Effects of Delayed Auditory Feedback on Normal and Deviant Rhesus Behaviour

Synopsis

Shows research on effects of delayed auditory feedback. Begins with demonstrations of effect on human subject’s reading aloud when his voice is fed back through ear-phones with a delay of a quarter of a second. Then a series of experiments is shown involving delayed auditory feedback to young rhesus monkeys, some of which are maternally and socially deprived while others are deprived. Animals are conditioned to vocalize for a prescribed period of time to illuminate series of lights sequentially. Animals are then subjected to delayed feedback of their auditory responses. Results are discussed in terms of unexpected feedback from an uncontrollable universe leading to apprehension or anxiety.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 18 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1969

Availability

Hire? Part of collection sold by BSIP to University of Cambridge, Department of Psychology in December 1991

Notes

Archival interest.

Uses

Psychology students.

Subjects

Psychology

Keywords

auditory feedback; laboratory animals; laboratory experiments; monkeys

Credits

Writer

J A Masserman; M Woolf

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Distributor

Name

BSIP Europrofile Ltd

Phone

020 8946 8644

Fax

020 8946 4599

Address

Hill House
96 Wimbledon Hill
London
SW19 7PB

Notes

Contact: Dr Hartley Millar (2/01), e-mail hmillar@cix.couk

Name

University of Cambridge, Department of Psychology