Colloque - Arun SP : Do Monkeys See the Way We Do?

Stanislas DehaeneChaire Psychologie cognitive expérimentaleAnnée 2025-2026Collège de FranceColloque : Seeing the Mind, Educating the BrainTheme: Neural Codes in Monkeys and HumansDo Monkeys See the Way We Do?Colloque - Arun SP : Do Monkeys See the Way We Do?Arun SPRésuméMonkeys are widely used as model organisms for vision and cognition. While their anatomy and physiology have strong correspondences with humans, it is unclear whether they truly see the way we do. In most studies, monkeys are extensively trained on specific tasks, leaving us without a more general answer to this question, along with the nagging doubt that the extensive training might have altered their perception. So how do we then test whether monkeys see the way we do?