An assessment of horse (Equus ferus caballus) responding on fixed interval schedules of reinforcement: An individual analysis

Craig, David P.; Varnon, Christopher A.; Pollock, Kelsey L.; Abramson, Charles I.

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2015.08.006

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“…We used the PEC to develop a low-cost learning laboratory course (Varnon & Abramson, 2013. In experimental research, the PEC has been used with a variety of species including honey bees, horses, human infants, pigeons, and wild squirrels (Black, Fofah, Giray, Wells, & Abramson, 2018;Colaizzi, 2016;Craig, Varnon, Pollock, & Abramson, 2015;Dinges, Varnon, Cota, Slykerman, & Abramson, 2017;Phelps & Varnon, 2015).…”

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A Portable System for Detecting Infrasound Using a Microcontroller

Bergren¹,

Latino²,

Varnon³

et al. 2019

IJCP

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The purpose of this project was to create a device to detect infrasound communication from elephants. The device was designed and prototyped to be capable of monitoring an input signal for infrasound. If infrasound is detected, an audible alarm is sounded. This device can record audio signals for long periods of time to a digital storage device. It can be utilized for other areas of study with some modification. For example, by selecting appropriate sensors the device can be used for studying vibrations in structures. The device is low-cost so it would be able to be procured more easily and in higher quantities than more expensive and cumbersome laboratory monitoring equipment. This device could also be used as an educational and research device for students studying animal behavior in the field and laboratory. Infrasound is not limited to only elephants, but hippopotamuses, rhinoceroses and giraffes also communicate with infrasound. Environmental infrasound from sources such as wind turbines, sonic booms, explosions, tornadoes, and earthquakes can also be monitored.

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A Portable System for Detecting Infrasound Using a Microcontroller

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Latino²,

Varnon³

et al. 2019

IJCP

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“…Such experiments provide evidence for interval‐timing capacity in some animals (fixed interval studies summarised in Craig & Abramson, 2015) such as mammals (e.g. Church & Gibbon, 1982; Craig et al ., 2015; Heinrich, Dehnhardt, & Hanke, 2016), birds (Brodbeck, Hampton, & Cheng, 1998; Ohyama et al ., 1999; Penney, Gibbon, & Meck, 2008), some fish (Higa & Simm, 2004; Drew et al ., 2005), and an insect (Boisvert & Sherry, 2006). These studies demonstrate that some animals can anticipate and respond to temporally repeating food schedules (fixed interval), store and reproduce intervals from memory (peak procedure), compare and discriminate different intervals (temporal generalisation), and categorise intermediate durations as either short or long (bisection task).…”

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The ecological significance of time sense in animals

Garcia

Dyer

et al. 2020

Biological Reviews

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Time is a fundamental dimension of all biological events and it is often assumed that animals have the capacity to track the duration of experienced events (known as interval timing). Animals can potentially use temporal information as a cue during foraging, communication, predator avoidance, or navigation. Interval timing has been traditionally investigated in controlled laboratory conditions but its ecological relevance in natural environments remains unclear. While animals may time events in artificial and highly controlled conditions, they may not necessarily use temporal information in natural environments where they have access to other cues that may have more relevance than temporal information. Herein we critically evaluate the ecological contexts where interval timing has been suggested to provide adaptive value for animals. We further discuss attributes of interval timing that are rarely considered in controlled laboratory studies. Finally, we encourage consideration of ecological relevance when designing future interval‐timing studies and propose future directions for such experiments.

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“…The controller can easily be interfaced with a wide range of stimulus presentation and response recording devices to study the behavior of any organism including bees, fi sh, reptiles, and humans within the laboratory, home, or out in the fi eld. For example, we have recently used the controller to investigate the representation of time in horses (Craig, Varnon, Pollock, & Abramson, 2015 ).…”

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A Crisis in Comparative Psychology: Where Have All the Undergraduates Gone? Additional Comments,

Abramson

2015

Comprehensive Psychology

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This article identifi es what I believe is a crisis in comparative psychology: the need to recruit undergraduates as the next generation of comparative psychologists. Issues to be addressed include the lack of graduate programs, only a single currently available comparative textbook, few undergraduate courses in comparative psychology, and the portrayal of comparative psychology in introductory psychology texts. Suggestions to help increase undergraduate interest in comparative psychology involve: recognition that comparative psychology is more than the study of animal behavior, that comparative psychology teaches broad-based research and critical thinking skills that can be used not only to further educational opportunities but also be useful for students who would like to directly go into business, encouraging students to create their own undergraduate major with a focus on comparative psychology, development of on-line courses, promotion of comparative-based teaching exercises, and using a track system to develop graduate programs in comparative psychology.

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An assessment of horse (Equus ferus caballus) responding on fixed interval schedules of reinforcement: An individual analysis

Cited by 11 publications

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A Portable System for Detecting Infrasound Using a Microcontroller

A Portable System for Detecting Infrasound Using a Microcontroller

The ecological significance of time sense in animals

A Crisis in Comparative Psychology: Where Have All the Undergraduates Gone? Additional Comments,

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