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Data from previous visual acuity studies on the chimpanzee, cebus, rhesus, and squirrel monkeys were compared to data from patterned string performance by these species. The hypothesis that visual acuity may be a component in the performance of patterned string problems by infrahuman primates was suggested.
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Harris, D.G., Meyer, M.E. The relationship between visual acuity and performance on patterned string problems by infrahuman primates. Psychon Sci 22, 160 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332546
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