Brain Research
Research on brain research reported by scientists at Queen's University, Department of Psychology
Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, September 20th, 2010
New research, 'Do rats (Rattus norvegicus) perceive biological motion,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Canada, "It is unknown whether the rodent visual system can perceive biological motion, an ability present in primates, cats, and several bird species. Using a water-maze visual discrimination task, we find that rats can be trained to distinguish between left-and rightward motion of abstract point-light displays of walking humans."
"However, rats were unable to generalize to a novel point-light display (a walking cat), or to a display of a backward walking human, where overall body configuration and local, ballistic foot motion provide...
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