Seeing the Forest for the Trees, and the Ground Below My Beak: Global and Local Processing in the Pigeon’s Visual System

Non-human animals tend to solve behavioral tasks using local information. Pigeons are particularly biased toward using the local features of stimuli to guide behavior in small-scale environments. When behavioral tasks are performed in large-scale environments, pigeons are much better global processo...

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Published in:Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors: William Clark, Michael Colombo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.888528/full