Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20909Full metadata record
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.advisor | Prtichard, R.M. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Donna L.M. | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-16T16:52:04Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-16T16:52:04Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 1971-09 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20909 | - |
| dc.description | Title: Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions, Author: Donna L.M. Mitchell, Location: Thode | en_US |
| dc.description.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> | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Psychology | en_US |
| dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses | |
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell_Donna_L_M_1971_09_master.pdf | Title: Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions, Author: Donna L.M. Mitchell, Location: Thode | 13.3 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in MacSphere are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
