Monkeys and humans see visual illusions in similar way, study finds

Monday, September 28, 2015 - 10:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Monkeys perceive visual illusions in the same way great apes and humans see them, according to researchers at Georgia State University. The findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition in August, indicate humans and monkeys perceive and misperceive the world similarly, which reflects resemblances in these species’ perceptual systems and […]

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