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Shape from shading, the use of shading as a cue for the perception of shape and depth, was investigated in five European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). There has been a minimal amount of research done on the visual cognition of starlings and this experiment is the first time our lab is using starlings as a model species. The current study mirrors the Cook, Commons-Miller, Kieres (2009) experiment ... read morelooking at shape from shading in pigeons. Starlings were operantly trained to discriminate between convex and concave stimuli. Discrimination was determined by the starlings peck rates. Although this an ongoing study, at the time the data were sampled, it appears that starlings can learn to discriminate shapes using shading cues. Future directions are discussed.read less
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