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Author | Horowitz, A.C. | ||||
Title | Do humans ape? Or do apes human? Imitation and intention in humans (Homo sapiens) and other animals | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2003 | Publication | Journal of comparative psychology | Abbreviated Journal | J Comp Psychol |
Volume | 117 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 325-336 |
Keywords | Adolescent; Adult; Animals; *Appetitive Behavior; Attention; Child, Preschool; Concept Formation; Female; Humans; *Imitative Behavior; Male; Motivation; Pan troglodytes/*psychology; *Problem Solving; *Psychomotor Performance; Reaction Time; Species Specificity | ||||
Abstract | A. Whiten, D. M. Custance, J.-C. Gomez, P. Teixidor, and K. A. Bard (1996) tested chimpanzees' (Pan troglodytes) and human children's (Homo sapiens) skills at imitation with a 2-action test on an “artificial fruit.” Chimpanzees imitated to a restricted degree; children were more thoroughly imitative. Such results prompted some to assert that the difference in imitation indicates a difference in the subjects' understanding of the intentions of the demonstrator (M. Tomasello, 1996). In this experiment, 37 adult human subjects were tested with the artificial fruit. Far from being perfect imitators, the adults were less imitative than the children. These results cast doubt on the inference from imitative performance to an ability to understand others' intentions. The results also demonstrate how any test of imitation requires a control group and attention to the level of behavioral analysis. | ||||
Address | Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. ahorowitz@crl.ucsd.edu | ||||
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Publisher | Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. : 1983 | Editor | ||
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ISSN | 0735-7036 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 736 | ||
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Author | Bartosova, J.; Dvorakova, R.; Vancatova, M.; Svobodova, I. | ||||
Title | Comprehension of human pointing gesture in domestic horses: Effect of training method | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2008 | Publication | IESM 2008 | Abbreviated Journal | |
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Keywords | Human-horse communication, Pointing, Training methods, Horsemanship | ||||
Abstract | Horses have been considered to rely on human gesticular cues (McKinley and Sambrook 2000, Anim Cogn 3:13-22; and recently Maros et al. 2008, Anim Cogn 11:457-466), however large variability among individuals tested in two-ways object choice tasks was found. Part of the horses in those studies (40 and 26 %, respectively) even failed to pass adequately through the training session which preceded the testing phase and served to learn a horse to carry out a task. Therefore, we alternated the experimental design designed by McKinley and Sambrook (reduced number of testing trials to 10 per horse to keep its attention, applied just one, a dynamic-sustained pointing cue with touching the bucket, etc.), and tested an effect of training method, sex, age, and learning on proportion of correct choices. We hypothesised, that horses trained by “traditional” method (TTM) will get lower score than those experienced with “horsemanship-based” methods (HTM), being characterized by closer and more frequent human-horse contact and also extended exercising “from the ground” with frequent using of arms cues. Despite simplification of the methods, only about 60 % of tested horses passed through the training phase (i.e., learned to come to and upturn the bucket with hidden treat). Successful completion of training phase was reached regardless of age or sex of a horse, but by the training method; HTM horses ran better compared to TTM ones. No significant effect of age, sex, or learning (i.e., trial order within all 10), and training method as well was found on proportion of correct trials in the testing phase. Horses made a correct choice in more than 70% of trials. Individual scores ranged from 50 to 100 %. In conclusion, horses showed high level of comprehension of human pointing gesture, regardless of their sex or age. No effects of training method or learning process within a test suggest low impact of handling and learning on the level of comprehension at least of the most vivid human pointing gesture. Horses trained by methods based on “natural human-horse communication” did enhance cooperation with people. | ||||
Address | Department of Ethology, Institute of Animal Science, Pratelstvi 815, CZ-104 00 Praha Uhrineves, Czech Republic | ||||
Corporate Author | Bartosova, J. | Thesis | |||
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Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4464 | ||
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Author | Proops, L.; McComb, K.; Reby, D. | ||||
Title | Cross-modal individual vocal recognition in the domestic horse | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2008 | Publication | IESM 2008 | Abbreviated Journal | |
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Keywords | social cognition, animal-human interaction, horses, attention | ||||
Abstract | Horses fulfill many of the criteria for a species in which it would be adaptive to be capable of individual recognition: they are highly social, form strong and long lasting bonds, their affiliations are rarely kin based, they have a fission-fusion social structure and they possess inter and intra-group dominance hierarchies. We used a novel cross-modal, expectancy violation paradigm to provide the first systematic evidence that a non-human animal – the domestic horse- is capable of cross modal recognition. We believe this paradigm could provide an ideal way to study individual recognition across a wide range of species. For full published details see: Proops L, McComb K, Reby D (2009) Cross-modal individual recognition in domestic horses (Equus caballus). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106: 947-951. |
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Address | Centre for Mammal Vocal Communication Research, Psychology department, | ||||
Corporate Author | Proops, L | Thesis | |||
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Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4469 | ||
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Author | Stupperich, A.; Strack, M. | ||||
Title | Interaction with horses (equus): Assessment with a circumplex based questionnaire | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2008 | Publication | IESM 2008 | Abbreviated Journal | |
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Keywords | human-pet interaction, interpersonal theory, distress | ||||
Abstract | According to Interpersonal Theory every interaction is motivated by efforts to achieve and maintain self-esteem and to avoid anxiety. People“s characteristic ways of accomplishing these ends are called interpersonal reflexes. Those interpersonal reflexes are evident in interaction with animals, since they are determined by the interpersonal traits of personality. We wanted to catch the typical interpersonal reflexes in between humans and horses compared to pet animals. We used the self rating assessment instrument ”Inventory of Problematic Interactions with Animals" (IPI – Animals), which bases on a Interpersonal Circumplex Model (Human Animal Circumplex; HAC) and was constructed to catch specific dispositions of distress caused by animals using two dimensions (too dominant vrs too submissive and too warm versus too cold). Data of 233 male adolescents (93 of them actual pet owners, from that 12 horse owners) were collected. We found that different pet preferences holds distinct locations in the HAC. Horse persons differ from dog and cat persons within the dimension dominance (dog: chi2(df126) =161.54 p= .018; cat: chi2(df126) =199.95 p= .045). Persons, who own a horse or would wish to own one, describe themselves as dominant, but warm interactors. They report that they want horses to notice them. They tend do too much for them and behave very effusively with them. On the other hand they feel that the animal takes too much advantage of the relationship. |
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Address | University of Regensburg, Institut für Experimentelle Psychology, Tel ++49 (9482) 90 98 05 | ||||
Corporate Author | Stupperich, A. | Thesis | |||
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Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4470 | ||
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Author | Hostetter, A.B.; Cantero, M.; Hopkins, W.D. | ||||
Title | Differential use of vocal and gestural communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in response to the attentional status of a human (Homo sapiens) | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2001 | Publication | Journal of Comparative Psychology | Abbreviated Journal | J. Comp. Psychol. |
Volume | 115 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 337-343 |
Keywords | Animals; *Attention; *Communication Methods, Total; Female; *Gestures; Humans; Male; Motivation; Pan troglodytes/*psychology; Social Environment; Species Specificity; *Vocalization, Animal | ||||
Abstract | This study examined the communicative behavior of 49 captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), particularly their use of vocalizations, manual gestures, and other auditory- or tactile-based behaviors as a means of gaining an inattentive audience's attention. A human (Homo sapiens) experimenter held a banana while oriented either toward or away from the chimpanzee. The chimpanzees' behavior was recorded for 60 s. Chimpanzees emitted vocalizations faster and were more likely to produce vocalizations as their 1st communicative behavior when a human was oriented away from them. Chimpanzees used manual gestures more frequently and faster when the human was oriented toward them. These results replicate the findings of earlier studies on chimpanzee gestural communication and provide new information about the intentional and functional use of their vocalizations. | ||||
Address | Department of Psychology, Berry College, USA | ||||
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ISSN | 0735-7036 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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Notes | PMID:11824896 | Approved | yes | ||
Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4970 | ||
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Author | Menke, C.; Waiblinger, S.; Fölsch, D.W.; Wiepkema, P.R. | ||||
Title | Social Behaviour and Injuries of Horned Cows in Loose Housing Systems | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2008 | Publication | Animal Welfare | Abbreviated Journal | Anim Welfare |
Volume | 8 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 243-258 |
Keywords | ANIMAL WELFARE; HORNED DAIRY COWS; HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIP; INJURIES; LOOSE HOUSING; MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR | ||||
Abstract | The relationship between social behaviour and skin injuries (caused by horns) of loose housed horned cows was investigated on 35 dairy farms. While the frequencies of two agonistic behaviour elements (push and chase away) were positively correlated with the occurrence of skin injuries, the frequencies of butting and homing were not. Butting appears to have an ambivalent motivation, in that its occurrence is correlated positively both with agonistic behaviour and with social licking. Horning showed a positive correlation with social licking only. Four groups of husbandry conditions that may be associated with the occurrence of social behaviour and of injuries were distinguished: i) herd management, with variables including problem solving management by the farmer, integration of new cows, and dealing with periparturient and oestrus cows; ii) human-animal relationship, with variables including ability to identify individual cows, frequency of brushing the cows, number of milkers, and frequency of personnel changes; iii) animal characteristics, with the variable of herd size; and iv) stable characteristics, with the variable of space per cow (m2). The relevance of the husbandry variables investigated here had been confirmed in a previous stepwise regression analysis (Menke 1996). The variables for herd management and human-animal relationship conditions correlated in a consistent way with the occurrence of agonistic behaviour and/or of injuries, while most of them also correlated in the opposite direction with the occurrence of social licking. Herd size correlated positively with agonistic behaviour, but negatively with social licking. Space per cow correlated negatively with agonistic behaviour and injuries. In more than 70 per cent of the herds investigated, the levels of agonistic behaviour and of skin injuries were low, implying that horned dairy cows can be kept with less risk than is often assumed. We argue that such risks strongly depend on management factors that can be improved. | ||||
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Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 5110 | ||
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Author | Call, J.; Tomasello, M. | ||||
Title | Use of social information in the problem solving of orangutans (<em>Pongo pygmaeus</em>) and human children (<em>Homo sapiens</em>) | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1995 | Publication | Journal of Comparative Psychology | Abbreviated Journal | J. Comp. Psychol. |
Volume | 109 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 308-320 |
Keywords | cross species imitative learning in problem solving, human 3–4 yr olds vs orangutans | ||||
Abstract | Fourteen juvenile and adult orangutans and 24 3- and 4-yr-old children participated in 4 studies on imitative learning in a problem-solving situation. In all studies a simple to operate apparatus was used, but its internal mechanism was hidden from subjects to prevent individual learning. In the 1st study, orangutans observed a human demonstrator perform 1 of 4 actions on the apparatus and obtain a reward; they subsequently showed no signs of imitative learning. Similar results were obtained in a 2nd study in which orangutan demonstrators were used. Similar results were also obtained in a 3rd study in which a human encouraged imitation from an orangutan that had previously been taught to mimic arbitrary human actions. In a 4th study, human 3- and 4-yr-old children learned the task by means of imitation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) | ||||
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Publisher | US: American Psychological Association | Place of Publication | Editor | ||
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ISSN | 1939-2087 (Electronic); 0735-7036 (Print) | ISBN | Medium | ||
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Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ 1995-42883-001 | Serial | 5448 | ||
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Author | Bloom, P. | ||||
Title | Behavior. Can a dog learn a word? | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2004 | Publication | Science (New York, N.Y.) | Abbreviated Journal | Science |
Volume | 304 | Issue | 5677 | Pages | 1605-1606 |
Keywords | Animals; Child; Child, Preschool; *Dogs; Humans; *Learning; *Memory; *Vocabulary | ||||
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Address | Department of Psychology, Yale University, Post Office Box 208205, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA. paul.bloom@yale.edu | ||||
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Author | Houpt, K.A. | ||||
Title | Why horse behaviour is important to the equine clinician | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 2006 | Publication | Equine veterinary journal | Abbreviated Journal | Equine Vet J |
Volume | 38 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 386-387 |
Keywords | Accidents, Occupational/prevention & control; Aggression; Animals; *Behavior, Animal/physiology; Clinical Competence; Fear; Horses/*physiology; Humans; Veterinarians/psychology; Veterinary Medicine/*standards | ||||
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Address | Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6401, USA | ||||
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ISSN | 0425-1644 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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Author | Turpeinen, O. | ||||
Title | Effect of cholesterol-lowering diet on mortality from coronary heart disease and other causes | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1979 | Publication | Circulation | Abbreviated Journal | Circulation |
Volume | 59 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 1-7 |
Keywords | Coronary Disease/blood/*mortality/prevention & control; Dairy Products; *Dietary Fats; *Fats, Unsaturated; Finland; Humans; Hypercholesterolemia/complications/*diet therapy/mortality; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms/mortality | ||||
Abstract | International statistics indicate that there is a close correlation between the consumption of saturated fats (dairy fats and meat fats) and the mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD), and this conception has been confirmed by many epidemiological studies. Such studies alone, however, cannot prove the existence of a cause-and-effect relationship between these two variables; dietary intervention trials are needed. The Finnish Mental Hospital Study was such a trial, conducted in two hospitals near Helsinki in 1959--1971. Practically total replacement of dairy fats by vegetable oils in the diets of these hospitals was followed by a substantial reduction in the mortality of men from CHD. Total mortality also appeared to be reduced. As to the causes of death other than CHD, none was significantly influenced by dietary change. This was also true for malignant neoplasms. To alleviate the burden of CHD on public health, many investigators have recommended important changes in the quantity and quality of dietary fats. | ||||
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Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 33 | ||
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