Training rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) using the Computerized Test System

摘要

The Language Research Center's Computerized Test System (LRC-CTS) has proven to be a useful apparatus for comparative investigations of a variety of cognitive, social, 'human factors,' and bio-behavioral issues. It has been successfully employed at numerous laboratories with humans and a variety of nonhuman primate species. However, the majority of experiments published to date in which the LRC-CTS was used have tested only a small number of research subjects. Whereas this illustrates the power and sensitivity of the research paradigm, it also indicates that more is reported about utilizing the technology than about training the monkeys. The present report reviews the procedures and results from efforts to train additional rhesus monkeys on the LRC-CTS task battery.