Canis lupus familiaris Resistance to Impulsivity Resistance to Impulsivity and Temporal Discounting in Canis lupus familiaris

• Main Author: Willey Dow
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Lever; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.682.8255; http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1083%26context%3Dhucjlm

finding that dogs were able to utilize cues to choose a baited container at a rate significantly higher than they chose an empty container and the Cole (1990) finding that albino rats continued to press a lever after an initial lever press delivered a foot pellet when additional lever presses banked pellets the current study predicted that a dog could learn to make decisions that resist impulsivity for a reward delivered after a short temporal delay. The results of this experiment support that prediction. The subject chose to consume a smaller quantity of food from a white container significantly more often than an equal or larger quantity of food from a black container when rewarded for doing so. The decision making capabilities of dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and their ability to resist impulsivity has long been debated by pet owners. It has also been experimentally investigated by university researchers. Petter, Musolino, Roberts, and