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SUBMITTER: Edwards BJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3929502 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Edwards Brian J BJ Rottman Benjamin M BM Shankar Maya M Betzler Riana R Chituc Vladimir V Rodriguez Ricardo R Silva Liara L Wibecan Leah L Widness Jane J Santos Laurie R LR
PloS one 20140219 2
We adapted a method from developmental psychology to explore whether capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) would place objects on a "blicket detector" machine to diagnose causal relations in the absence of a direct reward. Across five experiments, monkeys could place different objects on the machine and obtain evidence about the objects' causal properties based on whether each object "activated" the machine. In Experiments 1-3, monkeys received both audiovisual cues and a food reward whenever the mach ...[more]