Through The Looking Glass: Do Animals See Screens Only as Windows?

Authors

Ammar Raslan, Kenyon CollegeFollow
Joel Richeimer, Kenyon CollegeFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Summer 2025

Abstract

Humans do not take screens as windows -- as blocking access to the world. They instead take what they see to be disconnected from their own reality. This is the basis of “aesthetic perception” as opposed to ordinary perception. The hope is the range of non-human animal experience will illuminate the screen-window contrast. The first question is that do non-human animals have a screen-window distinction? Do they have aesthetic perception?

Recommended Citation

Raslan, Ammar and Richeimer, Joel, "Through The Looking Glass: Do Animals See Screens Only as Windows?" (2025). Kenyon Summer Science Scholars Program. Paper 794.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/summerscienceprogram/794