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The ability of monkeys to recognize visual stimuli as well as to collate and identify two-dimensional images and three-dimensional objects of different color was studied at their solving tasks of different degree of complexity. The study was performed on three species of monkeys of different levels of phylogenetic development: rhesus macaques Macaca mulatta, black-capped capuchins Cebus apella, and chimpanzee Pan troglodites. It has been established that representatives of the studied monkey species are capable of recognizing two-dimensional images and three-dimensional objects of the green, red, and yellow colors, of their collating and identifying. The differentiation of signals and the correct selection by color have been shown to be performed at solution of visual tasks of different degree of complexity by using different methodical approaches. In the course of learning, in all monkeys the transfer of the “learning” and formation of generalization are observed. This indicates a sufficiently well-developed level of elementary thinking in primates.
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Malyukova, I.V., Molotova, N.G. & Chernikova, N.A. Comparative-Physiological Study of Peculiarities of Recognition of Two-Dimensional Images and Three-Dimensional Objects of Different Color and Their Identification in Lower and Higher Monkeys. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology 39, 585–592 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEY.0000015967.59333.d5
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