鳩のアルファベットの文字の知覚

D S Blough

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|October 22, 1982

まとめ

鳩は,人間と同じように文字を区別することを学ぶことができます. 彼らの誤りは,種とタスクの間の文字の類似性のための共通のプロセスを明らかにします.

科学分野:

認知心理学とは,認知心理学である.
比較心理学とは比較心理学である.
動物の行動動物の行動

背景:

文字の差別は読書に不可欠です.
非人間動物が文字のような視覚的刺激をどのように処理するかを理解することは,一般的な認知メカニズムについての洞察を提供します.

研究の目的:

鳩がアルファベットのすべての文字を区別することを学ぶことができるかどうかを調査する.
鳩の文字差別のエラーから派生した類似性構造を分析する.
この構造を人間の類似性判断と比較するために.

主な方法:

3匹の鳩は,アルファベットのすべての文字を含む3つの選択の差別タスクで訓練されました.
各文字ペアの54のプレゼンテーションでエラーが記録されました.
多次元のスケーリングと階層的なクラスタリングは,エラーデータを分析するために使用されました.

主要な成果:

鳩は,文字を区別することを成功裏に学びました.
派生文字の類似空間は,人間の知覚と一致するパターンを示した.
階層的なクラスタリングは,認識された類似性に基づいた文字のグループ化を明らかにしました.

結論:

文字差別のプロセスは,タスクと種間で一般性を示します.
Pigeon Performanceは,視覚的差別と分類の基本的な側面を理解するための貴重なモデルを提供します.
この研究は,象徴的な情報を処理するための潜在的な共有された認知アーキテクチャを強調しています.

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