The Thatcher illusion in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-523

  Nakata, Ryuzaburo ^a,b   Osada, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Configural face processing; Face; New World monkeys; Squirrel monkeys; Thatcher illusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FACE; ILLUSION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SAIMIRI;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HAPLORHINI; PLATYRRHINI; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS;

EID: 84862601127     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0479-9     Document Type: Article

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