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Elephants Pass Detour Test, Show Strong Inhibitory Control

Researchers test Asian elephants with detour paradigm

2 Sep 12 · 11d ago · 1 article · 1 post · 2 sources · development 2 of 2

Sydney Hope and Joshua Plotnik of City University of New York, collaborating with the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation in Thailand, conducted the first study using the classic detour paradigm to measure inhibitory control in Asian elephants. Sixteen elephants aged 4 to 60 years were presented with fruit in a transparent box and had to resist reaching directly toward the visible food, instead taking a learned detour route around the box.

Researchers test Asian elephants with detour paradigm
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“The test trials should have been more difficult because, to reach the food reward, elephants needed to inhibit the impulse to reach straight toward the food that they could see and smell in front of them and, instead, continue to detour around the box.”

Sydney Hope and Joshua Plotnik

Sydney Hope Psychologist, City University of New YorkJoshua Plotnik Psychologist, City University of New YorkGolden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation Research partner in Thailand

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