Do dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) make counterproductive choices because they are sensitive to human ostensive cues?

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: S. Marshall Pescini, C. Passalacqua, E. Prato Previde, M. E. Miletto Pedrazzini, P. Valsecchi
• Other Authors: M.E. Miletto-Pedrazzini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale; Settore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia e Psicologia Fisiologica; Psi; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/179548; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035437

Dogs appear to be sensitive to human ostensive communicative cues in a variety of situations, however there is still a measure of controversy as to the way in which these cues influence human-dog interactions. There is evidence for instance that dogs can be led into making evaluation errors in a qua...