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2247039

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
A battery of operant behavioral tasks, designed to monitor complex "cognitive" functions in monkeys, was adapted for use in children. Adaptations were then incorporated into the monkey battery so that monkeys and children performed exactly the same tasks. Food pellets served as reinforcers for monkeys; nickels for children. Correct responding in a task is thought to depend upon relatively specific brain functions including short-term memory and attention, learning, time perception, motivation, and color and position discrimination. Eight 4-year-old rhesus monkeys served as subjects, and groups (n = 10 to 20) of 4- to 8-year-old children were recruited if they were not known to have any neurological, academic or behavioral problems. In performance of only the learning task was there any significant difference between monkeys and children. This difference was in response rate (not accuracy), with the monkeys responding faster than children. This lone difference in operant responding between monkeys and children was likely due to the fact that monkeys generally use all four appendages to respond whereas children generally do not.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0892-0362
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
503-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Monkey versus human performance in the NCTR Operant Test Battery.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't