in other populations, as well as for the application of the video-task paradigm to comparative study.
Document ID
19900046966
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Washburn, David A.
(Georgia State Univ. Atlanta, GA, United States)
Hopkins, William D.
(Georgia State Univ. Atlanta, GA, United States)
Rumbaugh, Duane M.
(Georgia State University Atlanta, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
Volume: 15
Issue: 4 19
ISSN: 0097-7403
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
90A34021
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-HD-06016
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG2-438
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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