Manipulative and token-mediated communicative behavior

操纵性和象征性的沟通行为

• 批准号: 6400535
• 负责人: Greg Westergaard
• 金额: $ 8.69万
• 依托单位: ALPHA GENESIS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-08-01 至 2003-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6400535
• 关键词: Cebidae; animal communication behavior; animal developmental psychology; behavior test; behavioral /social science research tag; early experience; ethology; evolution; longitudinal animal study; nonbiomedical equipment; paralinguistic behavior; personality; psychomotor function; social behavior; social group process; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research project is designed to further current knowledge of cognitive, social, and neurological processes that underlie the development of hierarchical manipulative and token-mediated communicative behavior in human and nonhuman primates. This goal will be accomplished by conducting in-depth, longitudinal comparative studies of tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella), a primate species known for its anomalous combinatorial skills. Research by the Principal Investigator (PI) has shown that capuchin monkeys exhibit manipulative strategies analogous to those exhibited by great apes and human children. The PI now seeks to conduct additional research which will seek to examine the following four target areas: 1) Inter-animal communication; 2) generalization of communicative behavior; 3) inter-individual differences in the development of token-mediated communication; and 4) the relation between the use of tokens and the production and use of stone tools. We seek to broaden the skill set of our animals to include naming aspects of tokens and tools, use of a large set of tool sites, and sequential use of different type of tools for a single task (tool-combinations in order to test hypotheses concerning human-ape/monkey evolutionary continuity of combinatorial knowledge base generated through years of research utilizing capuchin monkeys as experimental subjects. In addition technologies and test procedures adapted from studies with great apes and humans will be developed further for use phase of this research. The present set of experiments will advance our understanding of evolutionary and developmental processes that underlie the manipulative and communicative capacities of primates, including modern humans, great apes, and their direct prehistoric predecessors.

描述（由申请人提供）： 该研究项目旨在进一步了解认知， 社会和神经过程的发展 人类的分层操纵和令牌介导的交流行为 和非人类灵长类动物。 这个目标将通过深入实现， 簇状卷尾猴（Cebus apella）的纵向比较研究，A 灵长类动物以其异常组合技能而闻名。 研究 首席研究员（PI）表明，卷尾猴猴子展出 操纵策略类似于大猿和人类展示的策略 孩子们。 PI现在试图进行其他研究，以寻求 检查以下四个目标领域：1）动物间沟通； 2） 交流行为的概括； 3）个体间差异 令牌介导的沟通的发展； 4） 代币的使用以及石材工具的生产和使用。 我们寻求 扩大我们动物的技巧，包括命名令牌和 工具，大量工具站点的使用以及不同类型的顺序使用 用于单个任务的工具（工具组合以检验假设 关于组合知识的人类和猴子/猴子的进化连续性 通过多年的研究产生的基础，利用卷尾猴作为 实验主题。 此外，适应的技术和测试程序 从对大猿和人类的研究中将进一步开发 这项研究的阶段。 目前的实验将推进我们的 了解进化和发展过程的理解 灵长类动物的操纵和交流能力，包括现代 人类，伟大的猿猴及其直接史前的前辈。