The effects of linear perspective on relative size discrimination in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and humans (Homo sapiens)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-312

  Imura, Tomoko ^a,b   Tomonaga, Masaki ^c   Yagi, Akihiro ^a  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Corridor illusion; Linear perspective; Pictorial depth; Size judgment

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; HOMINID; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; SIZE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HOMO SAPIENS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 39449088159     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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