Facial perception of conspecifics: Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) preferentially attend to proper orientation and open eyes

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-688

  Hirata, Satoshi ^a   Fuwa, Koki ^a   Sugama, Keiko ^a   Kusunoki, Kiyo ^a   Fujita, Shin ^a  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Configural processing; Eye; Inversion effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; ORIENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77955708400     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0316-y     Document Type: Article

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