Locomotor reaction decrement in normal and brain-damaged rhesus monkeys.

1 January 1955

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Vol. 48 (6) , 496-501
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047137

Abstract

Normal monkeys, placed in an initially novel situation allowing locomotor response show initially high levels of activity which decay in a negatively accelerated manner. Animals with temporal lobe injuries behave in a similar manner. Monkeys with bilateral ablation of the prefrontal regions, however, show a higher rate of locomotion with a slower rate of decay and with less variability. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

RESPONSE PROCESSES
NERVOUS SYSTEM
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RESPONSE
LOCOMOTION
LOCOMOTOR DECREMENT
BRAIN LESION
DECREMENT