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Impaired performance from brief social isolation of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) - A multiple video-task assessmentSocial isolation has been demonstrated to produce profound and lasting psychological effects in young primates. In the present investigation, two adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were isolated from one another for up to 6 days and tested on 7 video tasks designed to assess psychomotor and cognitive functioning. Both the number and quality (i.e., speed and accuracy) of responses were significantly compromised in the social isolation condition relative to levels in which the animals were tested together. It is argued that adult rhesus are susceptible to performance disruption by even relatively brief social isolation, and that these effects can best be assessed by a battery of complex and sensitive measures.
Document ID
19920061919
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 University Atlanta, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Volume: 105
Issue: 2 19
ISSN: 0735-7036
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
92A44543
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-HD-06016
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG2-438
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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