Do as I … Did! Long-term memory of imitative actions in dogs (Canis familiaris)

Fugazza, Claudia; Pogány, Ákos; Miklósi, Ádám

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“…In support of both of our predictions, we found that dogs were able to imitate when the imitation test was unexpected (although less successfully than when it was expected), and imitation success decreased quickly (i.e., fewer subjects imitated) with increasing retention interval (GLMM of imitation success, effect of test condition: c 2 2 = 14.7, p < 0.001; Table 1; Figure 2). A more rapid decay of dogs' memory as a result of incidental encoding was apparent when we compared imitation success after 1 min and 1 hr retention interval when recalling was unexpected (this study) with results of our previous studies, with similar conditions (also with 1 min and 1 hr retention intervals) but when the imitation test was expected [14,15] (Figure 2). When the recall test was expected, imitation success of dogs was not significantly different between immediate recall and recall after 1 hr delay [15].…”

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“…A more rapid decay of dogs' memory as a result of incidental encoding was apparent when we compared imitation success after 1 min and 1 hr retention interval when recalling was unexpected (this study) with results of our previous studies, with similar conditions (also with 1 min and 1 hr retention intervals) but when the imitation test was expected [14,15] (Figure 2). When the recall test was expected, imitation success of dogs was not significantly different between immediate recall and recall after 1 hr delay [15]. In addition, imitation success with expected recall was more than 2-fold compared to when recall was unexpected (binomial GLM of imitation success after 1 hr retention intervals, expected recall [from 15] versus unexpected recall [this study]: 83.3% versus 35.3%; c 2 1 = 7.0, p = 0.008, regression coefficient [B ± SE] for expectedness = 2.22 ± 0.93).…”

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“…To explore the ability of dogs to recall past events when there was no expectation of the recall test, we used an innovative methodology: a modified version of the ''Do as I Do'' paradigm, relying on dogs' ability to imitate human actions after a delay [14,15]. Our aim was to test dogs' episodic-like memory of past events (i.e., human actions) that are richer in content and more complex than what was tested in the majority of previous studies [e.g., 7,9,16,17].…”

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Recall of Others’ Actions after Incidental Encoding Reveals Episodic-like Memory in Dogs

2016

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The existence of episodic memory in non-human animals is a debated topic that has been investigated using different methodologies that reflect diverse theoretical approaches to its definition. A fundamental feature of episodic memory is recalling after incidental encoding, which can be assessed if the recall test is unexpected [1]. We used a modified version of the "Do as I Do" method [2], relying on dogs' ability to imitate human actions, to test whether dogs can rely on episodic memory when recalling others' actions from the past. Dogs were first trained to imitate human actions on command. Next, they were trained to perform a simple training exercise (lying down), irrespective of the previously demonstrated action. This way, we substituted their expectation to be required to imitate with the expectation to be required to lie down. We then tested whether dogs recalled the demonstrated actions by unexpectedly giving them the command to imitate, instead of lying down. Dogs were tested with a short (1 min) and a long (1 hr) retention interval. They were able to recall the demonstrated actions after both intervals; however, their performance declined more with time compared to conditions in which imitation was expected. These findings show that dogs recall past events as complex as human actions even if they do not expect the memory test, providing evidence for episodic-like memory. Dogs offer an ideal model to study episodic memory in non-human species, and this methodological approach allows investigating memory of complex, context-rich events. VIDEO ABSTRACT.

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Recall of Others’ Actions after Incidental Encoding Reveals Episodic-like Memory in Dogs

2016

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“…In fact, the evidence for dogs’ ability to learn through direct imitation is mixed; while there is ample evidence that dogs imitate the actions of human experimenters in behavioral copying tasks (e.g. Fugazza & Miklósi, ; Fugazza, Pogány & Miklósi, ), there is less clear evidence that dogs directly imitate human actions in instrumental learning tasks (e.g. Kubinyi, Topál, Miklósi & Csányi, ; Mersmann, Tomasello, Call, Kaminski & Taborsky, ; Miller, Rayburn‐Reeves & Zentall, ; Pongrácz, Bánhegyi & Miklósi, ).…”

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Exploring the evolutionary origins of overimitation: a comparison across domesticated and non‐domesticated canids

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2016

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When learning from others, human children tend to faithfully copy - or 'overimitate' - the actions of a demonstrator, even when these actions are irrelevant for solving the task at hand. We investigate whether domesticated dogs (Canis familiaris) and dingoes (Canis dingo) share this tendency to overimitate in three experiments. In Experiment 1, dogs and dingoes had the opportunity to solve a puzzle after watching an ostensive demonstrator who used both a relevant action and an irrelevant action. We find clear evidence against overimitation in both species. In contrast to human children (Horner & Whiten, 2005), dogs and dingoes used the irrelevant action less often across trials, suggesting that both species were filtering out the irrelevant action as they gained experience with the puzzle (like chimpanzees; Horner & Whiten, 2005). Experiments 2 and 3 provide further evidence against overimitation, demonstrating that both species' behavior is better characterized by individual exploration than overimitation. Given that both species, particularly dogs, show human-like social learning in other contexts, these findings provide additional evidence that overimitation may be a unique aspect of human social learning. A video abstract of this article can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/g2mRniJZ7aU.

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“…Il s'agit donc d'une mémoire à long terme du « quoi ». Ils sont ainsi capables d'imiter une action, réalisée par un homme (par exemple, toucher une cible avec le nez), et de la reproduire sur commande, quelques minutes, voire une heure, après la démonstration [23][24][25]. Au-delà du critère de durée, la mémoire à long terme est subdivisée en deux sous-types de mémoire : la mémoire explicite (ou déclarative), qui correspond au souvenir conscient.…”

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La mémoire autobiographique/épisodique : le chien, un modèle d’étude ?

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The ability to remember past events in all of their dimensions (what? where? when? i.e. autobiographic/episodic memory) is highly adaptive. Conversely, individuals who do not have such ability are less likely to benefit from recognizing situations similar to previous ones, e.g. to avoid being defeated several times. We will present the different types of memory and their ontogeny, focusing on those that are found in dogs. We will then describe more precisely the episodic memory, i.e. remembering events or actions from others, and their location and the time of the events and will present to which degree such a skill is found in dogs. We will show that, even if dogs are a social species whose specificities should reveal the existence of an episodic-like memory, dogs remember who and what happened but no study evidenced yet that they remember the precise time it was done. Further studies are thus needed, especially as dogs represent a relevant biological model for comparative cognition to study the ontogeny or senescence of non verbal episodic memory.

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Do as I … Did! Long-term memory of imitative actions in dogs (Canis familiaris)

Cited by 27 publications

References 25 publications

Recall of Others’ Actions after Incidental Encoding Reveals Episodic-like Memory in Dogs

Recall of Others’ Actions after Incidental Encoding Reveals Episodic-like Memory in Dogs

Exploring the evolutionary origins of overimitation: a comparison across domesticated and non‐domesticated canids

La mémoire autobiographique/épisodique : le chien, un modèle d’étude ?

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