Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 1975 · 38 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesPsychologyZoologyAnimal BehaviorExperimental PsychologyMammalogyAnimal CognitionLearning In AnimalsMemory ConsolidationMemory In AnimalsVisual MemoryVisual SystemMemory Retention IntervalRecognition Memory ErrorsVisual Recognition Memory
Three adult female elephants (Elephas maximus) were tested on a light-dark discrimination problem with an 8-yr intertrial interval. The first subject took only 6 min to reach criterion and made only two errors, suggesting remarkable retention. The other two subjects were found to have visual anomalies that would have gone undetected without this research.