Dogs do not demonstrate a human-like bias to defer to communicative cues.
Learn Behav
; 46(4): 449-461, 2018 12.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30112598
ABSTRACT
Human children and domesticated dogs learn from communicative cues, such as pointing, in highly similar ways. In two experiments, we investigate whether dogs are biased to defer to these cues in the same way as human children. We tested dogs on a cueing task similar to one previously conducted in human children. Dogs received conflicting information about the location of a treat from a Guesser and a Knower, who either used communicative cues (i.e., pointing; Experiments 1 and 2), non-communicative physical cues (i.e., a wooden marker; Experiment 1), or goal-directed actions (i.e., grasping; Experiment 2). Although human children tested previously struggled to override inaccurate information provided by the Guesser when she used communicative cues, in contrast to physical cues or goal-directed actions, dogs were more likely to override the Guesser's information when she used communicative cues or goal-directed actions than when she used non-communicative physical cues. Given that dogs did not show the same selective bias towards the Guesser's information in communicative contexts, these findings provide clear evidence that dogs do not demonstrate a human-like bias to defer to communicative cues. Instead, dogs may be more likely to critically evaluate information presented via communicative cues than either physical or non-communicative cues.
Palabras clave
Texto completo:
1
Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Comunicación
/
Señales (Psicología)
/
Perros
/
Aprendizaje
Límite:
Animals
/
Child
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Learn Behav
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
/
MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos