2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
What do dogs gaze at? Eye-tracking study on domestication of dogs.
| Project/Area Number |
16K16075
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | Kitasato University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 視覚認知 / 社会認知 / イヌ / 比較認知科学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study tested the eye-movement patterns which the dogs share with humans by using an eye-tracker and investigated a hypothesis in which some skills to understand humans’ intention played important roles in dogs’ domestication process. The eye-movement patterns toward pictures showing whole bodies of human, dogs, and other species and faces of human suggested that gazing to limbs and eyes was a key components to understand human intention.
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| Free Research Field |
比較認知科学
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