?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Processing+of+above%2Fbelow+categorical+spatial+relations+by+baboons+(Papio+papio)&rft.creator=D%C3%A9py%2C+D&rft.creator=Fagot%2C+J&rft.creator=Vauclair%2C+J&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.description=Three+video-formatted+experiments+investigated+the+categorization+of+%E2%80%98above%E2%80%99+and+%E2%80%98below%E2%80%99+spatial+relations+in+baboons+(Papio+papio).+Using+an+identity+matching-to-sample+task%2C+six+baboons+correctly+matched+line%E2%80%93dot+stimuli+based+on+the+%E2%80%98above%E2%80%99+or+%E2%80%98below%E2%80%99+location+of+the+dot+relative+to+the+line+(Experiment+1).+Positive+transfer+of+performance+was+then+observed+when+the+line%E2%80%93dot+distance+depicted+in+the+sample+stimulus+differed+from+that+of+the+two+comparison+stimuli+(Experiment+2).+Using+a+go%3Anogo+procedure%2C+two+baboons+were+further+trained+to+discriminate%0Awhether+a+%E2%80%98B%E2%80%99+character+was+displayed+%E2%80%98above%E2%80%99+or+%E2%80%98below%E2%80%99+a+%E2%80%983%E2%80%99+character+(Experiment+3).+After+training%2C+a+positive+transfer+of+performance+was+observed+with+the+same+type+of+stimuli+depicted+in+different+type+fonts.+Altogether%2C+these%0Aresults+suggest+that+baboons+may+form+conceptual+representations+of+%E2%80%98above%E2%80%99+and+%E2%80%98below%E2%80%99+spatial+relations%2C+and+categorize+visual+forms+on+that+basis.%0A&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3595%2F1%2FDepy_et_al_BP_99.pdf&rft.identifier=++D%C3%A9py%2C+D+and+Fagot%2C+J+and+Vauclair%2C+J++(1999)+Processing+of+above%2Fbelow+categorical+spatial+relations+by+baboons+(Papio+papio).++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3595%2F