Evidence of Human-like, Holistic Face Processing in Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-65

  Taubert, Jessica ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

face perception; match to sample; visual recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; FACE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77649104726     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017704     Document Type: Article

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