Chapter 1 - Discrete-Trial Training Techniques and Stimulus Variables1

Publisher Summary This chapter presents the factors known to govern the efficiency with which the nonhuman primates learn in situations that involve a trial-by-trial approach. The variables of interest are the nature of the cues, their modes of presentation to the subject, and the spatiotemporal relations of cues to responses and rewards. There now is a most substantial body of research related to this group of variables, and it has been shown that very powerful effects can be produced by their manipulation. The chapter also presents methods that involve the use of discriminanda and presents experiments in which the visual cues are of a fairly complex nature.

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