Competitive control of cognition in rhesus monkeys

• Published in: Cognition Vol. 157; pp. 146 - 155
• Main Authors: Kowaguchi, Mayuka, Patel, Nirali P., Bunnell, Megan E., Kralik, Jerald D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2016; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Animal cognition; Animals; Association Learning; Associative learning; Brain; Choice Behavior; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Cognitive control; Competition; Conceptual knowledge; Control; Cues; Decision-making; Executive Function; Learning; Macaca mulatta; Macaca mulatta - psychology; Male; Monkeys & apes; Primates; Problem Solving; Reasoning; Reinforcement; Reward; Species Specificity; Tertiary relationships; Tool use; Tool Use Behavior; Visual Perception; Decision-making; Conceptual knowledge; Reasoning; Reward; Problem-solving; Tool use; Tertiary relationships; Cognitive control

•Stimuli can be processed by associative (A) or reasoning (R) processes.•How these process types are selected, however, remains unclear.•We tested rhesus monkeys with a novel tool-use paradigm.•Their responses reflected R over A; the stimuli used reflected A prior to R.•The findings support the cont...