The importance of surface-based cues for face discrimination in non-human primates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1714, 2011, Pages 1964-1972

  Parr, Lisa A ^a,b   Taubert, Jessica ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Configuration; Contrast reversal; Evolution; Face recognition; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; NATURAL SELECTION; RECOGNITION; SPECIALIZATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 79957633034     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2333     Document Type: Article

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