Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2011 Summer;44(2):409-12. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-409.
This review summarizes the 6 studies with nonhuman animal subjects that have appeared in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and offers suggestions for future research in this area. Two of the reviewed articles described translational research in which pigeons were used to illustrate and examine behavioral phenomena of applied significance (say-do correspondence and fluency), 3 described interventions that changed animals' behavior (self-injury by a baboon, feces throwing and spitting by a chimpanzee, and unsafe trailer entry by horses) in ways that benefited the animals and the people in charge of them, and 1 described the use of trained rats that performed a service to humans (land-mine detection). We suggest that each of these general research areas merits further attention and that the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is an appropriate outlet for some of these publications.
这篇综述总结了在《应用行为分析杂志》上发表的 6 项非人类动物主题的研究,并为该领域的未来研究提出了建议。其中两篇综述文章描述了转化研究,研究中使用鸽子来说明和检验具有实际意义的行为现象(说-做对应和流畅性);三篇描述了以有益于动物和负责它们的人的方式改变动物行为的干预措施(一只狒狒的自残、一只黑猩猩的扔粪便和吐口水、以及马的不安全拖车进入);一篇描述了经过训练的老鼠为人类提供服务(地雷探测)的应用。我们认为,这些一般研究领域都值得进一步关注,而且《应用行为分析杂志》是这些出版物的一个合适的出版渠道。