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Visual ecology: coloured fruit is what the eye sees best
1Department of Physiology, Medical School, Framlington Place, NE2 4HH, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. C.J.L.Wolf@newcastle.ac.uk
Current Biology : CB
|April 9, 2002
Abstract:
Trichromatic vision may have evolved as an aid to frugivory. This hypothesis is supported by the recent demonstration that the spatial characteristics of pictures containing fruit are particularly well matched to the abilities of the human visual system.