What makes some species of milk snakes more attractive to humans than others?

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

What makes some species of milk snakes more attractive to humans than others?

Original language description

Animals are ancestrally important stimuli for humans who pay disproportional attention to animal objects and exhibit an outstanding ability to categorize animal species, especially those most relevant to them. We assessed human aesthetic preferences toward milk snakes, the traditional model for studies of Batesian mimicry. We asked the respondents to rank 34 pictures of milk snakes according to perceived beauty. The sets covered most of naturally occurring variation in milk snake appearance. While ranking the beauty, the respondents spontaneously classified the species according to two dimensions. The species clustered in a similar way irrespective of evaluated set. In conclusion, humans showed a surprising ability to classify milk snake patterns; theyrepeatedly formed the same distinct groups of species, thus completing a process that resembles unsupervised categorization.

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2009

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Theory in Biosciences

ISSN

1431-7613

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Volume of the periodical

128

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

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UT code for WoS article

000271804600003

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