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Making inferences about the location of hidden food: social dog, causal ape.

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Bräuer, J; Kaminski, J; Riedel, J; Call, J; Tomasello, M
Published in: Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983)
February 2006

Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and great apes from the genus Pan were tested on a series of object choice tasks. In each task, the location of hidden food was indicated for subjects by some kind of communicative, behavioral, or physical cue. On the basis of differences in the ecologies of these 2 genera, as well as on previous research, the authors hypothesized that dogs should be especially skillful in using human communicative cues such as the pointing gesture, whereas apes should be especially skillful in using physical, causal cues such as food in a cup making noise when it is shaken. The overall pattern of performance by the 2 genera strongly supported this social-dog, causal-ape hypothesis. This result is discussed in terms of apes' adaptations for complex, extractive foraging and dogs' adaptations, during the domestication process, for cooperative communication with humans.

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Published In

Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983)

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EISSN

1939-2087

ISSN

0735-7036

Publication Date

February 2006

Volume

120

Issue

1

Start / End Page

38 / 47

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Pan paniscus
  • Male
  • Food
  • Female
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Exploratory Behavior
  • Dogs
  • Cues
 

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Bräuer, J., Kaminski, J., Riedel, J., Call, J., & Tomasello, M. (2006). Making inferences about the location of hidden food: social dog, causal ape. Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), 120(1), 38–47. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.120.1.38
Bräuer, Juliane, Juliane Kaminski, Julia Riedel, Josep Call, and Michael Tomasello. “Making inferences about the location of hidden food: social dog, causal ape.Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) 120, no. 1 (February 2006): 38–47. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7036.120.1.38.
Bräuer J, Kaminski J, Riedel J, Call J, Tomasello M. Making inferences about the location of hidden food: social dog, causal ape. Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, DC : 1983). 2006 Feb;120(1):38–47.
Bräuer, Juliane, et al. “Making inferences about the location of hidden food: social dog, causal ape.Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983), vol. 120, no. 1, Feb. 2006, pp. 38–47. Epmc, doi:10.1037/0735-7036.120.1.38.
Bräuer J, Kaminski J, Riedel J, Call J, Tomasello M. Making inferences about the location of hidden food: social dog, causal ape. Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, DC : 1983). 2006 Feb;120(1):38–47.

Published In

Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983)

DOI

EISSN

1939-2087

ISSN

0735-7036

Publication Date

February 2006

Volume

120

Issue

1

Start / End Page

38 / 47

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Pan troglodytes
  • Pan paniscus
  • Male
  • Food
  • Female
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Exploratory Behavior
  • Dogs
  • Cues