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A comparative psychophysical approach to visual perception in primates

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Studies on the visual processing of primates, which have well developed visual systems, provide essential information about the perceptual bases of their higher-order cognitive abilities. Although the mechanisms underlying visual processing are largely shared between human and nonhuman primates, differences have also been reported. In this article, we review psychophysical investigations comparing the basic visual processing that operates in human and nonhuman species, and discuss the future contributions potentially deriving from such comparative psychophysical approaches to primate minds.

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The writings of this article was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (17300085) and for the Global COE Program “Revitalizing Education for Dynamic Hearts and Minds” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan, and also supported by Research Fellowship (19/9127) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists.

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  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan

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Matsuno, T., Fujita, K. A comparative psychophysical approach to visual perception in primates. Primates 50, 121–130 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-008-0128-8

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