2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
What do guide dogs gaze at? Eye-tracking study on movie stimuli approaching domestication history of dogs.
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19K20649
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 90030:Cognitive science-related
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| Research Institution | Kitasato University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 比較認知科学 / 実験心理学 / 応用動物行動学 / アイトラッキング / イヌ / 盲導犬 / 家庭犬 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we used an eye-tracking device called an eye tracker to record the movement of gaze and investigated the visual cognitive abilities that are key to the domestication of dogs. We focused on the role of motion information in the establishment of visual communication, which dogs have acquired uniquely in their relationship with humans. The results of gaze towards pointing localization images of boxes by humans revealed that humans can understand localization even without motion information, while pet dogs seem to rely on motion information for understanding. Additionally, guide dogs had acquired gaze patterns that were different from those of humans and pet dogs.
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| Free Research Field |
比較認知科学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究により、動きを伴う動的視覚情報がイヌ・ヒト間の意思疎通において重要であることが明らかになった。また家庭犬と盲導犬で異なる結果を示したことも踏まえると、イヌの使役動物化の過程で動き情報の理解および訓練の効果が鍵となる役割を果たしたと言える。またイヌの訓練において動きをコミュニケーションシグナルとして利用することで効果的な訓練法となることが期待できる。
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