AN EXPLORATORY-STUDY OF GAZE-MONITORING IN NONHUMAN-PRIMATES

Authors
ITAKURA S
Citation
S. Itakura, AN EXPLORATORY-STUDY OF GAZE-MONITORING IN NONHUMAN-PRIMATES, Japanese psychological research, 38(3), 1996, pp. 174-180
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Japanese psychological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00215368
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
174 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-5368(1996)38:3<174:AEOGIN>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Eleven species of nonhuman primate were tested in a gaze-monitoring ta sk to examine whether they would look where the experimenter looked or pointed. Chimpanzees and an orangutan showed higher correct-response rates than other species. A high correlation was found between correct responses on the gaze-monitoring task and the length of time that the subject continuously concentrated on the experiment.