NDLI: Exploration and learning in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.): the role of action

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Author	Polizzi di Sorrenti, Eugenia Sabbatini, Gloria Truppa, Valentina Bordonali, Anna Taffoni, Fabrizio Formica, Domenico Baldassarre, Gianluca Mirolli, Marco Guglielmelli, Eugenio Visalberghi, Elisabetta
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Animals have a strong propensity to explore the environment. Spontaneous exploration has a great biological significance since it allows animals to discover and learn the relation between specific behaviours and their consequences. The role of the contingency between action and outcome for learning has been mainly investigated in instrumental learning settings and much less in free exploration contexts. We tested 16 capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.) with a mechatronic platform that allowed complex modules to be manipulated and to produce different outcomes. Experimental subjects could manipulate the modules and discover the contingencies between their own specific actions and the outcomes produced (i.e., the opening and lighting of a box). By contrast, Control subjects could operate on the modules, but the outcomes experienced were those performed by their paired Experimental subjects (“yoked-control” paradigm). In the exploration phase, in which no food reward was present, Experimental subjects spent more time on the board and manipulated the modules more than Yoked subjects. Experimental subjects outperformed Yoked subjects in the following test phase, where success required recalling the effective action so to open the box, now baited with food. These findings demonstrate that the opportunity to experience action–outcome contingencies in the absence of extrinsic rewards promotes capuchins’ exploration and facilitates learning processes. Thus, this intrinsically motivated learning represents a powerful mechanism allowing the acquisition of skills and cognitive competence that the individual can later exploit for adaptive purposes.
Starting Page	1081
Ending Page	1088
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14359448
Journal	Animal Cognition
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	14359456
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-03-18
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Learning Intrinsic motivation Contingency Mechatronic platform Behavioural Sciences Zoology Human Physiology Evolutionary Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Book Review
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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