?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=+Functional+categorization+of+objects+and+of+their+pictures+in+baboons&rft.creator=Bovet%2C+D&rft.creator=Vauclair%2C+J&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.description=Baboons+were+trained+and+tested+on+the+natural+category+of+food+versus+nonfood%0Awith+real+objects+using+an+adapted+version+of+a+WGTA.+Four+subjects+were+first%0Atrained+to+categorize+two+objects%2C+one+food+and+one+nonfood%3B+then+80+other+objects+(40+food+and+40+nonfood)+were+presented+and+categorical+response+to+each+object+was+recorded.+The+baboons+showed+a+good+and+rapid+transfer+of+their+categorical+abilities+to+the+novel+items.+In+subsequent+experiments%2C+two+subjects+were+trained+with+cut-out+photos+or+with+whole+photos+(i.e.%2C+pictures+with+background)+of+one+object+in+each+of+the+previously+learned+category+and+then+tested+with+a+subset+of+photos+of+the+objects+used+in+the+first+experiment.+After+training+with+one+pair+of+pictures%2C+categorical+transfer+was+high+in+both+baboons+for+cut-out+photos+but+one+subject+only+correctly+categorized+whole+photos+of+the+objects.+Results+of+these+experiments+and+of+additional+control+situations+involving+various+modes+of+picture+presentations+further+demonstrated+the+abilities+of+the+baboons+to+relate+real+objects+with+their+pictorial+representations.%0A&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3597%2F1%2FBovet_%2526_Vauclair_LM_98.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bovet%2C+D+and+Vauclair%2C+J++(1998)++Functional+categorization+of+objects+and+of+their+pictures+in+baboons.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3597%2F