Monkey pulvinar neurons fire differentially to snake postures.

There is growing evidence from both behavioral and neurophysiological approaches that primates are able to rapidly discriminate visually between snakes and innocuous stimuli. Recent behavioral evidence suggests that primates are also able to discriminate the level of threat posed by snakes, by respo...

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Main Authors: Quan Van Le, Lynne A Isbell, Jumpei Matsumoto, Van Quang Le, Etsuro Hori, Anh Hai Tran, Rafael S Maior, Carlos Tomaz, Taketoshi Ono, Hisao Nishijo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4257671?pdf=render