The Platyrrhine Primate Cebus imitator Uses Gaze to Manipulate and Withdraw Food to the Mouth

The Platyrrhine Primate Cebus imitator Uses Gaze to Manipulate and Withdraw Food to the Mouth

Orienting a food item held in the hand to withdraw and optimally place it in the mouth for eating (withdraw-to-eat) is mediated by vision in catarrhine anthropoids and by nonvisual strategies in strepsirrhine primates. The present study asks whether vision contributes to the withdraw-to-eat movement...

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Main Authors: Ian Q. Whishaw, Megan A. Mah, Julia G. Casorso, Evin Murillo Chacon, Janine Chalk-Wilayto, Myra F. Laird, Amanda D. Melin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2024-02-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
Subjects:
capuchin feeding
food manipulation
fruit foraging
primate hand use
vision for hand use
visual food handling
platyrrhine primates
Online Access:https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/55/1%20Whishaw_et_al_ABC_11(1).pdf

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