The Saliency of Snake Scales and Leopard Rosettes to Infants: Its Relevance to Graphical Patterns Portrayed in Prehistoric Art

Autor: Richard G. Coss, Eric P. Charles

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)

Geometrically arranged spots and crosshatched incised lines are frequently portrayed in prehistoric cave and mobiliary art. Two experiments examined the saliency of snake scales and leopard rosettes to infants that are perceptually analogous to these

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Dangerous Animals Capture and Maintain Attention in Humans

Autor: Jessica L. Yorzinski, Michael J. Penkunas, Michael L. Platt, Richard G. Coss

Publikováno v: Evolutionary Psychology, Vol 12 (2014)

Predation is a major source of natural selection on primates and may have shaped attentional processes that allow primates to rapidly detect dangerous animals. Because ancestral humans were subjected to predation, a process that continues at very low

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Something Scary Is Out There: Remembrances of Where the Threat Was Located by Preschool Children and Adults with Nighttime Fear

Autor: Richard G. Coss

Publikováno v: Evolutionary Psychological Science, vol 7, iss 3

Young children frequently report imaginary scary things in their bedrooms at night. This study examined the remembrances of 140 preschool children and 404 adults selecting either above, side, or below locations for a scary thing relative to their bed

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The influence of image salience on the artistic renditions of cave lions in the early Upper Paleolithic

Autor: Richard G. Coss

Publikováno v: Evolutionary Perspectives on Imaginative Culture ISBN: 9783030461898

Large felid predators have posed significant threats to various primate lineages since Miocene times. In the case of leopards (Panthera pardus), natural selection has fostered the ability to recognize these cats in a number of nonhuman primates. This

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Forward-facing predators attract attention in humans (Homo sapiens)

Autor: Richard G. Coss, Maria E Tovar, Jessica L. Yorzinski

Publikováno v: Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), vol 132, iss 4
Yorzinski, JL; Tovar, ME; & Coss, RG. (2018). Forward-facing predators attract attention in humans (Homo sapiens).. Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983). doi: 10.1037/com0000126. UC Davis: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7tr847zb

Even prey that successfully evade attack incur costs when responding to predators. These nonlethal costs can impact their reproductive success and survival. One strategy that prey can use to minimize these costs is to adjust their antipredator behavi

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