Familiar face + novel face = familiar face? Representational bias in the perception of morphed faces in chimpanzees

Highly social animals possess a well-developed ability to distinguish the faces of familiar from novel conspecifics to induce distinct behaviors for maintaining society. However, the behaviors of animals when they encounter ambiguous faces of familiar yet novel conspecifics, e.g., strangers with fac...

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Main Authors: Yoshi-Taka Matsuda, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, Satoshi Hirata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2304.pdf