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dc.contributor.authorde Faria Brino, Ana Leda
dc.contributor.authorda Silva Campos, Rodolfo
dc.contributor.authorde Faria Galvao, Olavo
dc.contributor.authorMcIlvane, William J.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:09:08.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T16:18:30Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T16:18:30Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-01
dc.date.submitted2015-06-09
dc.identifier.citationde Faria Brino AL, da Silva Campos R, de Faria Galvão O, McIlvane WJ. Blank-comparison matching-to-sample reveals a false positive symmetry test in a capuchin monkey. Psychol Neurosci. 2014 Jun 1;7(2):193-198. PubMed PMID: 25383161; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4219868. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3922/j.psns.2014.008">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn1984-3054 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.3922/j.psns.2014.008
dc.identifier.pmid25383161
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/34832
dc.description.abstractA positive symmetry test result was obtained with a capuchin monkey that had previously exhibited virtually errorless AB and BA arbitrary matching-to-sample (MTS) with different stimuli. The symmetry test (BA) followed the acquisition of a new AB relation. It seemed possible, however, that the positive result could have occurred through the exclusion of previously defined comparison stimuli and not because the new AB and BA relations had the property of symmetry. To assess this possibility, a blank-comparison MTS procedure was implemented that permitted the separate assessment of select and reject (i.e., exclusion) control with both baseline and BA matching relations. In this assessment, the monkey did not exhibit reliable BA matching when exclusion was not possible, thus showing that the symmetry result was a false positive. However, the study demonstrated the feasibility of using a blank comparison MTS procedure with capuchins. The present results may set the stage for more successful methodology for establishing desired forms of relational stimulus control in capuchins and ultimately improving the assessment of relational learning capacity in that species, other nonhuman species, and nonverbal humans.
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dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219868/
dc.subjectExperimental Analysis of Behavior
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.titleBlank-comparison matching-to-sample reveals a false positive symmetry test in a capuchin monkey
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitlePsychology and neuroscience
dc.source.volume7
dc.source.issue2
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/iddrc_pubs/53
dc.identifier.contextkey7195565
html.description.abstract<p>A positive symmetry test result was obtained with a capuchin monkey that had previously exhibited virtually errorless AB and BA arbitrary matching-to-sample (MTS) with different stimuli. The symmetry test (BA) followed the acquisition of a new AB relation. It seemed possible, however, that the positive result could have occurred through the exclusion of previously defined comparison stimuli and not because the new AB and BA relations had the property of symmetry. To assess this possibility, a blank-comparison MTS procedure was implemented that permitted the separate assessment of select and reject (i.e., exclusion) control with both baseline and BA matching relations. In this assessment, the monkey did not exhibit reliable BA matching when exclusion was not possible, thus showing that the symmetry result was a false positive. However, the study demonstrated the feasibility of using a blank comparison MTS procedure with capuchins. The present results may set the stage for more successful methodology for establishing desired forms of relational stimulus control in capuchins and ultimately improving the assessment of relational learning capacity in that species, other nonhuman species, and nonverbal humans.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathiddrc_pubs/53
dc.contributor.departmentShriver Center
dc.contributor.departmentIntellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
dc.source.pages193-198


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