3-year-olds get the point

Dogs and small children who share similar social environments appear to understand human gestures in comparable ways, according to Gabriella Lakatos from Eötvös University in Budapest, Hungary, and her team. Looking at how dogs and young children respond to adult pointing actions, Lakatos shows that 3-year-olds rely on the direction of the index finger to locate a hidden object, whereas 2-year-olds and dogs respond instead to the protruding body part, even if the index finger is pointing in the opposite direction. These findings1 were just published online in Springers journal Animal Cognition.

http://www.springer-sbm.com/index.php?id=291&backPID=132&L=0&tx_t...

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Science & Technology

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• animal
• cognition
• science
• behaviour
• springer
• lakatos

[dytajejungsnsd]

hey thanks for uploaded this video!! i need it for my presentation tml :D

[Deathugee]

many thanks.

[itsinthegrayarea]

Thanks for putting this up! I am currently putting together a presentation on Dog Cognition and had actually read this paper, this will be great to show!

[MSJDesign]

interesting