NDLI: Gaze-following behind barriers in domestic dogs

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Author	Met, Amandine Miklósi, Ádám Lakatos, Gabriella
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Although gaze-following abilities have been demonstrated in a wide range of species, so far no clear evidence has been available for dogs. In the current study, we examined whether dogs follow human gaze behind an opaque barrier in two different contexts, in a foraging situation and in a non-foraging situation (food involved vs. food not involved in the situation). We assumed that dogs will spontaneously follow the human gaze and that the foraging context will have a positive effect on dogs’ gaze-following behaviour by causing an expectation in the dogs that food might be hidden somewhere in the room and might be communicated by the experimenter. This expectation presumably positively affects their motivational and attentional state. Here, we report that dogs show evidence of spontaneous gaze-following behind barriers in both situations. According to our findings, the dogs gazed earlier at the barrier in the indicated direction in both contexts. However, as we expected, the context also has some effect on dogs’ gaze-following behaviour, as more dogs gazed behind the barrier in the indicated direction in the foraging situation. The present results also support the idea that gaze-following is a characteristic skill in mammals which may more easily emerge in certain functional contexts.
Starting Page	1401
Ending Page	1405
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14359448
Journal	Animal Cognition
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	14359456
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-05-11
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Gaze-following Dogs Inter-specific communication Behavioural Sciences Zoology Human Physiology Evolutionary Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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