A computer touch screen system and training procedure for use with primate infants: Results from pigtail monkeys ( Macaca nemestrina ) | Zendy

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A computer touch screen system and training procedure for use with primate infants: Results from pigtail monkeys ( Macaca nemestrina )

Author(s) -

Mandell Dorothy J.,

Sackett Gene P.

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

developmental psychobiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 1098-2302

pISSN - 0012-1630

DOI - 10.1002/dev.20251

Subject(s) - macaca nemestrina , primate , psychology , perception , cognition , stimulus (psychology) , developmental psychology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , macaque

Computerized cognitive and perceptual testing has resulted in many advances towards understanding adult brain–behavior relations across a variety of abilities and species. However, there has been little migration of this technology to the assessment of very young primate subjects. We describe a training procedure and software that was developed to teach infant monkeys to interact with a touch screen computer. Eighteen infant pigtail macaques began training at 90‐postnatal days and five began at 180‐postnatal days. All animals were trained to reliably touch a stimulus presented on a computer screen and no significant differences were found between the two age groups. The results demonstrate the feasibility of using computers to assess cognitive and perceptual abilities early in development. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 50: 160–170, 2008.

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