論文

査読有り 国際誌
2018年9月

Human ostensive signals do not enhance gaze following in chimpanzees, but do enhance object-oriented attention.

Animal cognition
  • Fumihiro Kano
  • ,
  • Richard Moore
  • ,
  • Christopher Krupenye
  • ,
  • Satoshi Hirata
  • ,
  • Masaki Tomonaga
  • ,
  • Josep Call

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開始ページ
715
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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s10071-018-1205-z

The previous studies have shown that human infants and domestic dogs follow the gaze of a human agent only when the agent has addressed them ostensively-e.g., by making eye contact, or calling their name. This evidence is interpreted as showing that they expect ostensive signals to precede referential information. The present study tested chimpanzees, one of the closest relatives to humans, in a series of eye-tracking experiments using an experimental design adapted from these previous studies. In the ostension conditions, a human actor made eye contact, called the participant's name, and then looked at one of two objects. In the control conditions, a salient cue, which differed in each experiment (a colorful object, the actor's nodding, or an eating action), attracted participants' attention to the actor's face, and then the actor looked at the object. Overall, chimpanzees followed the actor's gaze to the cued object in both ostension and control conditions, and the ostensive signals did not enhance gaze following more than the control attention-getters. However, the ostensive signals enhanced subsequent attention to both target and distractor objects (but not to the actor's face) more strongly than the control attention-getters-especially in the chimpanzees who had a close relationship with human caregivers. We interpret this as showing that chimpanzees have a simple form of communicative expectations on the basis of ostensive signals, but unlike human infants and dogs, they do not subsequently use the experimenter's gaze to infer the intended referent. These results may reflect a limitation of non-domesticated species for interpreting humans' ostensive signals in inter-species communication.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-018-1205-z
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30051325
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s10071-018-1205-z
  • ISSN : 1435-9448
  • PubMed ID : 30051325

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