A Framework for Training Animals to Use Touchscreen Devices for Discrimination Tasks

dc.contributor.authorCunha, Jennifer M.
dc.contributor.authorRenguette, Corinne C.
dc.contributor.departmentTechnology Leadership and Communication, School of Engineering and Technology
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-07T16:56:16Z
dc.date.available2023-11-07T16:56:16Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractRecent technological advances have made touchscreen devices more widely available for animal-computer interaction, but there is little consensus about methods for discrimination task training frameworks. Here we discuss the potential enrichment and communicative uses for touchscreen-based interactions as well as benefits and limitations of automated learning systems and social learning systems. We review the literature for discrimination training methods on touchscreen devices for a variety of species and discuss what we recommend as an expanded framework for cross-species discrimination training methods. This framework includes environment and device selection and setup, orientation and habituation, touchscreen shaping skills, and discrimination training. When done ethically, human-assisted animal interaction with technology can improve psychological wellbeing and cognitive enrichment through environmental choice and control, enhance human-animal relationships, and provide data collection opportunities for research.
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscript
dc.identifier.citationCunha, J. M., & Renguette, C. C. (2022). A Framework for Training Animals to Use Touchscreen Devices for Discrimination Tasks. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1145/3565995.3566044
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/36962
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherACM
dc.relation.isversionof10.1145/3565995.3566044
dc.relation.journalProceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction
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dc.subjectHuman-computer interaction
dc.subjectAnimal-computer interaction
dc.subjectSocial and behavioral science
dc.subjectTouchscreens
dc.subjectAnimal enrichment
dc.subjectHuman-animal relationships
dc.subjectDiscrimination training
dc.titleA Framework for Training Animals to Use Touchscreen Devices for Discrimination Tasks
dc.typeArticle
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