Testing primates with joystick-based automated apparatus: Lessons from the Language Research Center’s Computerized Test System

Nonhuman primates provide useful models for studying a variety of medical, biological, and behavioral topics. Four years of joystick-based automated testing of monkeys using the Language Research Center’s Computerized Test System (LRC-CTS) are examined to derive hints and principle for comparable testing with other species-including humans. The results of multiple parametric studies are reviewed, and reliability data are presented to reveal the surprises and pitfalls associated with video-task testing of performance.

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