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Effective use of a joystick by an infant monkey
Author(s) -
Andrews Michael W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350320206
Subject(s) - joystick , macaque , task (project management) , psychology , developmental psychology , audiology , computer science , physical medicine and rehabilitation , simulation , medicine , neuroscience , management , economics
The acquisition of the ability to use a joystick to maintain contact between a cursor and moving target is described for an infant bonnet macaque ( Macaca radiata ). The infant was first exposed to a very elementary joystick task while living in a social group at the age of 3.5 months. With task difficulty increased in small increments over a total of only 9 weeks of access to the tasks, the infant was able to maintain contact with a small moving target for over 2.5 sec by the age of 7.5 months. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.