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    "pk": 24599,
    "title": "Virtually anything can happen: investigating short-term memory in capuchin monkeys using virtual environments",
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    "abstract": "Computerised technology is an increasingly popular tool for cognitive testing with non-human animals and has numerous benefits, such as tighter control over stimuli presentation and recording responses. Recently, virtual environment (VE) software has been successfully implemented in cognitive research with non-human primates. In VEs, novel stimuli can be presented in innovative ways allowing us to study phenomena in novel ways unrestricted by real-world space. We present evidence from capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) in a delayed-response task within a VE presented on a touchscreen. We compared capuchins' short-term memory performance between a VE task and an equivalent physical task. Preliminary data shows an effect of delay on accuracy in the VE, as in the physical task. We show that VE are a feasible method for studying cognition with capuchin monkeys, offering an engaging way to study primate cognition in without the physical constraints that are often present when designing apparatuses.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Psychology; Animal cognition; Evolution; Memory; Computer-based experiment; Statistics"
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/40s43396",
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        {
            "first_name": "Andreea",
            "middle_name": "Miruna",
            "last_name": "Miscov",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of St Andrews",
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        {
            "first_name": "Emma",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "McEwen",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of St Andrews",
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        },
        {
            "first_name": "Amanda",
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            "last_name": "Seed",
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            "institution": "University of St Andrews",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2024-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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