Cognitive Processes of Nonhuman Primates

Cognitive Processes of Nonhuman Primates covers the proceedings of the Sixth Annual Symposium on Cognition, held at Carnegie-Mellon University on March 26 and 27, 1970. The symposium focuses on the status of research dealing with complex behavioral processes of monkeys and apes, providing insights into complex behavior of human and nonhuman primates.
Composed of nine chapters, this book covers short-term memory in the monkey and how this relates to human short-term memory. A chapter compares memory deficits that accompany brain dysfunction in animals and man. The following chapters discuss the analysis of the development of language in a young female chimpanzee and the cogent analysis of interaction between habits and concepts in the monkey. The effects of early deprived and enriched environment on later complex behavioral processes of monkeys are also explained. Moreover, this book goes on examining the nonhuman brain capacities and the continuities with human behavior. It also discusses important research comparing delayed-response performance of several species of monkeys, age groups of children, and adults.
The book will be of great help to scientists, researchers, teachers, and students who are interested in cognition processes and memory of nonhuman primates and humans.

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List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Short-Term Memory in the Monkey
The Task
General Procedures
Effects of Physical Restraint of Behavior on Short-Term Retention
The Role of Interpolated Activity in Short-Term Retention
The Importance of Repetition of the Stimulus to Be Remembered
The Importance of Stimulus Difficulty in Short-Term Retention
Intertrial Interval Effects
Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 2. Comparison of Amnesic States in Monkey and Man
Text
References
Chapter 3. Some General Characteristics of a Method for Teaching Language to Organisms That Do Not Ordinarily Acquire It
Introduction
Physical Basis of Language
Question
Negative
Better Procedures for Teaching Yes-No Questions
Strict Training Procedure: One Unknown at a Time
Property Names
Class Membership
Symbolization: When Is a Piece of Plastic a Word?
General Comments on Training Methods
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 4. The Habits and Concepts of Monkeys
Text
References
Chapter 5. The Effects of Deprived and Enriched Rearing Conditions on Later Learning: A Review
Explanations of Early Deprivation Effects
Effects of Early Experience upon Learning in Rodents
Effects on Early Experience upon Learning in Dogs
Effects of Early Experience upon Learning in Monkeys and Apes
References
Chapter 6. The Effect of Early Adverse and Enriched Environments on the Learning Ability of Rhesus Monkeys
History
Method
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
References
Chapter 7. Some Differences between Human and Other Primate Brains
Text
References
Chapter 8. Similarities in the Cognitive Processes of Monkeys and Man
Concepts and Habits
Language and Cognition
Short-Term Memory and the Control of Attention
References
Chapter 9. Species Differences in "Transmitting" Spatial Location Information
Text
References
Author Index
Subject Index