?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+monkeys+acquire+a+new+way+of+seeing&rft.creator=Humphrey%2C+Nicholas+K&rft.creator=Keeble%2C+Graham+R&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=In+an+experiment+on+perceptual+learning%2C+monkeys+were+given+the+opportunity+to+watch+on+television+the+'private+behaviour'+of+another+monkey+(whcih+did+not+know+it+was+being+watched).+The+subjects+were+shown+monkey+X+for+twenty+sessions+in+a+row%2C+followed+by+monkey+Y+for+twenty+sessions%2C+followed+by+monkey+X+again+for+twenty+sessions.+The+subjects'+'interest'+in+the+stimulus+monkey+remained+roughly+level+within+each+block+of+twenty+sessions%2C+but+increased+in+a+step-like+way+at+the+changeover+from+X+to+Y%2C+and+again+from+Y+to+X.+These+results+are+interpreted+as+evidence+that+the+subects+gained+little+or+no+extra+insight+into+the+nature+of+private+behaviour+through+watching+the+same+monkey+in+successive+sessions%3B+the+critical+factor+in+their+perceptual+education+was+the+comparison+between+one+monkey's+behaviour+and+another's.&rft.date=1976&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1781%2F2%2FPerception76.pdf&rft.identifier=++Humphrey%2C+Nicholas+K+and+Keeble%2C+Graham+R++(1976)+How+monkeys+acquire+a+new+way+of+seeing.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1781%2F