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Considerations on the use of video playbacks as visual stimuli: The Lisbon workshop consensus

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posted on 2000-12-01, 00:00 authored by R F Oliveira, G G Rosenthal, I Schlupp, P K McGregor, I C Cuthill, John EndlerJohn Endler, L J Fleishman, J Zeil, E Barata, F Burford, D Gonçalves, M Haley, S Jakobsson, M D Jennions, K E Körner, L Lindström, T Peake, A Pilastro, D S Pope, S G B Roberts, C Rowe, J Smith, J R Waas
This paper is the consensus of a workshop that critically evaluated the utility and problems of video playbacks as stimuli in studies of visual behavior. We suggest that video playback is probably suitable for studying motion, shape, texture, size, and brightness. Studying color is problematic because video systems are specifically designed for humans. Any difference in color perception must lead to a different color sensation in most animals. Another potentially problematic limitation of video images is that they lack depth cues derived from stereopsis, accommodation, and motion parallax. Nonetheless, when used appropriately, video playback allows an unprecedented range of questions in visual communication to be addressed. It is important to note that most of the potential limitations of video playback are not unique to this technique but are relevant to all studies of visual signaling in animals. © Springer-Verlag and ISPA 2000.

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Volume

3

Issue

1

Pagination

61 - 65

ISSN

0873-9749

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2000, Springer-Verlag and ISPA

Title of proceedings

Acta Ethologica

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