Design and Operation of an Exercise Device for Subhuman Primates

Abstract

The construction of an activity wheel to exercise subhuman primates is described and a sample cumulative record of steady-state responding is presented. The wheel consists of a Lucite and aluminum bar circular cage which rotates freely on four roller bearings inside two stationaly Lucite walls. The aluminum bars act as a circular treadmill and as a shock grid for conditioning the animals. A free-operant avoidance paradigm utilizing visual and auditory control stimuli can be used to condition and maintain stable rates of responding. Pressplates and one-plane readouts are also installed on one stationary wall to permit the training of animals to additional discriminated avoidance tasks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0744635

Entities

People

  • C. R. Curran
  • D. N. Stevens
  • W. R. Wiegel

Organizations

  • Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Aluminum
  • Animals
  • Control Panels
  • Diagrams
  • Diameters
  • Generators
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Physical Activity
  • Power Supplies
  • Pulse Generators
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Switches
  • Toggle Switches
  • Wiring Diagrams

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).