During water rescue training, dogs must be highly attentive to their handler and ready to obtain information from him/her; they are strongly rewarded for carefully looking at the handler during the obedience exercises. We explore the potential effect of training experience on the behaviour of gazing towards humans and on problem-solving strategies in an unsolvable task. Dogs show preferential attention and gazing toward their owner compared to an unfamiliar experimenter (Miklósi et al. 2005; Mongillo et al. 2010). We evaluate whether water rescue training would determine a greater tendency of dogs to gaze toward their reference figure (the owner), rather than toward a stranger when facing an unsolvable task.

Gazing toward humans: a comparison between water rescue and pet dogs in the impossible task paradigm / A. Scandurra, P. Valsecchi, E. Prato-Previde, B. D’Aniello. ((Intervento presentato al convegno International Society for Anthropology (ISAZ) tenutosi a Wien nel 2014.

Gazing toward humans: a comparison between water rescue and pet dogs in the impossible task paradigm

E. Prato-Previde
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2014

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During water rescue training, dogs must be highly attentive to their handler and ready to obtain information from him/her; they are strongly rewarded for carefully looking at the handler during the obedience exercises. We explore the potential effect of training experience on the behaviour of gazing towards humans and on problem-solving strategies in an unsolvable task. Dogs show preferential attention and gazing toward their owner compared to an unfamiliar experimenter (Miklósi et al. 2005; Mongillo et al. 2010). We evaluate whether water rescue training would determine a greater tendency of dogs to gaze toward their reference figure (the owner), rather than toward a stranger when facing an unsolvable task.
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Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale
Settore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia e Psicologia Fisiologica
Gazing toward humans: a comparison between water rescue and pet dogs in the impossible task paradigm / A. Scandurra, P. Valsecchi, E. Prato-Previde, B. D’Aniello. ((Intervento presentato al convegno International Society for Anthropology (ISAZ) tenutosi a Wien nel 2014.
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