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5 Monkeys
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoI don't remember when I first heard this story, but it was back in the early 90s, at least. I've been trying to trace it (in a desultory fashion), and the closest I've come with a very quick search is a reference from this page: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_the_monkey_banana_and_water_spray_experiment_ever_take_place http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_the_monkey_banana_and_water_sp... ... to the following articles: Stephenson, G. R. (1967). Cultural acquisition of a specific learned response among rhesus monkeys. In: Starek, D., Schneider, R., and Kuhn, H. J. (eds.), Progress in Primatology, Stuttgart: Fischer, pp. 279-288. mentioned in: Galef, B. G., Jr. (1976). Social Transmission of Acquired Behavior: A Discussion of Tradition and Social Learning in Vertebrates. In: Rosenblatt, J.S., Hinde, R.A., Shaw, E. and Beer, C. (eds.), Advances in the study of behavior, Vol. 6, New York: Academic Press, pp. 87-88 This search: http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=Five+monkeys+cage+water http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=Five+monkeys+cage+water ... gives over a million results. I haven't checked them all. Does anyone have any better references?