TESTING PRIMATES WITH JOYSTICK-BASED AUTOMATED APPARATUS - LESSONS FROM THE LANGUAGE RESEARCH CENTERS COMPUTERIZED TEST SYSTEM

Nonhuman primates provide useful models for studying a variety of medical, biological, and behavioral topics. Four years of joystick-based automated testing of monkeys using the Language Research Center's Computerized Test System (LRC-CTS) are examined to derive hints and principles for comparable testing with other species-including humans. The results of multiple parametric studies are reviewed, and reliability data are presented to reveal the surprises and pitfalls associated with video-task testing of performance.