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Primate cognition in captivity
The study of primates in captivity has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, researchers gain experimental control over such variables as the locations and timing of stimulus presentations. In principle, this permits high confidence in claims of relations between manipulated variables and responses. On the other hand, large differences in the specific ecologies of captive environments impose constraints on generalizations beyond the specific laboratories in which animals are tested. Here, the authors highlight some recent contributions to understanding primate cognition from work in captivity. The authors give special attention to the value of captive populations for understanding environmental influences on cognitive development, which is especially apparent and easily measured among captive primate populations. Primates adapt to the specific ecological circumstances of their direct experience, and this flexibility in developmental mechanisms across a range of rearing environments is not manifest in any single ontogenetic context, but requires consideration across diverse contexts.
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Oxford University PressBook title
Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic EvolutionISBN
9780198813781Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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Chris Sinha, Nathalie Gontier, Andy LockLegacy Posted Date
2019-08-05First Open Access (FOA) Date
2022-04-15First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-08-02Usage metrics
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