THE EFFECT OF SELECTED PROPERTIES OF VISUAL PATTERNS ON OBSERVING BEHAVIOR IN THE SQUIRREL MONKEY.

Abstract

In this study an attempt was made to investigate the effects of five stimulus properties (color, size, angular variability, number of components, and three-dimensionality), on the inquisitive investigatory behavior of the squirrel monkey. The study was designed with two general pruposes in mind: (a) to identify, using a more analytic approach than has customarily been employed, some specific properties of visual patterns which are important to observing or attentional behavior and (b) to measure the attentional effects of these stimulus properties using one species of subject and one standard procedure - a practice which has rarely been followed, but which precludes the necessity of comparing results stemming from studies employing differing procedures and groups. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0617282

Entities

People

  • Paul T. Kemmerling

Organizations

  • Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anatomy
  • Animals
  • Biological Sciences
  • Cells (Biology)
  • Monkeys
  • Rodents
  • Squirrel Monkeys
  • Standards
  • Stemming

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.