Monkeys were given their primate-focused versions of Spotify and Netflix were more likely to select sound stimuli over screen time, research found.
Researchers at the university of Glasgow and Aalto University in Finland set out research how a group of three white-faced Saki monkeys at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki would respond to the possibility trigger sound or visual stimuli on demand.
Infrared sensors were used to create three interactive zones of the same size. in tunnel in monkey and saki fencing trigger either video or sound on screen in front of them who played for until they decide to stay.
Their interaction was recorded, and the saki found to trigger sound stimuli twice so many in total as visual stimuli – assuming they would rather listen to Arctic Monkeys than watch Planet of monkey.
In the course of the study, their overall level of interaction with both stimuli have disappeared, but their interaction with visual stimuli increased in comparison with sound stimuli. AT total, out of three audio files they listened to music most (the rest were rain sounds and traffic noise). Underwater scenes were the most popular of three video files against competition from worm videos and abstract shapes and colors.
Touch screen systems designed entertain and attract animals with interactions that stimulate cognition in ways comparable to the actions they could take in wildlife, helping to maintain their physical and mental health.
Dr. Ilyena Girsky-Douglas, of university of Glasgow school of computing science said: “Our results raise a series of questions worthy of further study help us build efficient interactive enrichment systems.
“Further study may help us determine if short interactions were just part of of their typical behavior or reflexive of their level of interest in in system. Likewise, their various levels of interaction over time can be reflective of how involving them found in content, or simply that they are used to the presence of the tunnel in their fence.
“Even though they chose the audio more regularly than video, results were not statistically significant enough for us to know for sure what they prefer.”
system used in fencing for 32 days is first of it’s kind of to offer the monkeys a choice of incentives, the researchers say. Saki interactions were mostly short-lived, with each time they walked or ran a few seconds apart. system – mirror reflection how they interact with more familiar elements in their fence.
Saki usually found in lower canopy of rainforests of Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.
