Implementation of automated cognitive testing systems for socially housed rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and squirrel (Saimiri spp.) monkeys: Age differences in learning

• Published in: Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) Vol. 139; no. 2; p. 124
• Main Authors: Mulholland, Michele M, Whitham, Will, Berkey, Michael, Pytka, Lisa M, Pierre, Peter, Hopkins, William D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2025
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aging - physiology; Animals; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Cognition - physiology; Discrimination Learning - physiology; Female; Learning - physiology; Macaca mulatta - physiology; Male; Recognition, Psychology - physiology; Saimiri - physiology

Utilizing Automated Cognitive Testing Systems (ACTS) with group-housed nonhuman primates offers a number of advantages over manual testing and computerized testing of singly housed subjects. To date, ACTS usage has been limited to great apes or African monkeys. Here, we detail what we have learned w...