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Published on: January 23, 2017
Comentario sobre "Sensibilidad diferencial a la comunicación humana en perros, lobos y bebés humanos"
S Marshall-Pescini1, C Passalacqua, P Valsecchi
1Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Milan, 20134 Milan, Italy. sarah.marshall@unimi.it
Resumen
Los perros, como los bebés humanos, cometen errores de búsqueda debido a señales ostensivas. Sin embargo, un proceso de aprendizaje más simple llamado mejora local puede explicar mejor estos comportamientos caninos, diferenciándolos de los lobos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La cognición animal es la cognición de los animales.
- Psicología comparada y psicología comparada.
- Comportamiento canino comportamiento canino.
Sus antecedentes:
- Investigaciones anteriores indicaron que los perros, similares a los bebés humanos, exhiben errores de búsqueda perseverantes.
- Estos errores se atribuyeron a la interpretación de los perros de las señales ostensivas de los experimentadores.
- Los lobos, a diferencia de los perros y los bebés, no muestran errores de búsqueda perseverantes similares.
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