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Common Visual Preference for Curved Contours in Humans and Great Apes

Common Visual Preference for Curved Contours in Humans and Great Apes

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Common Visual Preference for Curved Contours in Humans and Great Apes

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Common Visual Preference for Curved Contours in Humans and Great Apes

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2015-11, Vol.10 (11), p.e0141106-e0141106

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Among the visual preferences that guide many everyday activities and decisions, from consumer choices to social judgment, preference for curved over sharp-angled contours is commonly thought to have played an adaptive role throughout human evolution, favoring the avoidance of potentially harmful objects. However, because nonhuman primates also exhi...

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Common Visual Preference for Curved Contours in Humans and Great Apes

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1732577102

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1732577102

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0141106

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