Cognitive Imitation in Rhesus Macaques
@article{Subiaul2004CognitiveII,
title={Cognitive Imitation in Rhesus Macaques},
author={Francys Subiaul and Jessica F. Cantlon and Ralph L. Holloway, and Herbert S. Terrace},
journal={Science},
year={2004},
volume={305},
pages={407 - 410}
}Experiments on imitation typically evaluate a student's ability to copy some feature of an expert's motor behavior. Here, we describe a type of observational learning in which a student copies a cognitive rule rather than a specific motor action. Two rhesus macaques were trained to respond, in a prescribed order, to different sets of photographs that were displayed on a touch-sensitive monitor. Because the position of the photographs varied randomly from trial to trial, sequences could not be…
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