?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Rhesus+monkeys+use+geometric+and+non+geometric+during+a+reorientation+task&rft.creator=Gouteux%2C+S&rft.creator=Thinus-Blanc%2C+C&rft.creator=Vauclair%2C+J&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.description=Rhesus+monkeys+(Macaca+mulata)+were+subjected+to+a+place+finding+task+in+a+rectangular+room+perfectly++homogeneous+and+without+distinctive+featural+information.+Results+of+Experiment+1+show+that+monkeys+rely+on+the+large-scale+geometry+of+the+room+to+retrieve+a+food+reward.+Experiments+2+and+3+indicate+that+subjects+use+also+nongeometric+information+(colored+wall)+to+reorient.+Data+of+Experiments+4+and+5+suggest+that+monkeys+do+not+use+small+angular+cues+but+that+they+are+sensitive+to+the+size+of+the+cues+(Experiments+6%2C+7%2C+and+8).+Our+findings+strengthen+the+idea+that+a+mechanism+based+on+the+geometry+of+the+environment+is+at+work+in+several+mammalian+species.+In+addition%2C+the+present+data+offer+new+perspectives+on+spatial+cognition+in+animals+that+are+phylogenetically+close+to+humans.+Specifically%2C+the+joint+use+of+both+geometric+and+landmark-based+cues+by+rhesus+monkeys+tends+to+demonstrate+that+spatial+processing+became+more+flexible+with+evolution%0A&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3590%2F1%2FGouteux_et_al_JEPGEN_01.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gouteux%2C+S+and+Thinus-Blanc%2C+C+and+Vauclair%2C+J++(2001)+Rhesus+monkeys+use+geometric+and+non+geometric+during+a+reorientation+task.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3590%2F