Visual cognition - 122 articles

Picture processing in tufted capuchin monkeys (cebus apella).

Truppa, V., Spinozzi, G. & Fagot, J. (2009). Picture processing in Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella). Behavioural Processes, 82, 140-152.   Abstract – Although pictures are frequently used in place of real objects to investigate various aspects of cognition in different non-human species, there is little evidence that animals treat pictorial stimuli as representations of […]

Local and global processing : observations from a remote culture.

Davidoff, J., Fonteneau, E. & Fagot, J. (2008). Local and global processing : observations from a remote culture. Cognition, 108(3), 702-709   Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below.   Abstract – In Experiment 1, a normal adult population drawn from a remote culture (Himba) […]

Baboons (papio papio) spontaneously process first- but not second-order configural relationships in faces

Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2008). Baboons (Papio papio) spontaneously process first- but not second-order configural relationships in faces. American Journal of Primatology, 70, 415-422   Abstract – A two-alternative forced-choice discrimination task was used to assess whether baboons (N = 7) spontaneously process qualitative (i.e., first-order) or quantitative (i.e., second-order) variations in the configural […]

Behavioural responses to photographs by pictorially naıve baboons (papio anubis), gorillas (gorilla gorilla) and chimpanzees (pan troglodytes)

Parron, C., Call, J. & Fagot, J. (2008). Behavioural responses to photographs by pictorially naıve baboons (Papio anubis), gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Behavioural processes, 78, 351-357   Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below.   Abstract – This study assessed how pictorially […]

Processing of biological motion point-light displays by baboons (papio papio).

Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2007). Processing of biological motion point-light displays by baboons (Papio papio). Journal of Experimental Psychology : Animal Behaviour Processes, 4, 381-391   Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below.   Abstract – Humans apply complex conceptual judgments to point-light displays […]

Comparison of grouping abilities in humans (homo sapiens) and baboons (papio papio) with the ebbinghaus illusion.

Parron, C. & Fagot, J. (2007). Comparison of Grouping Abilities in Humans (Homo sapiens) and Baboons (Papio papio) with the Ebbinghaus Illusion. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 4, 405-411   Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting this article online, but you can request it from me below.   Abstract – This research comparatively assessed grouping mechanisms […]

Cross species differences in colour categorisation.

Fagot, J., Goldstein, J, Davidoff, J. & Pickering, A. (2006). Cross species differences in colour categorisation. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 13, 275-280   Abstract – Berlin and Kay (1969) found systematic restrictions in the color terms of the world’s languages and were inclined to look to the primate visual system for their origin. Because the […]

Amodal completion by baboons (papio papio) : contribution of background depth cues.

Fagot, J., Barbet, I., Parron, C. & Deruelle, C. (2006). Amodal completion by baboons (Papio papio) : Contribution of background depth cues. Primates, 47, 145-1603   Abstract – Four baboons (Papio papio) were tested in a computerized two-alternative forced choice task in which partially occluded graphic stimuli were shown either on linear perspective backgrounds depicting a […]

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