Visual recognition of age class and preference for infantile features: implications for species-specific vs universal cognitive traits in primates.

Despite not knowing the exact age of individuals, humans can estimate their rough age using age-related physical features. Nonhuman primates show some age-related physical features; however, the cognitive traits underlying their recognition of age class have not been revealed. Here, we tested the ab...

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Main Authors: Anna Sato, Hiroki Koda, Alban Lemasson, Sumiharu Nagumo, Nobuo Masataka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3368701?pdf=render