Table 1.
Experimental overview. The Sessions and Trials column shows the scheduled numbers, but monkeys worked at their own pace, and so they ultimately determine the total trials based on how often they finished all trials within sessions.
Experiment | Conditions | Trials | Condition | Sessions (Trials) | Species | Primary Research Questions |
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1 | Signaled-Outcomes | 120-trial Sessions | 40 (120) | Rhesus Monkeys | (1) Is the failure to find a signal effect in capuchin monkeys due to their inattention to the delay signals? |
Unsignaled-Outcomes | 120-trial Sessions | Capuchin Monkeys | |||
2 | Signaled-Hard | 150-trial Phases | 13 (600) | Capuchin Monkeys | (1) Will the signaling effect be present if the alternative to the risky option is a task where reward depends upon performance? (2) Will monkeys avoid truncating delays on the unsignaled task following an incorrect response? |
Signaled-Easy | 150-trial Phases | ||||
Unsignaled-Hard | 150-trial Phases | ||||
Unsignaled-Easy | 150-trial Phases | ||||
3 | Go-Stage: Signaled-Work | 150-trial Phases | 10 (600) | Capuchin Monkeys | (1) Will the monkeys selectively truncate delays on unsignaled judgment tasks when their performance determines reward? |
Go-Stage: Signaled-Yoked | 150-trial Phases | ||||
Go-Stage: Unsignaled-Work | 150-trial Phases | ||||
Go-Stage: Unsignaled-Yoked | 150-trial Phases | ||||
No-Stage: Signaled-Work | 150-trial Phases | 10 (600) | (2) Will the monkeys continue to display the signaling effect on trials where they cannot truncate the delay? | ||
No-Stage: Signaled-Yoked | 150-trial Phases | ||||
No-Stage: Unsignaled-Work | 150-trial Phases | ||||
No-Stage: Unsignaled-Yoked | 150-trial Phases |