Assessing cognitive flexibility in humans and rhesus macaques with visual motion and neutral distractors.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cognitive flexibility is the ability of an individual to make behavioral adjustments in response to internal and/or external changes. While it has been reported in a wide variety of species, established paradigms to assess cognitive flexibility vary between humans and non-human animals, making systematic comparisons difficult to interpret.

Methods

We developed a computer-based paradigm to assess cognitive flexibility in humans and non-human primates. Our paradigm (1) uses a classical reversal learning structure in combination with a set-shifting approach (4 stimuli and 3 rules) to assess flexibility at various levels; (2) it employs the use of motion as one of three possible contextual rules; (3) it comprises elements that allow a foraging-like and random intera

SUBMITTER: Yurt P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9807625 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature