Perceptual considerations in the use of colored photographic and video stimuli to study nonhuman primate behavior

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1054-1067

  Waitt, Corri ^a,b   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color; Experimental methods; Primates; Vision

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VIDEOGRAPHY; VISION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYRRHINI; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLATYRRHINI;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33751022254     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20303     Document Type: Review

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