Langley W M
2267 N Yale, Wichita, KS 67220, USA.
Behav Processes. 1989 Jun;19(1-3):115-25. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(89)90035-1.
This study examined the grasshopper mouse's use of visual cues to recognize a potential prey. The mouse's latency of attack was measured in response to models presented in five experiments. The mice responded to the contrast, movement and relative size of a visual stimulus, but did not respond to different orientations or shapes. Furthermore, the mice did not learn to recognize a particular prey by its shape or by a combination of visual cues. Essentially, the mice used vision primarily to detect and follow a potential prey rather than to recognize a particular species. The significance of the mouse's use of visual cues compared with olfactory and auditory cues was discussed.
本研究考察了北美草地鹿鼠利用视觉线索识别潜在猎物的情况。在五个实验中，通过呈现模型来测量小鼠的攻击潜伏期。小鼠对视觉刺激的对比度、运动和相对大小有反应，但对不同的方向或形状没有反应。此外，小鼠不会通过猎物的形状或视觉线索的组合来学习识别特定的猎物。从本质上讲，小鼠主要利用视觉来检测和跟踪潜在猎物，而不是识别特定物种。文中还讨论了小鼠使用视觉线索与嗅觉和听觉线索相比的重要性。
