Check your subscription status, update your details and more. Compared with humans, macaques are more likely to miss the bigger picture, but are also less confused by flipped images We can never know what it is like to be a bat, philosopher Thomas Nagel famously agued. Do they see the world in the same way we do?
To find out, neuroscientists in India used an “oddball” test to compare visual performances between people and macaques. They found that, although the different species scored similarly on many aspects of perception, there were two intriguing differences: the monkeys were less phased by images being flipped upside down and they seemed far more focused on fine details. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox.
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