Motor self-regulation in goats ( Capra aegagrus hircus ) in a detour-reaching task

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 6; p. e5139
• Main Author: Langbein, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States PeerJ. Ltd 05.07.2018; PeerJ, Inc; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: Agricultural Science; Analysis; Animal Behavior; Animal cognition; Baiting; Birds; Brain research; Capra aegagrus hircus; Cognitive ability; Cylinder task; Detour task; Goat; Goats; Inhibition; Latency; Learning; Mammals; Monkeys & apes; Motor self-regulation; Motor task performance; Problem solving; Psychological aspects; Reinforcement; Self control; Goat; Inhibition; Detour task; Motor self-regulation; Cylinder task

Motor self-regulation is the ability to inhibit a prepotent response to a salient cue in favour of a more appropriate response. Motor self-regulation is an important component of the processes that interact to generate effective inhibitory control of behaviour, and is theorized to be a prerequisite...