Further Analysis of Perception of the Standard Müller-Lyer Figures in Pigeons (Columba livia) and Humans (Homo sapiens): Effects of Length of Brackets

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-294

  Nakamura, Noriyuki ^a   Watanabe, Sota ^a   Fujita, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bracket size; humans; pigeons; standard M ller Lyer illusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249169145     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016215     Document Type: Article

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