The Development, Maintenance, and Mathematical Description of Tracking Behavior in Man and the Rhesus Monkey.
Abstract
The overall objective of this research was to explore several possible training methods to produce efficient compensatory tracking in the rhesus monkey. Various approaches were used. Several animals were successfully trained and a five-parameter model was developed to describe this behavior mathematically. A major finding was that no detrimental effects were evidenced following a shift from pursuit to compensatory tracking. This finding agrees with the findings of others in human tracking situations and illustrates another similarity between human and subhuman response to discrete tracking tasks. The study showed that no special retraining procedures are required to train subhuman primates on either pursuit or compensatory tracking and this feature, that of a universal training methods, was a primary goal of this research. Another major finding was that, based on the assumption that low doses of tranquilizing drugs may improve tracking efficiency of shock conditioned animals, it appears that the effect of tranquilizers was dependent as much on the individual animal as it was on dose level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 19, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA038006
Entities
People
- D. F. Mccoy
- P. K. Bhagat
Organizations
- University of Kentucky