Waiting for what comes later: capuchin monkeys show self-control even for nonvisible delayed rewards

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Bonnie Perdue, Jessica Bramlett, Theodore Evans, Michael Beran]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Animal Cognition, 18/5(2015-09-01), 1105-1112
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Self-control tasks used with nonhuman animals typically involve the choice between an immediate option and a delayed, but more preferred option. However, in many self-control scenarios, not only does the more impulsive option come sooner in time, it is often more concrete than the delayed option. For example, studies have presented children with the option of eating a visible marshmallow immediately, or foregoing it for a better reward that can only be seen later. Thus, the immediately available option is visible and concrete, whereas the delayed option is not visible and more abstract. We tested eight capuchin monkeys to better understand this potential effect by manipulating the visibility of the response options and the visibility of the baiting itself. Monkeys observed two food items (20 or 5g pieces of banana) each being placed either on top of or inside of one of the two opaque containers attached to a revolving tray apparatus, either in full view of monkeys or occluded by a barrier. Trials ended when monkeys removed a reward from the rotating tray. To demonstrate self-control, monkeys should have allowed the smaller piece of food to pass if the larger piece was forthcoming. Overall, monkeys were successful on the task, allowing a smaller, visible piece of banana to pass from reach in order to access the larger, nonvisible banana piece. This was true even when the entire baiting process took place out of sight of the monkeys. This finding suggests that capuchin monkeys succeed on self-control tasks even when the delayed option is also more abstract than the immediate one—a situation likely faced by primates in everyday life. 
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690 7 |a Self-control  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Capuchin monkeys  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Delay of gratification  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Inhibition  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Perdue  |D Bonnie  |u Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Bramlett  |D Jessica  |u Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Evans  |D Theodore  |u Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Beran  |D Michael  |u Language Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA  |4 aut 
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