A statistical analysis of the effects of enrichment on primate behavior (1993)

Scherbak, C.

Abstract

The environment of any primate can be enriched with beneficial behavioral outcomes if care and an organized study effort is utilized in the enrichment selection process. Placing items in an exhibit for the monkeys to manipulate does not guarantee that their lives are enriched. The only means by which their behavior can be analyzed is by sound statistical methods and utilizing enrichments that are definitely used by the animals.