Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Perceived control in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta): enhanced video-task performance.

D A Washburn1, W D Hopkins, D M Rumbaugh

  • 1Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30303.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Animal Behavior Processes
|April 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Rhesus monkeys demonstrated perceived control, performing better on tasks they selected versus those assigned. This suggests monkeys, like humans, can recognize and utilize choice availability.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Age- and sex-related differences in baboon (Papio anubis) gray matter covariation.

Neurobiology of aging·2023
Same author

Phenotypic and genetic associations between gray matter covariation and tool use skill in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Repeatability in two genetically isolated populations.

NeuroImage·2022
Same author

A neuroanatomical predictor of mirror self-recognition in chimpanzees.

Social cognitive and affective neuroscience·2016
Same author

Letter to the Editor: Avoiding a lost opportunity for psychological medicine: importance of chimpanzee research to the National Institutes of Health portfolio.

Psychological medicine·2016
Same author

The influence of AVPR1A genotype on individual differences in behaviors during a mirror self-recognition task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

Genes, brain, and behavior·2016
Same author

DUF1220 protein domains drive proliferation in human neural stem cells and are associated with increased cortical volume in anthropoid primates.

Brain structure & function·2014

Area of Science:

  • Animal Cognition
  • Comparative Psychology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

Background:

  • Perceived control significantly impacts human task performance and well-being.
  • Previous research has primarily focused on human subjects regarding the effects of perceived control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if perceived control effects observed in humans are also present in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).
  • To explore rhesus monkeys' ability to perceive and act upon the availability of choices in a controlled experimental setting.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a video-task format with a computer-generated menu program called SELECT for rhesus monkeys.
  • Monkeys made choices from the menu, leading to task presentations, with stable response patterns observed across initial experiments.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Experiment 4 directly compared performance on self-selected versus experimenter-assigned tasks under identical conditions.

    • Main Results:

    • Rhesus monkeys exhibited stable and meaningful choice-making behaviors within the SELECT program.
    • Performance on tasks selected by the monkeys was significantly superior to performance on identical tasks assigned by the experimenter.
    • This performance advantage for self-selected tasks was consistent and statistically significant.

    Conclusions:

    • Rhesus monkeys demonstrate a capacity for perceived control, mirroring findings in human studies.
    • The results suggest that rhesus monkeys can perceive the availability of choices and that this perception influences their task performance.
    • This study extends the understanding of perceived control to non-human primates, highlighting shared cognitive mechanisms.