Visual Delayed and Serial Probe Recognition by a Bottlenosed Dolphin - Susan H. Reeve
University of Hawaii, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Lboratory, 1129 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI, USA, 96814 -
- (C) 1994 University of Hawaii
A bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was able to judge whether a second of two visually presented objects was the “same” as, or “different” from, the preceding one. She furthermore demonstrated immediate transfer of the “same/different” rule to novel stimuli. Further tests demonstrated a lack of effect of duration of exposure of the first object (3, 4, and 7s) or the duration of delay 93, 10, and 21s) before exposure of the second object. The dolphin was also able to judge whether a third visually-presented (probe) object, in a series of three, was the “same” as either of the preceding two, or “different” from both. Judgments were as accurate when the first item in the list matched the probe object as when the second item matched.
- Reeve, S. H. (1994). Visual Delayed and Serial Probe Recognition by a Bottlenosed Dolphin. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
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