Visual Representation in the Wild: How Rhesus Monkeys Parse Objects

View/ Open
Author
Munakata, Yuko
Santos, Laurie R.
O'Reilly, Randall C.
Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1162/089892901564162Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Munakata, Yuko, Laurie R. Santos, Elizabeth S. Spelke, Marc D. Hauser, and Randall C. O'Reilly. 2001. Visual representation in the wild: How rhesus monkeys parse objects. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 13(1): 44-58.Abstract
Visual object representation was studied in free-ranging rhesus monkeys. To facilitate comparison with humans, and to provide a new tool for neurophysiologists, we used a looking time procedure originally developed for studies of human infants. Monkeys' looking times were measured to displays with one or two distinct objects, separated or together, stationary or moving. Results indicate that rhesus monkeys used featural information to parse the displays into distinct objects, and they found events in which distinct objects moved together more novel or unnatural than events in which distinct objects moved separately. These findings show both common-alities and contrasts with those obtained from human infants. We discuss their implications for the development and neural mechanisms of higher-level vision.Terms of Use
This article is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of-use#LAACitable link to this page
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3553965
Collections
- FAS Scholarly Articles [17845]
Contact administrator regarding this item (to report mistakes or request changes)