Comparison of Grouping Abilities in Humans (Homo sapiens) and Baboons (Papio papio) With the Ebbinghaus Illusion

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-411

  Parron, Carole ^a,b   Fagot, Joël ^a,b  

^a CNRS INCM

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

baboon; Ebbinghaus illusion; global local precedence; Titchener illusion; visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPIO PAPIO; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PAPIO PAPIO; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38149102515     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.4.405     Document Type: Article

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