The Relative Use of Proximity, Shape Similarity, and Orientation as Visual Perceptual Grouping Cues in Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella) and Humans (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-68

  Spinozzi, Giovanna ^a   De Lillo, Carlo ^b   Truppa, Valentina ^a,c   Castorina, Giulia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cebus apella; grouping cues; nonhuman primates; visual perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CEBUS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61349089877     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012674     Document Type: Article

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