The effect of reward value on the performance of long-tailed macaques (<i>Macaca fascicularis</i>) in a delay-of-gratification exchange task.

ABSTRACT: In the context of a global research initiative called ManyPrimates, scientists from around the world collaborated to collect data aimed at comparing the ability of various primate species to delay gratification. Our contribution to this project involved collecting data from long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Our findings indicated that these macaques rarely opted to exchange a given food item for a larger food reward at a later time. However, we suspected that the experimental protocol might not accurately capture the macaques' actual capacity to delay gratification. Specifically, possessing a highly desirable food item might discourage the monkeys' participation in food exchange and delay-of-gratification tasks. To explore whether this potential mental distraction was affe

SUBMITTER: Stolla JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12824853 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature