Utility of habituation-dishabituation procedure for comparative cognitive studies of Callithrix jacchus and Aotus spp.: preliminary assessments.
The utility of the habituation-dishabituation procedure was examined in the common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and the owl monkeys (Aotus spp.). The same movies were repeatedly shown to monkeys during an habituation phase, followed by a test phase during which monkeys were presented with a different movie. The time monkeys spent looking at the movie gradually decreased during the habituation phase and then significantly increased when they were presented the new movie. The limited findings indicate that these monkeys were sensitive to the habituation-dishabituation paradigm, suggesting that this procedure might be used to assess cognition and perception.
Kaneko
Takaaki
T
Section of Language and Intelligence, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kanrin, Inuyama 484-8506, Japan. tkaneko@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tomonaga
Masaki
M
D000818:Animals; D016645:Aotidae / Q000502:physiology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D002144:Callithrix / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009040:Motion Pictures; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012107:Research Design; D013045:Species Specificity; D014743:Videotape Recording