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Orthographic processing in animals: Implications for comparative psychologists

Orthographic processing in animals: Implications for comparative psychologists Two recent studies have shown that pigeons and baboons can discriminate written English words from nonwords, and these findings were interpreted as demonstrating that orthographic processing is possible in absence of linguistic knowledge. Here, I emphasize a different idea, which is that these studies also inform comparative psychologists on the evolutionary history of statistical learning in nonhuman animals, and on its pervasiveness and flexibility. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Learning & Behavior Springer Journals

Orthographic processing in animals: Implications for comparative psychologists

Fagot, Joël
Learning & Behavior , Volume 45 (3) – Apr 4, 2017
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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 by Psychonomic Society, Inc.
Subject
Psychology; Psychology, general; Neurosciences
ISSN
1543-4494
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1543-4508
DOI
10.3758/s13420-017-0267-0
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28378304
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Abstract

Two recent studies have shown that pigeons and baboons can discriminate written English words from nonwords, and these findings were interpreted as demonstrating that orthographic processing is possible in absence of linguistic knowledge. Here, I emphasize a different idea, which is that these studies also inform comparative psychologists on the evolutionary history of statistical learning in nonhuman animals, and on its pervasiveness and flexibility.

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Learning & Behavior – Springer Journals

Published: Apr 4, 2017

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