PREFERRED DIMENSIONS IN DISCRIMINATION LEARNING BY MONKEYS

Abstract

Twelve naive rhesus monkeys were trained on three new color discriminations and three new form discriminations each day for 100 days, each type of problem being presented on a distinctively colored background. They were also given four ambiguous problems in which the stimuli differed in both color and form, two on the color background and two on the form background. The monkeys developed a systematic preference for solution according to color. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1961
Accession Number
AD0253652

Entities

People

  • A.j. Riopelle
  • G.h. Aebersold
  • J.n. Cronholm

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Discrimination
  • Learning
  • Monkeys
  • Rhesus Monkeys

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.