論文

査読有り 最終著者 責任著者
2006年7月

Sex categorization of conspecific pictures in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata)

ANIMAL COGNITION
  • Reiko Koba
  • ,
  • Akihiro Izumi

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開始ページ
183
終了ページ
191
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s10071-006-0020-0
出版者・発行元
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

We investigated whether monkeys discriminate the sex of individuals from their pictures. Whole-body pictures of adult and nonadult monkeys were used as stimuli. Two male Japanese monkeys were trained for a two-choice sex categorization task in which each of two choice pictures were assigned to male and female, respectively. Following the training., the monkeys were presented with novel monkey pictures, and whether they had acquired the categorization task was tested. The results suggested that while monkeys discriminate between the pictures of adult males and females, discrimination of nonadult pictures was difficult. Partial presentations of the pictures showed that conspicuous and sexually characteristic parts (i.e., underbellies including male scrotums or breasts including female nipples) played an important role in the sex categorization.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-006-0020-0
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000239640500003&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s10071-006-0020-0
  • ISSN : 1435-9448
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000239640500003

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