Motor self-regulation in goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) in a detour-reaching task.

ABSTRACT: Motor self-regulation is the ability to inhibit a prepotent response to a salient cue in favour of a more appropriate response. Motor self-regulation is an important component of the processes that interact to generate effective inhibitory control of behaviour, and is theorized to be a prerequisite of complex cognitive abilities in humans and other animals. In a large comparative study using the cylinder task, motor self-regulation was studied in 36 different species, mostly birds and primates. To broaden the range of species to comprehensively evaluate this phenomenon, motor self-regulation was studied in the domestic goat, which is a social ungulate species and moderate food specialist. Using the cylinder task, goats were first trained to perform a detour-reaching response to retrieve a

SUBMITTER: Langbein J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6035861 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature