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

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Jennifer M. Cunha,

Corinne C. RenguetteAuthors Info & Claims

ACI '22: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3565995.3566044

Published: 29 March 2023 Publication History

Abstract

Recent 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.

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A Framework for Training Animals to Use Touchscreen Devices for Discrimination Tasks
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2. Human-centered computing
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Cunha JRenguette CStella LMancini C(2024)Communication Functions in Speech Board Use by a Goffin's Cockatoo: Implications for Research and DesignProceedings of the International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction10.1145/3702336.3702338(1-15)Online publication date: 2-Dec-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3702336.3702338
Sun SReagan KSeker EVega KCiolfi LHogan TDöring TJenkins Tvan Dijk JHuron SLi ZCoyle DSigner B(2024)GluCAT: A Feline Biofluids IoT Hub for Electrochemical Glucose BiosensingProceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3623509.3635250(1-7)Online publication date: 11-Feb-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3623509.3635250

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