Year: 1977
Type: article
Abstract: Temporal discrimination in Japanese monkeys was examined adopting a psychophysical method, originally developed in the study of pigeons, and modified in the present study by adding a sample duration prior to each trial in order to make the procedure close to the method of reproduction in human psychophysics. When only one sample duration was employed within a session, the subjects' performance was independent of the sample duration and was based simply on a differential reinforcement of latencies. Their performance was well described by a power function and revealed better temporal discrimination than that shown by pigeons. When two different sample durations were presented systematically within a session, the sample durations obtained some degree of discriminative control, although some interaction between the two sample durations occurred.
Source: Japanese Psychological Research
Authors: MASATO ITO, TOSHIO ASANO
Institutions: Osaka City University, Kyoto University
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2522168444