Owners' direct gazes increase dogs' attention-getting behaviors
Owners' direct gazes increase dogs' attention-getting behaviors
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DOI：
10.1016/j.beproc.2016.02.013
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Kikusui, Takefumi
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作者：
Ohkita, Midori;Nagasawa, Miho;Kikusui, Takefumi
这项研究调查了狗是否通过它们的目光获得关于人类注意力的信息，以及它们是否改变了它们的注意力获得行为（即，呜呜呜，呜咽，看着主人的脸，爪子，接近主人），以回应主人的直接目光。结果表明，当主人注视着他们的狗时，呜呜声和呜咽声以及看着主人的脸的持续时间比主人转移视线时长。相比之下，在直视和回避凝视条件下，抓挠的持续时间和接近主人的可能性没有差异。因此，主人的直接凝视增加了作为遥远信号的行为，而不一定涉及触摸主人。我们认为，狗对人类的目光是敏感的，这种敏感性可能作为对人类的依恋信号，并可能有助于人类和狗之间的密切关系。(C)© 2016 Elsevier B.V.版权所有。
This study examined whether dogs gain information about human's attention via their gazes and whether they change their attention-getting behaviors (i.e., whining and whimpering, looking at their owners' faces, pawing, and approaching their owners) in response to their owners' direct gazes. The results showed that when the owners gazed at their dogs, the durations of whining and whimpering and looking at the owners' faces were longer than when the owners averted their gazes. In contrast, there were no differences in duration of pawing and likelihood of approaching the owners between the direct and averted gaze conditions. Therefore, owners' direct gazes increased the behaviors that acted as distant signals and did not necessarily involve touching the owners. We suggest that dogs are sensitive to human gazes, and this sensitivity may act as attachment signals to humans, and may contribute to close relationships between humans and dogs. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.