Review of Studies on Visual Perception in Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus): The Muller-Lyer Illusion, Amodal and Modal Completion

Few avian studies on optical illusions are directly comparable to those with humans. Grey parrots that have some referential use of English speech, however, allow for such comparative studies, as these birds can be tested just as are humans, by asking them to describe exactly what they have seen. He...

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Main Author: Irene M. Pepperberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2017-08-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
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Online Access:http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1102