Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions

dc.contributor.advisor	Prtichard, R.M.
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, Donna L.M.
dc.contributor.department	Psychology	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2016-12-16T16:52:04Z
dc.date.available	2016-12-16T16:52:04Z
dc.date.issued	1971-09
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.description.degree	Master of Arts (MA)	en_US
dc.description.degreetype	Thesis	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20909
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	Cats Visual Response to Certain Geometric Illusions	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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