?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=+Picture+recognition+in+animals+and+in+humans+%3A+a+review&rft.creator=Bovet%2C+D&rft.creator=Vauclair%2C+J&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=The+question+of+object%E2%80%93picture+recognition+has+received+relatively+little+attention+in+both+human+and+comparative+psychology%3B+a+paradoxical+situation+given+the+important+use+of+image+technology+(e.g.+slides%2C+digitised+pictures)+made+by+neuroscientists+in+their+experimental+investigation+of+visual+cognition.+The++present+review+examines+the+relevant+literature+pertaining+to+the+question+of+the%0Acorrespondence+between+and%3Aor+equivalence+of+real+objects+and+their+pictorial+representations+in+animals+and+humans.+Two+classes+of+reactions+towards+pictures+will+be+considered+in+turn%3A+acquired+responses+in+picture+recognition+experiments+and+spontaneous+responses+to+pictures+of+biologically+relevant+objects+(e.g.+prey+or+conspecifics).+Our+survey+will+lead+to+the+conclusion+that+humans+show+evidence+of+picture+recognition+from+an+early+age%3B+this+recognition+is%2C+however%2C+facilitated+by+prior+exposure+to+pictures.+This+same+exposure+or+training+effect+appears+also+to+be+necessary+in+nonhuman+primates+as+well+as+in+other+mammals+and+in+birds.+Other+factors+are+also+identified+as+playing+a+role+in+the+acquired+responses+to+pictures%3A+familiarity+with+and+nature+of+the+stimulus+objects%2C+presence+of+motion+in+the+image%2C+etc.+Spontaneous+and+adapted+reactions+to+pictures+are+a+wide+phenomenon+present+in+different+phyla+including+invertebrates+but+in+most+instances%2C+this+phenomenon+is+more+likely+to+express+confusion+between+objects+and+pictures+than+discrimination+and+active+correspondence+between+the+two.+Finally%2C+given+the+nature+of+a+picture+(e.g.+bi-dimensionality%2C+reduction+of+cues+related+to+depth)%2C+it+is+suggested+that+object%E2%80%93picture+recognition+be+envisioned+in+various+levels%2C+with+true+equivalence+being+a+limited+case%2C+rarely+observed+in+the+behaviour+of+animals+and+even+humans.+%0A%0A&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3593%2F1%2FBovet_et_JV_BBR_00.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bovet%2C+D+and+Vauclair%2C+J++(2000)++Picture+recognition+in+animals+and+in+humans+%3A+a+review.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3593%2F