Use of visual, acoustic, and olfactory information during embedded invertebrate foraging in brown capuchins (Cebus apella)

Experiments were conducted to investigate which sensory cues are used by brown capuchins (Cebus apella) in embedded invertebrate foraging. The importance of visual, olfactory, and acoustic cues in such foraging was determined by presenting subjects with a stimulus log modified to block out given sen...

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Published inJournal of comparative psychology (1983) Vol. 118; no. 2; p. 200
Main Authors Phillips, Kimberley A, Goodchild, Lisa M Shauver, Haas, Meghan E, Ulyan, Marjorie J, Petro, Stephanie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2004
Subjects
Animals
Auditory Perception
Cebus
Feeding Behavior
Female
Male
Smell
Visual Perception
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Summary:Experiments were conducted to investigate which sensory cues are used by brown capuchins (Cebus apella) in embedded invertebrate foraging. The importance of visual, olfactory, and acoustic cues in such foraging was determined by presenting subjects with a stimulus log modified to block out given sensory cues. Experiment 1 was designed to investigate whether subjects could locate an invertebrate embedded in wood when only visual, acoustic, or olfactory information was available. Experiments 2 and 3 were designed to investigate extractive foraging behavior when two sensory cues were provided. It was hypothesized that the combination of visual and acoustic information would be necessary for subjects to successfully locate embedded invertebrates. Results indicated that subjects' performance was most successful when both visual and acoustic information was available.
ISSN:0735-7036
DOI:10.1037/0735-7036.118.2.200