Schematic depicting the layout of a single trial. Participants saw a fixation dot for 500 ms, followed by the PL displays, which were shown for a fixed time of 2,500 ms for birds and 1,000 ms for humans. Note that the orange PL dots are used here only as illustration for highlighting the noise dots. In the actual experiment, all dots were white. After the PL displays, the participant made a key response.