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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"animal training"”.
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It's about time : temporal representations for synthetic characters
Inspired by recent work in ethology and animal training, we integrate representations for time and rate into a behavior-based architecture for autonomous virtual creatures. The resulting computational model of affect and action selection allows these creatures to discover and refine their …
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A Comparison of Response-Contingent and Response-Independent Autoshaping Trials In Rats
… conditioning and classical conditioning, used in animal training to jump-start a target behavior. Lepper and Petursdottir (2017) found that response-contingent pairings (RCP) were more effective than responseindependent pairings (RIP) in producing vocalizations in children with Autism Spectrum …
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Validating non-motivated methods and equipment for studying mouse olfactory behavior
… behavioral equipment and the lengthy process of training animals. The present study aims to validate a new behavioral paradigm requiring no prior animal training using existing liquid dilution behavioral olfactometers. We also aim to validate Triton-100x, a detergent, as a new anosmia inducing …
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An Examination of Intrinsic Existence Value Towards Wildlife of Columbus Zoo and Aquariums Tourists: Evaluating the Impact of Behind the Scenes Programming
… relationships between zoo tourists and animals that have the potential to positively change the zoo tourists’ conservation behaviors. Challenges to changing the conservation behaviors of zoo tourists are many. One particularly important challenge is conservation/environmental education. …
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Interstitial Intelligence: Human-Rodent Sensing, Cognition, and Work in Morogoro, Tanzania
… human-rodent encounters in zoological research, animal training, and pest management schemes in Morogoro, Tanzania. I focus on the mobile and multiple forms of translocal knowledge production, particularly within the context of science and technology in Tanzania, and consider their entanglements …
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An 8-Step Program: Shaping and Fixed-Time Food Delivery Effects on Several Approximations and Undesired Responses in Goats.
… the effects of a shaping program for halter training across 8 steps in the program and 4 trial-terminating, or "undesirable," responses. Three La Mancha goats (Capra hircus) located at the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville, Texas were used for the study. A fixed-time 15 s (FT-15 s) was used …
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Effects of Failure on Subsequent Performance in the Bottlenose Dolphin (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>)
… of failure during operant-conditioning based training sessions in 11 bottlenose dolphins (<em>Tursiops truncatus</em>) at the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program in San Diego, CA. While learning a multi-faceted behavior not commonly found in nature, such as beaching, animals are likely to perform …
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Effects of Click + Continuous Food Vs. Click + Intermittent Food on the Maintenance of Dog Behavior.
There is disagreement among clicker trainers on whether or not food should be delivered every time the clicker (conditioned reinforcer) is used. However, presenting a conditioned reinforcer without food can weaken the strength of the conditioned reinforcer and also disrupt its discriminative …