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Perceived control in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) - Enhanced video-task performanceThis investigation was designed to determine whether perceived control effects found in humans extend to rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) tested in a video-task format, using a computer-generated menu program, SELECT. Choosing one of the options in SELECT resulted in presentation of five trials of a corresponding task and subsequent return to the menu. In Experiments 1-3, the animals exhibited stable, meaningful response patterns in this task (i.e., they made choices). In Experiment 4, performance on tasks that were selected by the animals significantly exceeded performance on identical tasks when assigned by the experimenter under comparable conditions (e.g., time of day, order, variety). The reliable and significant advantage for performance on selected tasks, typically found in humans, suggests that rhesus monkeys were able to perceive the availability of choices.
Document ID
19920061918
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Washburn, David A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Hopkins, William D.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Rumbaugh, Duane M.
(Georgia State University Atlanta, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
Volume: 17
Issue: 2 19
ISSN: 0097-7403
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
92A44542
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG2-438
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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