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ArticlePerception2026

Perceiving zebra rump stripes "through the eyes of" their predators: A study with human observers.

Alex Muhl-Richardson, Maximilian G Parker, Greg Davis

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Article in Perception, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alex Muhl-RichardsonUniversity of Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5673-4052
Maximilian G ParkerUniversity of Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7311-463X
Greg DavisUniversity of Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3312-4942

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Which particular selective pressures guided the evolution of zebra stripes? This question, one of biology's most celebrated conundrums, is also of potential interest to readers of

Indexed as

AttentionEquidaePattern Recognition, VisualPredatory BehaviorVisual PerceptionAdultAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultattentionperceptionsaliencezebra stripes

Identifiers

PMID41295970
PMCPMC12979628

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