Kaplan J N, Cubicciotti D D, Redican W K
Dev Psychobiol. 1979 Jan;12(1):1-10. doi: 10.1002/dev.420120102.
Twelve infant squirrel monkeys were reared with distinctively colored and scented inanimate surrogates (Green/Floral or Black/Clove) and tested monthly from 1 to 6 months of age in 3 paired-comparison conditions that assessed the efficacy of synthetic olfactory cues and color cues as attractive properties of the surrogates. The infants developed specific attractions to both the rearing odor and color of the surrogates by approximately the end of Month 4, although substantial differences existed between the 2 rearing groups, particularly with respect to color responsiveness. When compared with previous findings on infant squirrel monkeys reared with naturally scented surrogates, odor preferences developed relatively late, suggesting that natural, species-typical odors may have inherently stronger attractive properties for Saimiri than arbitrary synthetic odors.
12只幼年松鼠猴由带有独特颜色和气味的无生命替代物（绿色/花香或黑色/丁香）抚养长大，并在1至6个月大时每月在3种配对比较条件下进行测试，这些条件评估了合成嗅觉线索和颜色线索作为替代物吸引特性的功效。到大约第4个月末，这些幼猴对替代物的饲养气味和颜色都产生了特定的偏好，尽管两个饲养组之间存在显著差异，尤其是在颜色反应方面。与之前关于由带有自然气味的替代物抚养长大的幼年松鼠猴的研究结果相比，气味偏好形成得相对较晚，这表明对于松鼠猴来说，自然的、物种特有的气味可能比任意的合成气味具有更强的内在吸引力。
