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Do rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) perceive the Zöllner illusion?

Do rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) perceive the Zöllner illusion?

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Do rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) perceive the Zöllner illusion?

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Do rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) perceive the Zöllner illusion?

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Boston: Springer US

Journal title

Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2014-08, Vol.21 (4), p.986-994

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English

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Boston: Springer US

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A long-standing debate surrounds the issue of whether human and nonhuman animals share the same perceptual mechanisms. In humans, the Zöllner illusion occurs when two parallel lines appear to be convergent when oblique crosshatching lines are superimposed. Although one baboon study suggests that they too might perceive this illusion, the results of...

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Do rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) perceive the Zöllner illusion?

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1546216798

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1546216798

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ISSN

1069-9384

E-ISSN

1531-5320

DOI

10.3758/s13423-013-0573-2

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