NARROWING OF ATTENTION IN RHESUS MONKEYS AS A CHRONIC EFFECT OF SUBLETHAL RADIATION,

Abstract

The subjects in this experiment were Macaca mulatta (rhesus) monkeys. Three groups--low dose irradiated, high dose irradiated, and control nonirradiated--were trained on a simple black-white discrimination. The results are interpreted to indicate a wider scope of attention in control and low dose irradiated subjects. These subjects attended to cues of position while they were learning the black-white discrimination, but high dose irradiated subjects indicated no such attention to the irrelevant cues of position. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1958
Accession Number
AD0681071

Entities

People

  • John E. Overall
  • W. Lynn Brown

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Discrimination
  • Learning
  • Monkeys
  • Radiation
  • Rhesus Monkeys

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.