title: Efficient cooperative restraint training with rhesus macaques.
abstract: It is sometimes necessary for nonhuman primates to be restrained during biomedical and psychosocial research. Such restraint is often accomplished using a "primate chair." This article details a method for training adult rhesus macaques to cooperate with a chair restraint procedure using positive and negative reinforcement. Successful training was accomplished rapidly in approximately 14 training days. The success of this training technique suggests that this method represents a refinement to traditional techniques. Further, this method worked effectively for animals previously deemed unfit for traditional pole-and-collar training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. eblissmoreau@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Eliza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bliss-Moreau
authors.forename: Jacob H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Theil
authors.forename: Gilda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moadab
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000523:psychology*; D012201:Reward
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