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

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

EG - Zoologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2009

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Theory in Biosciences

ISSN

1431-7613

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

128

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000271804600003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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