Eye spots in Lepidoptera attract attention in humans

dc.contributor.author	Yorzinski, Jessica L.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-25T01:57:30Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-25T01:57:30Z
dc.date.issued	2015	en_US
dc.identifier.other	HPU4160275	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://lib.hpu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/21781	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Many prey species exhibit defensive traits to decrease their chances of predation. Conspicuous eye-spots, concentric rings of contrasting colours, are one type of defensive trait that some species exhibit to deter predators. We examined the function of eye-spots in Lepidoptera to determine whether they are effective at deterring predators because they resemble eyes (‘eye mimicry hypothesis’) or are highly salient (‘conspicuous signal hypothesis’). We recorded the gaze behaviour of men and women as they viewed natural images of butterflies and moths as well as images in which the eye-spots of these insects were modified.	en_US
dc.format.extent	12 p.	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	The Royal Society	en_US
dc.subject	Biology	en_US
dc.subject	Behaviour	en_US
dc.subject	Ecology	en_US
dc.subject	Evolution	en_US
dc.subject	Attention	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Prey selection	en_US
dc.title	Eye spots in Lepidoptera attract attention in humans	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
dc.size	495KB	en_US
dc.department	Education	en_US