title: Testing primates with joystick-based automated apparatus:  lessons from the Language Research Center's Computerized Test System.
abstract: Nonhuman primates provide useful models for studying a variety of medical, biological, and behavioral topics.  Four years of joystick-based automated testing of monkeys using the Language Research Center's Computerized Test System (LRC-CTS) are examined to derive hints and principles for comparable testing with other species--including humans.  The results of multiple parametric studies are reviewed, and reliability data are presented to reveal the surprises and pitfalls associated with video-task testing of performance.
authors.affiliation: Sonny Carter Life Sciences Laboratory, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Washburn
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rumbaugh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D003201:Computers; D003626:Data Display; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000523:psychology*; D011323:Primates / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011587:Psychology, Comparative; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D018910:Video Games