Matching-to-Sample Task Training of a Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
Ayumu Santa,
Koji Kanda,
Tomoya Kako
et al.
Abstract:Matching-to-sample tasks have been a useful method in visual cognitive studies on non-human animals. The use of touch panels in matching-to-sample tasks has contributed to cognitive studies on terrestrial animals; however, there has been a difficulty in using these devices underwater, which is one of the factors that has slowed the progress of visual studies on underwater animals. Cetaceans (e.g., dolphins and whales) are highly adapted to underwater environments, and further studies on their cognitive abiliti… Show more
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