Rapid Detection of Snakes by Japanese Monkeys (Macaca fuscata): An Evolutionarily Predisposed Visual System

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-135

  Shibasaki, Masahiro ^a   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

attentional bias; detection of snakes; fear; macaque monkeys; visual search

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FLOWER; HUMAN; MACACA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SNAKE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ESCAPE REACTION; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FLOWERS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MACACA; PSYCHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SNAKES; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65849178593     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015095     Document Type: Article

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