Color vision in the giant panda : (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Hue discrimination abilities of giant pandas were tested, controlling for brightness. Subjects were 2 adult giant pandas (1 male and 1 female). A simultaneous discrimination procedure without correction was used. In five tasks, white, black, and five saturations each of green, blue, and red served a...

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Published in:Learning & behavior 2006-05, Vol.34 (2), p.154-161
Main Authors: KELLING, Angela S, SNYDER, Rebecca J, MARR, M. Jackson, BLOOMSMITH, Mollie A, GARDNER, Wendy, MAPLE, Terry L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Animal cognition
Animals
Bears
Behavior, Animal
Biological and medical sciences
Color
Color Perception
Conditioning
Discrimination Learning
Eyes & eyesight
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Learning. Memory
Male
Pandas
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Ursidae
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Summary:Hue discrimination abilities of giant pandas were tested, controlling for brightness. Subjects were 2 adult giant pandas (1 male and 1 female). A simultaneous discrimination procedure without correction was used. In five tasks, white, black, and five saturations each of green, blue, and red served as positive stimuli that were paired with one or two comparison stimuli consisting of 16 saturations of gray. To demonstrate discrimination, the subjects were required to choose the positive stimulus in 16 of 20 trials (80% correct) for three consecutivesessions. Both subjects reached criterion forgreen and red. The female subject also reached criterion for blue. The male was not tested for blue. This study is a systematic replication of Bacon and Burghardt's (1976) color discrimination experiment on black bears. The results suggest that color vision in the giant panda is comparable to that of black bears and other carnivores that are not strictly nocturnal.
ISSN:1543-4494
1543-4508
DOI:10.3758/BF03193191