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http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20909| Title: | Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions |
| Authors: | Mitchell, Donna L.M. |
| Advisor: | Prtichard, R.M. |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Publication Date: | Sep-1971 |
| Abstract: | <p>Two behavioral experiments were performed to determine whether cats perceive some geometric illusions. Cats were trained on a visual discrimination in a modified Yerkes-Watson box and tested on the illusion patterns. The two illusions used were the Hering illusion ( preliminary experiment 1 ) and the Muller-Lyer illusion ( primary experiment 2 ). The data of the primary experiment provided strong evidence that cats experience illusory percepts in a way similar to humans. This study supports a recent neurophysiological finding by Burns and Pritchard ( 1971 ) and suggests that some visual mechanisms of both human and cat are comparable.</p> |
| Description: | Title: Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions, Author: Donna L.M. Mitchell, Location: Thode |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20909 |
| Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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