title: Comment on "Orthographic processing in baboons (Papio papio)".
abstract: Grainger et al. (Reports, 13 April 2012, p. 245) suggest that baboons can discriminate words from nonwords on the basis of two-letter (bigram) frequencies. This ability can also be attributed to baboons being able to recognize specific letters (i.e., shapes) in specific positions in their four-letter words, without reference to letter or bigram frequencies.
authors.affiliation: SENS Laboratory, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge University, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QT, UK. wab35@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bains
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008606:Mental Processes; D048531:Papio papio; D011932:Reading