Neither Clueless Nor Cueless
Posted on April 03, 2009 by freshwater
Who da champ? JOR JOR's da champ!
Yesterday I stuck two targets on her tank wall, one red and one green. I then flashed an ipod cue for red or for green, changing the order of cues at random. She touched the correct target every time! 100% success rate! Jor Jor is a cue savant!
The next challenge is to teach Jor Jor to recognize an ipod cue for each of her handbells. I expect bell-cueing to be a more difficult task for Jor Jor. She sometimes shows a preference for one bell over the other. She will have to overcome that and respond impartially to each cue.
Currently her carillon (bell set) consists of a red bell and a neon pink bell. This weekend I will replace the pink bell with a blue one. Hopefully that will make for more salient (noticeable) cues.
Yesterday I stuck two targets on her tank wall, one red and one green. I then flashed an ipod cue for red or for green, changing the order of cues at random. She touched the correct target every time! 100% success rate! Jor Jor is a cue savant!
The next challenge is to teach Jor Jor to recognize an ipod cue for each of her handbells. I expect bell-cueing to be a more difficult task for Jor Jor. She sometimes shows a preference for one bell over the other. She will have to overcome that and respond impartially to each cue.
Currently her carillon (bell set) consists of a red bell and a neon pink bell. This weekend I will replace the pink bell with a blue one. Hopefully that will make for more salient (noticeable) cues.
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