The brain creates illusions not just for us: sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum) can ‘see the magic’ as well.

The brain creates illusions not just for us: sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum) can ‘see the magic’ as well.

Bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum) were tested for their ability to perceive subjective and illusionary contours as well as line length illusions. Individuals were first trained to differentiate between squares, triangles and rhomboids in a series of two alternative forced-choice experiments. Tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Theodora eFuss, Horst eBleckmann, Vera eSchluessel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Subjects:
elasmobranch
Kanizsa
Optical illusion
subjective contour
Müller-Lyer deception
Chiloscyllium griseum
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2014.00024/full

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