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Star finches Neochmia ruficauda have a visual preference for white dot patterns: a possible case of trypophilia

Many animals have polka dot patterns on their body surface, some of which are known to have signalling functions; however, their evolutionary origins remain unclear. Dot patterns can trigger a fear response (trypophobia) in humans and are known to function as aposematic signals in non-human animals,...

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Autores principales: Mizuno, Ayumi, Soma, Masayo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9617841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35294684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01609-5