Journal article
Comparative Vision Science: Seeing Eye to Eye?
Comparative cognition & behavior reviews, Vol.5, pp.148-154
01/01/2010
DOI: 10.3819/ccbr.2010.50011
PMCID: PMC2932449
PMID: 20824149
Abstract
In the study of comparative cognition and perception, disparities in the diverse approaches that researchers take in studying behavior sometimes obscure the interpretation of a particular empirical finding. We describe an approach to the study of comparative cognition and perception which focuses on explaining the ways in which different biological systems solve the computational challenges that are posed by their natural environments. Within this investigative framework, the task of detecting correspondence between a three-dimensional object and its two-dimensional photographic representation falls outside the mainstream of most research in animal visual cognition and is of limited value for divulging the principles or mechanisms that underlie the visual abilities of animals. More productive pursuits seek to elucidate the principles and mechanisms of object recognition and categorization, and to illuminate how they contribute to the animal's survival in the visual world.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparative Vision Science: Seeing Eye to Eye?
- Creators
- Fabian A Soto - University of IowaEdward A Wasserman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Comparative cognition & behavior reviews, Vol.5, pp.148-154
- DOI
- 10.3819/ccbr.2010.50011
- PMID
- 20824149
- PMCID
- PMC2932449
- NLM abbreviation
- Comp Cogn Behav Rev
- ISSN
- 1911-4745
- eISSN
- 1911-4745
- Publisher
- Canada
- Grant note
- R01 EY019781-18 / NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019781 / NEI NIH HHS R01 MH047313-17 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH047313 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984071761902771
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