Perception of the Müller-Lyer illusion in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-72

  Suganuma, Elisa ^a   Pessoa, Valdir Filgueiras ^a   Monge Fuentes, Victoria ^a   Castro, Bráulio Magalhães ^a   Tavares, Maria Clotilde Henriques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capuchin monkeys; Cebus apella; M ller Lyer; Perception; Visual illusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBUS APELLA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; ILLUSION; MALE; MONITOR; MONKEY; MULLER LYER ILLUSION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34447270702     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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