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Data from: Monkeys exhibit a paradoxical decrease in performance in high-stakes scenarios
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Author(s): Smoulder, Adam L., Pavlovsky, Nicholas P.+, Marino, Patrick J.+, Degenhart, Alan D.+, McClain, Nicole T.+ … * Corresponding Author + University of Pittsburgh Author
Description

This dataset includes pre-processed reaching movement kinematic data generated by three adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). The animals were trained to perform a challenging delayed-reaching task in which they knew in advance the magnitude of the reward they would earn for a successful movement. The experiments were conducted to determine whether nonhuman animals "choke under pressure" (perform worse under higher expectations).

A README file at the linked GitHub repository contains full descriptions of the data files and definitions of fields.

Subject of Study
Rhesus macaque
Population Age
Adult
Subject Sex
Male
Keywords
Behavior, Animal
Macaca mulatta
Motivation
Motor Skills
Psychomotor Performance
Reward
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14 MATLAB files

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Scripts and README file

Access Restrictions
Free to all
Access Instructions
Download the data via figshare. Download analysis and figure generation scripts via GitHub.
Associated Publications
Smoulder AL, Pavlovsky NP, Marino PJ, Degenhart AD, McClain NT, Batista AP, Chase SM. Monkeys exhibit a paradoxical decrease in performance in high-stakes scenarios. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Aug 31;118(35):e2109643118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2109643118. PMID: 34426504.
Data Type
Behavioral
Dataset Format(s)
MATLAB (.m, .mat)
Resource Type(s)
Dataset
Dataset Size
664.8 MB
Grant Support
R01 HD071686/NICHD
R01 HD090125/NICHD
Pittsburgh Chapter Award/ARCS Foundation
Abraham–Martin–Ragni Award/ARCS Foundation
Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences/Burroughs Wellcome Fund
BCS1533672/NSF
IOS1553252/NSF
DGE1745016/NSF
R01 NS105318/NINDS
Data Catalog Record Updated
2021-09-30

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