Seeing Things: A Community Science Investigation into Motion Illusion Susceptibility in Domestic Cats (

Gabriella E Smith, Philippe A Chouinard, Isabel Lin, Ka Tak Tsoi, Christian Agrillo, Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Gabriella E SmithThinking Dog Center, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Philippe A ChouinardSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9817-0689

Isabel LinThinking Dog Center, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Ka Tak TsoiThinking Dog Center, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Christian AgrilloDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7391-8934

Sarah-Elizabeth ByosiereThinking Dog Center, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3583-6778

City University of New York · USLa Trobe University · AUUniversity of Padua · ITUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

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Abstract

Illusions-visual fields that distort perception-can inform the understanding of visual perception and its evolution. An example of one such illusion, the Rotating Snakes illusion, causes the perception of motion in a series of static concentric circles. The current study investigated pet dogs' and cats' perception of the Rotating Snakes illusion in a community science paradigm. The results reveal that neither species spent significantly more time at the illusion than at either of the controls, failing to indicate susceptibility to the illusion. Specific behavioral data at each stimulus reveal that the most common behaviors of both species were Inactive and Stationary, while Locomotion and Pawing were the least common, supporting the finding that susceptibility may not be present. This study is the first to examine susceptibility to the Rotating Snakes illusion in dogs, as well as to directly compare the phenomenon between dogs and cats. We suggest future studies might consider exploring alternative methods in testing susceptibility to motion illusions in non-human animals.

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animal cognitioncatdogillusionmotionperceptionRotating Snakes

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DOI10.3390/ani12243562

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