Can puzzle feeders be used as cognitive screening instruments? Differential performance of young and aged female monkeys on a puzzle feeder task
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22898482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheree L Watson (Wake Forest University), Carol A Shively (0000-0002-1536-2288, Wake Forest University, corresponding author), Mary Lou Voytko (Wake Forest University) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-202 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Primatology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-2565 • E-ISSN: 1098-2345 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(199910)49:2<195::aid-ajp9>3.0.co;2-j |
| PMID | 10466577 |
| OpenAlex | W1976501505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
Conventional cognitive testing of monkeys is time-consuming and involves single-caging and food or water deprivation. Here we report a novel test of global cognitive performance that can be completed in a short time period without food/water or social restrictions. Nine mazes of increasing difficulty were developed using a standard puzzle feeder, and the maze-solving performance of ten young and five aged female cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) was tested. The young monkeys solved maze configurations at higher levels of difficulty and solved the first level of difficulty more quickly than aged monkeys. This task discriminated performance by age in nonhuman primates as do more conventional forms of cognitive testing and indicates that this task may be a quick and easy assessment of global cognitive function.
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive test · Developmental psychology · Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance · Morris water navigation task · Task (project management) · Water maze · Epilepsy research and treatment · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2002 - 2021 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |