Pascalis O, Bachevalier J
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Behav Processes. 1998 Apr;43(1):87-96. doi: 10.1016/s0376-6357(97)00090-9.
Recognition for human faces, monkey faces, and objects was assessed in both adult humans (Homo sapiens) and monkeys (Macaca mulatta) with a visual paired-comparison task. The results demonstrated that while both species showed strong novelty preference for objects, human participants showed novelty preference for human faces but not for monkey faces, and vice versa for the monkeys. This species-specific effect' in face recognition is discussed in relation with data on both the other-race effect' observed in humans and the effects of experience or training on face recognition processes in primates.
通过视觉配对比较任务，对成年人类（智人）和猴子（猕猴）进行了人脸、猴脸及物体识别能力的评估。结果表明，虽然两个物种对物体都表现出强烈的新奇偏好，但人类参与者对人脸表现出新奇偏好，对猴脸则不然，而猴子的情况恰恰相反。人脸识别中的这种“物种特异性效应”结合人类中观察到的“异族效应”以及经验或训练对灵长类动物人脸识别过程的影响的数据进行了讨论。
