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Capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.) take advantage of tactile information to visually recognise different object features

Although diurnal primate species mainly rely on sight to gather information from the environment, touch is both the first sense to develop and by far the most extensive in Primates. Systematic studies investigating the integration of information coming from the sensory systems of sight and touch are sparse in non-human primates. To date, little is known about possible enhancement effects due to the synergy of these two sensory modalities.

Perceiving harmony behind walking: a study on healthy subjects

This study aims to investigate how the naturalness of movement is perceived in a sample of healthy participants. Specifically, 256 people (34.2 ± 10.8 years; M = 89; F = 167) were asked by means of an online questionnaire to give an evaluation of the naturalness of a video showing a girl walking along a walkway. We presented four videos of which only one had been recorded in „normal” forward walking and at a comfortable speed and which presented a gait ratio coinciding with the golden proportion.

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