Pacman in the sky with shadows: The effect of cast shadows on the perceptual completion of occluded figures by chimpanzees and humans

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tomonaga, Masaki ^a   Imura, Tomoko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CUES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954305961     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-6-38     Document Type: Article

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