How dogs hear us: human voice perception by domestic dogs.

狗如何听到我们的声音：家养狗对人类声音的感知。

• 批准号: BB/P00170X/1
• 负责人: David Reby
• 金额: $ 37.78万
• 依托单位: University of Sussex
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FP00170X%2F1
• 关键词: How; dogs; hear; us; human

For domestic dogs, understanding our signals is an important social ability. We often hear that dogs are highly skilled at responding to visual signals like pointing in comparison to other animals, yet we know very little about how they perceive our voices, despite the fact that we talk to them all the time. Many of us think that dogs understand us quite well, but what exactly do they hear when we speak to them? Can dogs interpret our tone of voice, recognise our words, or both? How do they learn their name, their owner's voice, or spoken commands? How can they pick this information out from our complex streams of speech? Do these learning abilities change over their lifetime, or depend on their social experiences with people? Are dogs naturally tuned into some aspects of our voices more than others, and can we use these biases to help them to learn to respond to us? Can this explain why we talk to dogs similarly to babies, rather than assuming that we only do so because companion dogs often seem to fall into a comparable role? There are so many questions that we do not have the answers for, yet these are important questions for social and training situations, where miscommunication can significantly reduce the quality of the interactions between people and dogs, and potentially lead to the compromised welfare of both participants. Our research seeks to address these questions by: a) documenting the development of human voice perception abilities in puppies, including direct comparisons with adult dogs to explore the influence of age and social experiences on these abilities; b) investigating whether some of the voice features that help human babies to learn object names can also influence learning in dogs, and if so, how; and c) determining how dogs cope with our often complex utterances in order to extract useful information. Our research team has the relevant strengths in the function and evolution of vocal communication and cognition in both animals and humans, as well as specific experience investigating dogs' perception of vocal cues. We propose to conduct a series of six multi-component empirical studies with puppies and adult dogs from different social backgrounds, that will address key research questions and test novel hypotheses in the key focus areas identified above.This research will yield new knowledge in an under-researched topic, and illuminate an important aspect of dogs' social interactions with humans that has rarely been considered, yet is potentially of great importance. Our project includes core events that will showcase these results to a wide range of practitioners involved in dog welfare, training and management, as well as the general public. There will also be activities to supplement the professional development opportunities for school staff.

对于家养狗来说，理解我们的信号是一种重要的社交能力。我们经常听说，与其他动物相比，狗非常擅长对视觉信号做出反应，例如指向，但我们对它们如何感知我们的声音知之甚少，尽管我们一直在与它们交谈。我们很多人都认为狗很了解我们，但当我们跟它们说话时，它们到底听到了什么？狗能解读我们的语气、识别我们的话语，或者两者兼而有之吗？它们如何学习自己的名字、主人的声音或口头命令？他们如何从我们复杂的语音流中挑选出这些信息？这些学习能力会随着他们的一生而变化，还是取决于他们与人的社交经历？狗是否比其他人更自然地适应我们声音的某些方面，我们可以利用这些偏见来帮助他们学会回应我们吗？这是否可以解释为什么我们与狗说话的方式与婴儿相似，而不是假设我们这样做只是因为伴侣狗似乎经常扮演类似的角色？有很多问题我们没有答案，但这些对于社交和训练情况来说都是重要的问题，在这些情况下，沟通不畅会显着降低人与狗之间互动的质量，并可能导致参与者的福利受到损害。我们的研究旨在通过以下方式解决这些问题：a）记录小狗人类声音感知能力的发展，包括与成年狗直接比较，以探索年龄和社会经历对这些能力的影响； b) 研究一些帮助人类婴儿学习物体名称的声音特征是否也会影响狗的学习，如果会影响，又是如何影响的； c）确定狗如何应对我们通常复杂的话语，以提取有用的信息。我们的研究团队在动物和人类的声音交流和认知的功能和进化方面拥有相关优势，并且在研究狗对声音线索的感知方面拥有特定的经验。我们建议对来自不同社会背景的幼犬和成年犬进行一系列六项多组成部分的实证研究，这将解决关键研究问题并测试上述关键重点领域的新假设。这项研究将在一个尚未充分研究的主题中产生新知识，并阐明狗与人类社会互动的一个重要方面，这一方面很少被考虑，但可能非常重要。我们的项目包括核心活动，将向参与狗福利、培训和管理的广泛从业者以及公众展示这些成果。还将开展一些活动来补充学校教职员工的专业发展机会。

项目成果

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

动物行为百科全书

• DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.90701-5
• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Briffa M

High-pitch sounds small for domestic dogs: abstract crossmodal correspondences between auditory pitch and visual size.

• DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211647
• 发表时间: 2022-03
• 期刊: Royal Society open science
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: Korzeniowska AT;Simner J;Root-Gutteridge H;Reby D
• 通讯作者: Reby D

Genetic distance from wolves affects family dogs' reactions towards howls.

• DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04450-9
• 发表时间: 2023-02-06
• 期刊: Communications biology
• 影响因子: 5.9

Genetic distance from wolves affects family dogs' reactions towards howls

与狼的遗传距离影响家犬对嚎叫的反应

• DOI: 10.5167/uzh-230361
• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Lehoczky, Fanni