Mechanisms of Shape-Recognition Among Vertebrates

摘要: This chapter reviews data concerning the abilities of various vertebrates to recognize visual shapes. In earlier decades this century, many psychologists and zoologists were curious as whether lower with relatively simple brains (such fishes) possessed “abstract” shapes or perceive similarities among forms. These questions influenced by proposal Gestalt psychology that essential character a shape was direct unlearned percept which animals might share man. Some these attempts evaluate generalize their training “similar” sets are reviewed Herter (1953), Sutherland (1961a). Further comparative studies discrimination resumed in 1950’s 1960’s, allied neurophysiological promised new insight into underlying analytic mechanisms. Although we have continued add experiments on recognition, exact relationship between brain evolution presumed improvements vision remain unclear. Because once more been stimulated recent renaissance neuroanatomy, review main facts hypotheses recognition seems timely indeed.