Do gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) fail to represent objects in the context of cohesion violations?
Recent research suggests that witnessing events of fission (e.g., the splitting of a solid object) impairs human infants', human adults', and non-human primates' object representations. The present studies investigated the reactions of gorillas and orangutans to cohesion violation across different types of fission events implementing a behavioral paradigm previously used with human infants. Results suggest that fission events vary in their impact on representational abilities but do not destroy apes' representations of continuously existing objects.
Cacchione
Trix
T
Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14/21, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland. t.cacchione@psychologie.uzh.ch
Call
Josep
J
D000818:Animals; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D057079:Pongo / Q000502:physiology*; D011340:Problem Solving; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology