Dogs look at a person interacting with a new object longer than a - TopicsExpress



          

Dogs look at a person interacting with a new object longer than a person interacting with a familiar object moved to a different location, suggesting perception of goal-directed behavior, according to a study published September 17, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sarah Marshall-Pescini from University of Milan, Italy and colleagues. These results may provide the first evidence that a nonprimate species may be able to perceive another individuals actions as goal-directed. The authors suggest that dogs may view the actions of humans -- but not of black boxes -- as goal-directed, although further studies are needed to clarify whether these results stem from cognitive processes or something else. Interesting study from todays ScienceDaily. Read on for more about this study...
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:23:33 +0000

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