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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2021

A Kiosk Station for the Assessment of Multiple Cognitive Domains and Cognitive Enrichment of Monkeys.

Thilo Womelsdorf, Christopher Thomas, Adam Neumann, Marcus R Watson, Kianoush Banaie Boroujeni, Seyed A Hassani, Jeremy Parker, Kari L Hoffman

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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Thilo WomelsdorfDepartment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Christopher ThomasDepartment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Adam NeumannDepartment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Marcus R WatsonDepartment of Biology, Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Kianoush Banaie BoroujeniDepartment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Seyed A HassaniDepartment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Jeremy ParkerDivision of Animal Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Kari L HoffmanDepartment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.

Funding

Neural Mechanisms of Learning Relevance in Multidimensional EnvironmentsR01MH123687 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WOMELSDORF, THILO · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH123687
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonhuman primates (NHP's) are self-motivated to perform cognitive tasks on touchscreens in their animal housing setting. To leverage this ability, fully integrated hardware and software solutions are needed that work within housing and husbandry routines while also spanning cognitive task constructs of the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC). Here, we detail such an integrated robust hardware and software solution for running cognitive tasks in cage-housed NHP's with a cage-mounted Kiosk Station (KS-1). KS-1 consists of a frame for mounting flexibly on housing cages, a touchscreen animal interface with mounts for receptables, reward pumps, and cameras, and a compact computer cabinet with an interface for controlling behavior. Behavioral control is achieved with a Unity3D program that is virtual-reality capable, allowing semi-naturalistic visual tasks to assess multiple cognitive domains.KS-1 is fully integrated into the regular housing routines of monkeys. A single person can operate multiple KS-1's. Monkeys engage with KS-1 at high motivation and cognitive performance levels at high intra-individual consistency. KS-1 is optimized for flexible mounting onto standard apartment cage systems and provides a new design variation complementing existing cage-mounted touchscreen systems. KS-1 has a robust animal interface with options for gaze/reach monitoring. It has an integrated user interface for controlling multiple cognitive tasks using a common naturalistic object space designed to enhance task engagement. All custom KS-1 components are open-sourced.In summary, KS-1 is a versatile new tool for cognitive profiling and cognitive enrichment of cage-housed monkeys. It reliably measures multiple cognitive domains which promises to advance our understanding of animal cognition, inter-individual differences, and underlying neurobiology in refined, ethologically meaningful behavioral foraging contexts.

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cognitive flexibilityenrichmentforagingneuroethologynonhuman primate (NHP)research domain criteria (RDoC)unity3Dvisual search

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PMID34512289
PMCPMC8426617

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