Emotional contagion: Dogs and humans show a similar physiological response to human infant crying
Emotional contagion: Dogs and humans show a similar physiological response to human infant crying
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DOI：
10.1016/j.beproc.2014.10.006
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发表时间：
2014-10-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Ruffman, Ted
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作者：
Yong, Min Hooi;Ruffman, Ted
人类对婴儿哭泣的反应是皮质醇水平的增加和警觉性的提高，这种反应被解释为情绪传染，一种原始的移情形式。在研究狗是否会对人类的痛苦做出类似的反应时，以前的结果是混合的。我们研究了家犬，这与人类有着悠久的历史，是否表现出情绪传染的迹象，测试犬（n = 75）和人类（n = 74）的反应，三个听觉刺激：一个人类婴儿的哭声，一个人类婴儿的咿呀学语，和计算机生成的“白色噪音”，与后两个刺激作为控制。人类和狗的皮质醇水平只有在听到哭泣后才从基线显著增加。此外，狗对哭泣表现出独特的行为反应，将顺从与警觉结合起来。这些发现表明，狗在回应人类婴儿的哭声时会经历情绪传染，并为跨物种同情的原始形式提供了第一个明确的证据。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Humans respond to an infant crying with an increase in cortisol level and heightened alertness, a response interpreted as emotional contagion, a primitive form of empathy. Previous results are mixed when examining whether dogs might respond similarly to human distress. We examined whether domestic dogs, which have a long history of affiliation with humans, show signs of emotional contagion, testing canine (n = 75) and human (n = 74) responses to one of three auditory stimuli: a human infant crying, a human infant babbling, and computer-generated "white noise", with the latter two stimuli acting as controls. Cortisol levels in both humans and dogs increased significantly from baseline only after listening to crying. In addition, dogs showed a unique behavioral response to crying, combining submissiveness with alertness. These findings suggest that dogs experience emotional contagion in response to human infant crying and provide the first clear evidence of a primitive form of cross-species empathy. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.