Development of gaze following abilities in wolves (Canis lupus).
The ability to coordinate with others' head and eye orientation to look in the same direction is considered a key step towards an understanding of others mental states like attention and intention. Here, we investigated the ontogeny and habituation patterns of gaze following into distant space...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:56dd06332e454175923bcdc15ead3fd9 2023-05-15T15:50:25+02:00 Development of gaze following abilities in wolves (Canis lupus). Friederike Range Zsófia Virányi 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016888 https://doaj.org/article/56dd06332e454175923bcdc15ead3fd9 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21373192/?tool=EBI https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 1932-6203 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016888 https://doaj.org/article/56dd06332e454175923bcdc15ead3fd9 PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 2, p e16888 (2011) Medicine R Science Q article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016888 2022-12-31T16:29:12Z The ability to coordinate with others' head and eye orientation to look in the same direction is considered a key step towards an understanding of others mental states like attention and intention. Here, we investigated the ontogeny and habituation patterns of gaze following into distant space and behind barriers in nine hand-raised wolves. We found that these wolves could use conspecific as well as human gaze cues even in the barrier task, which is thought to be more cognitively advanced than gazing into distant space. Moreover, while gaze following into distant space was already present at the age of 14 weeks and subjects did not habituate to repeated cues, gazing around a barrier developed considerably later and animals quickly habituated, supporting the hypothesis that different cognitive mechanisms may underlie the two gaze following modalities. More importantly, this study demonstrated that following another individuals' gaze around a barrier is not restricted to primates and corvids but is also present in canines, with remarkable between-group similarities in the ontogeny of this behaviour. This sheds new light on the evolutionary origins of and selective pressures on gaze following abilities as well as on the sensitivity of domestic dogs towards human communicative cues. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles PLoS ONE 6 2 e16888 |
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The ability to coordinate with others' head and eye orientation to look in the same direction is considered a key step towards an understanding of others mental states like attention and intention. Here, we investigated the ontogeny and habituation patterns of gaze following into distant space and behind barriers in nine hand-raised wolves. We found that these wolves could use conspecific as well as human gaze cues even in the barrier task, which is thought to be more cognitively advanced than gazing into distant space. Moreover, while gaze following into distant space was already present at the age of 14 weeks and subjects did not habituate to repeated cues, gazing around a barrier developed considerably later and animals quickly habituated, supporting the hypothesis that different cognitive mechanisms may underlie the two gaze following modalities. More importantly, this study demonstrated that following another individuals' gaze around a barrier is not restricted to primates and corvids but is also present in canines, with remarkable between-group similarities in the ontogeny of this behaviour. This sheds new light on the evolutionary origins of and selective pressures on gaze following abilities as well as on the sensitivity of domestic dogs towards human communicative cues. |
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Development of gaze following abilities in wolves (Canis lupus). |
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Development of gaze following abilities in wolves (Canis lupus). |
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Development of gaze following abilities in wolves (Canis lupus). |
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development of gaze following abilities in wolves (canis lupus). |
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