System and method for cognitive enrichment of an animal

摘要

A system and method for cognitive enrichment of an animal. At least one display device is configured to display stimuli to an animal. At least one input device is configured to accept input from the animal. At least one reward dispenser is configured to dispense a reward to the animal. At least one processor is communicatively coupled with the at least one display device, the at least one input device, and the at least one reward dispenser. Execution of computer-readable instructions causes the at least one processor to carry out steps including displaying one or more stimuli to the animal using the at least one display device, accepting an input from the animal corresponding to at least one of the one or more stimuli, making a dispensing decision based on the input, and dispensing a reward using the at least one reward dispenser based on the dispensing decision.

主权项

1. A method for cognitive enrichment of a domesticated animal comprising:
providing a touchscreen display device; displaying one or more stimuli to an animal on said display device; accepting a touch input from said animal on said display device corresponding to one or more stimuli; making a dispensing decision based on said touch input; and dispensing a reward using at least one reward dispenser based on said dispensing decision.