TY - JOUR
T1 - Temporal pattern of exploratory behavior during 24-hour sessions in a Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata) troop
AU - Yamamoto, Jun'ichi
AU - Higuchi, Yoshiharu
AU - Asano, Toshio
PY - 1987/4
Y1 - 1987/4
N2 - The temporal pattern of exploratory behavior of a troop of Japanese monkeys to a novel apparatus introduced into their habitat was examined during four successive 24-hour periods. An "exploratory behavior" was defined as a press to a transilluminated panel within the apparatus. These presses had no scheduled consequences. The results showed that: (1) there was no responding from 1900 to 0600 hours; and (2) that day-time responding was bimodal, with activity peaking between 1000 and 1100, and 1600 and 1700 hours. These findings were discussed in terms of field studies and operant-based research which have studied diurnal processes in monkeys.
AB - The temporal pattern of exploratory behavior of a troop of Japanese monkeys to a novel apparatus introduced into their habitat was examined during four successive 24-hour periods. An "exploratory behavior" was defined as a press to a transilluminated panel within the apparatus. These presses had no scheduled consequences. The results showed that: (1) there was no responding from 1900 to 0600 hours; and (2) that day-time responding was bimodal, with activity peaking between 1000 and 1100, and 1600 and 1700 hours. These findings were discussed in terms of field studies and operant-based research which have studied diurnal processes in monkeys.
KW - 24-hour experiment
KW - Japanese monkey troop
KW - bar-press
KW - diurnality
KW - exploratory behavior
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U2 - 10.1016/0376-6357(87)90046-5
DO - 10.1016/0376-6357(87)90046-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38249037501
SN - 0376-6357
VL - 14
SP - 217
EP - 223
JO - Behavioural Processes
JF - Behavioural Processes
IS - 2
ER -