Cross-modal matching of objects and photographs in the monkey

Malone, Daniel R.; Tolan, James C.; Rogers, Charles M.

doi:10.1016/0028-3932(80)90109-8

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“…One exception was a study in which macaques (M. mulatta) categorized images of objects with which they had had active experience more accurately than objects with which they had had only passive experience (Neiworth and Wright 1994). Only a few studies have been designed as systematic tests for picture recognition in macaques, and these indicate that macaques can recognize the content of pictorial images (Malone et al 1980;Tolan et al 1981;Zimmermann and Hochberg 1970). Ours is perhaps the first study to systematically test for picture recognition of food items in macaques.…”

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“…For example, pigeons taught to discriminate seeds from inedible objects (e.g., sticks) were later able to discriminate photographs of the seeds from the objects (Watanabe 1993(Watanabe , 1997. Matching of a threedimensional object to a two-dimensional image also implies picture recognition (Cabe 1976;Delius 1992;Malone et al 1980;Spetch and Friedman 2006;Tanaka 1996;Truppa et al 2009). Successfully sorting of images into prearranged categories also implies recognition, as, for example, when nonhuman primates reliably sort images into the categories food or non-food (Bovet and Vauclair 1998;Savage-Rumbaugh et al 1980).…”

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Picture recognition of food by macaques (Macaca silenus)

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Pictorial representations of three-dimensional objects are often used to investigate animal cognitive abilities; however, investigators rarely evaluate whether the animals conceptualize the two-dimensional image as the object it is intended to represent. We tested for picture recognition in lion-tailed macaques by presenting five monkeys with digitized images of familiar foods on a touch screen. Monkeys viewed images of two different foods and learned that they would receive a piece of the one they touched first. After demonstrating that they would reliably select images of their preferred foods on one set of foods, animals were transferred to images of a second set of familiar foods. We assumed that if the monkeys recognized the images, they would spontaneously select images of their preferred foods on the second set of foods. Three monkeys selected images of their preferred foods significantly more often than chance on their first transfer session. In an additional test of the monkeys' picture recognition abilities, animals were presented with pairs of food images containing a medium-preference food paired with either a high-preference food or a low-preference food. The same three monkeys selected the medium-preference foods significantly more often when they were paired with low-preference foods and significantly less often when those same foods were paired with high-preference foods. Our novel design provided convincing evidence that macaques recognized the content of two-dimensional images on a touch screen. Results also suggested that the animals understood the connection between the two-dimensional images and the three-dimensional objects they represented.

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Picture recognition of food by macaques (Macaca silenus)

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“…Following the gradual shift toward a focus on cognition, looking time experiments on captive primates have been used to study how primates understand objects and social situations. For example, primates can classify objects (Kyes et al 1992;Bovet & Vauclair 1998), match objects across sensory modalities (Davenport et al 1975;Malone et al 1980;Tolan et al 1981), enumerate objects (Uller et al 2001), and process images and videos of objects (Kano & Tomonaga 2009, 2011. They can also recognize themselves in videos (Anderson et al 2009), differentiate between species (Fujita 1987;Demaria & Thierry 1988;Dufour et al 2006;M eary et al 2014), recognize individuals (Rosenfeld & Van Hoesen 1979;Dasser 1987Dasser , 1988Kyes & Candland 1987;Bovet & Deputte 2009;Hanazuka et al 2013), link visual attention to actions (Santos & Hauser 1999), recognize familiar goal-directed behavior (Rochat et al 2008;Myowa-Yamakoshi et al 2012), and understand features of tools (Santos et al 2003).…”

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Perspectives: The Looking Time Experimental Paradigm in Studies of Animal Visual Perception and Cognition

2015

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Experiments are the foundation of empirical science, and experimental paradigms that are broadly applicable across settings and species are particularly useful for comparative research. Originally developed to address questions related to perception and cognition of pre-verbal human infants, the looking time experimental paradigm has been increasingly used to study animal behavior and cognition, particularly in non-human primates. Looking time experiments are based on the assumption that animals direct eye gaze toward objects or scenes based on their degree of interest, and use looking behavior to infer perceptual or cognitive characteristics of subjects. This paradigm can be used in a variety of contexts and is not based on species-typical behaviors, allowing for intra-and interspecific comparisons. Here, we describe the history of use of looking time measures, provide an overview of the problems and controversies related to this method, and offer recommendations on how to implement looking time tasks, focusing on the preparation of stimuli, experimental procedures, and data analysis. Our overview focuses on non-human primates, where most work has been carried out, but the issues discussed should be applicable to a wide range of species. We conclude that despite pertinent criticism, looking time tasks are practical when executed and interpreted properly. The further implementation of these methods in studies of animal behavior and cognition is likely to be fruitful.

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“…It was found that the apes correctly matched the 3D object to the 2D depiction at levels significantly above chance. Malone, Tolan and Rogers (1980) conducted a similar study with two male rhesus macaques and found that both monkeys learned to complete the task with extensive practice. In contrast, Winner and Ettlinger (1979) failed to replicate the findings of Davenport and Rogers (1971) with two juvenile chimpanzees.…”

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How young children and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) perceive objects in a 2D display: putting an assumption to the test

Leighty

Menzel

Fragaszy

2008

Developmental Science

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Object recognition research is typically conducted using 2D stimuli in lieu of 3D objects. This study investigated the amount and complexity of knowledge gained from 2D stimuli in adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and young children (aged 3 and 4 years) using a titrated series of cross-dimensional search tasks. Results indicate that 3-year-old children utilize a response rule guided by local features to solve cross-dimensional tasks. Four-year-old toddlers and adult chimpanzees use information about object form and compositional structure from a 2D image to guide their search in three dimensions. Findings have specific implications to research conducted in object recognition/perception and broad relevance to all areas of research and daily living that incorporate 2D displays.

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Cross-modal matching of objects and photographs in the monkey

Cited by 50 publications

References 18 publications

Picture recognition of food by macaques (Macaca silenus)

Picture recognition of food by macaques (Macaca silenus)

Perspectives: The Looking Time Experimental Paradigm in Studies of Animal Visual Perception and Cognition

How young children and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) perceive objects in a 2D display: putting an assumption to the test

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