Why Are Dogs Staring at Us?

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Title
Why Are Dogs Staring at Us?
Source
ZOOL 567, Fall 2021
Contributor
Edgar181, Wikimedia Commons
Ogwen, Creative Commons
Creator
Pun, Daniel
Description
This blog describes the behavior consisting of a dog gazing at human. It explores articles that study how gazing evolved and factors that influence gazing like the dog's genetics, hormones and lifestyle.
References
Cavalli, C., Carballo, F., Dzik, M. V., & Bentosela, M. (2019). Gazing as a help requesting behavior: A comparison of dogs participating in animal-assisted interventions and pet dogs. Animal Cognition, 23(1), 141–147. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01324-8

D’Aniello, B., & Scandurra, A. (2016). Ontogenetic effects on gazing behaviour: A case study of kennel dogs (Labrador retrievers) in the impossible task paradigm. Animal Cognition, 19(3), 565–570. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-016-0958-5

Dzik, M. V., Cavalli, C. M., Barrera, G., & Bentosela, M. (2020). Oxytocin effects on gazing at the human face in retriever dogs. Behavioural Processes, 178, 104160. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104160

Johnston, A. M., Turrin, C., Watson, L., Arre, A. M., & Santos, L. R. (2017). Uncovering the origins of dog–human eye contact: Dingoes establish eye contact more than wolves, but less than dogs. Animal Behaviour, 133, 123–129. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.09.002

Koyasu, H., Kikusui, T., Takagi, S., & Nagasawa, M. (2020). The gaze communications between dogs/cats and humans: Recent research review and future directions. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3687. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613512

Marshall-Pescini, S., Colombo, E., Passalacqua, C., Merola, I., & Prato-Previde, E. (2013). Gaze alternation in dogs and toddlers in an unsolvable task: Evidence of an audience effect. Animal Cognition, 16(6), 933–943. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-013-0627-x

Passalacqua, C., Marshall-Pescini, S., Barnard, S., Lakatos, G., Valsecchi, P., & Prato-Previde, E. (2011). Human-directed gazing behaviour in puppies and adult dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. Animal Behaviour, 82(5), 1043–1050. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.039

Persson, M. E., Sundman, A.-S., Halldén, L.-L., Trottier, A. J., & Jensen, P. (2018). Sociality genes are associated with human-directed social behaviour in golden and Labrador retriever dogs. PeerJ, 6, e5889. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5889

Petró, E., Abdai, J., Gergely, A., Topál, J., & Miklósi, Á. (2015). Dogs (Canis familiaris) adjust their social behaviour to the differential role of inanimate interactive agents. Animal Cognition, 19(2), 367–374. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0939-0

Scandurra, A., Prato-Previde, E., Valsecchi, P., Massmo, A., & D’Aniello, B. (2015). Guide dogs as a model for investigating the effect of life experience and training on gazing behaviour. Animal Cognition, 18(4), 937–944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0864-2
Date
November 30, 2021
Category
Communication/ Learning
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