A behavioral frequency discrimination paradigm for use in adult primates
| Autor: | William M. Jenkins, Michael M. Merzenich, Gary T. Hradek, Gregg H. Recanzone |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Communication
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Frequency discrimination Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Audiology Tactile stimuli Perception Skin surface medicine Stimulus frequency Psychology (miscellaneous) Set (psychology) Psychology business General Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 23:357-369 |
| ISSN: | 1532-5970 0743-3808 |
| DOI: | 10.3758/bf03203397 |
| Popis: | A psychophysical apparatus and procedure that can be used to define the performance and estimate the thresholds of frequency discrimination in adult primates is described. This protocol has been used to train adult owl monkeys to discriminate differences in the frequencies of successively presented sinusoidal tactile stimuli delivered to a restricted skin surface of a single digit, and to train a second set of adult owl monkeys to discriminate. differences in frequencies between paired auditory tonal stimuli. The thresholds estimated with this procedure are comparable to those measured in other primates. The advantages of using this procedure for combined behavioral and physiological studies are discussed. |
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