Waitt Corri, Buchanan-Smith Hannah M
Scottish Primate Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom.
Am J Primatol. 2006 Nov;68(11):1054-67. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20303.
The use of photographs, slides, computerized images, and video to study behavior is increasingly being employed in nonhuman primates. However, since these mediums have been designed to simulate natural coloration for normal trichromatic human vision, they can fail to reproduce color in meaningful and accurate ways for viewers with different visual systems. Given the range of color perception that exists both across and within different species, it is necessary to consider this variation in order to discern the suitability of these mediums for experimental use. Because of the high degree of visual similarity among humans, Old World monkeys, and apes, the use of photographic and video stimuli should be acceptable in terms of replicating naturalistic coloration and making noticeable color manipulations. However, among New World primates and prosimians, there exists a considerable degree of variation in color perceptual abilities depending on the species, sex, and allelic combination of the animals involved. Therefore, the use of these mediums to study behavior is problematic for these species, and should be done with caution.
利用照片、幻灯片、计算机图像和视频来研究行为的方法在非人灵长类动物研究中越来越常用。然而，由于这些媒介是为模拟正常三色视觉的人类自然肤色而设计的，对于具有不同视觉系统的观察者来说，它们可能无法以有意义和准确的方式再现颜色。考虑到不同物种之间和物种内部存在的颜色感知范围，有必要考虑这种差异，以便辨别这些媒介用于实验的适用性。由于人类、旧世界猴和猿类在视觉上高度相似，使用照片和视频刺激在复制自然肤色和进行显著的颜色操作方面应该是可以接受的。然而，在新世界灵长类动物和原猴亚目动物中，根据所涉及动物的物种、性别和等位基因组合，颜色感知能力存在相当大的差异。因此，使用这些媒介来研究这些物种的行为存在问题，应该谨慎进行。
