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- Title
Cross-modal matching in the monkey after discrete temporal lobe lesions.
- Authors
SAHGAL, A.; PETRIDES, M.; IVERSEN, SUSAN D.
- Abstract
ETTLINGER1, reviewing the literature on cross-modal matching in primates, concluded that whereas man and chimpanzees seemed to be capable of such matching, the evidence concerning the monkey was ambiguous. Cowey and Weiskrantz2, however, reported a method which resulted in a successful demonstration of a tactile-visual cross-modal match in normal rhesus monkeys. Their success seemed to result from the use of stimulus shapes made from powdered monkey diet, which the animal could eat. Such a training paradigm would be more natural-and therefore presumably easier-for the animal to master. In their experiment, monkeys were allowed to sample ten palatable and ten different unpalatable shapes (treated with quinine) in the dark; subsequently, the monkeys were given a choice between one palatable and one unpalatable shape, presented with the house light switched on. The monkeys chose the palatable shape significantly more often than the unpalatable, showing that a cross-modal match had occurred.
- Publication
Nature, 1975, Vol 257, Issue 5528, p672
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/257672a0