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Asymmetric perception of radial expansion/contraction in Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) infants
Authors:Nobu Shirai  Tomoko Imura  Yuko Hattori  Ikuma Adachi  Shigeru Ichihara  So Kanazawa  Masami K. Yamaguchi  Masaki Tomonaga
Affiliation:(1) Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku Niigata-city Niigata, 950-2181, Japan;(2) Department of Comparative Study of Cognitive Development (funded by Benesse Corporation), Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama-city Aichi, 484-8506, Japan;(3) Language and Intelligence Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama-city Aichi, 484-8506, Japan;(4) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan;(5) Department of Psychology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-ohsawa, Hachiohji-city Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan;(6) Department of Psychology, Faculty of Integrated Art and Social Sciences, Japan Women’s University, 1-1-1 Nishi-ikuta, Tama-ku Kawasaki-city Kanagawa, 214-8565, Japan;(7) Department of Psychology, Chuo University, 742-1 Higashinakano, Hachiohji-city Tokyo, 192-0393, Japan;(8) Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract:Visual radial expansion/contraction motion provides important visual information that is used to control several adaptive actions. We investigated radial motion perception in infant Japanese macaque monkeys using an experimental procedure previously developed for human infants. We found that the infant monkeys’ visual preference for the radial expansion pattern was greater than that for the radial contraction pattern. This trend towards an “expansion bias” is similar to that observed in human infants. These results suggest that asymmetrical radial motion processing is a basic visual function common to primates, and that it emerges early in life.
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