title: Cats see subjective contours.
abstract: Behavioural techniques were used to determine whether cats are able to see subjective contours. Through several stages of testing with increasingly complex displays, cats continued to respond to a figure defined by subjective contours. This result provides the first direct evidence that a nonhuman perceives subjective contours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology/Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology