2017
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12055-6
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Abstract: Cognition is one of the most flexible tools enabling adaptation to environmental variation. Living close to humans is thought to influence social as well as physical cognition of animals throughout domestication and ontogeny. Here, we investigated to what extent physical cognition and two domains of social cognition of dogs have been affected by domestication and ontogeny. To address the effects of domestication, we compared captive wolves (n = 12) and dogs (n = 14) living in packs under the same conditions. T… Show more

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“…Our observation provides further evidence that wolves do have higher-order mental abilities that facilitate complex hunting strategies. Wolves are able to understand causal relationships and adapt their cognitive abilities to their social environments (Lampe et al 2017), and we think it is logical that these cognitive abilities extend to hunting strategy. The wolf's behavior suggests the wolf had detected the beaver 3-4 min prior to attacking (i.e., when the wolf went from a trot to a slow walk).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our observation provides further evidence that wolves do have higher-order mental abilities that facilitate complex hunting strategies. Wolves are able to understand causal relationships and adapt their cognitive abilities to their social environments (Lampe et al 2017), and we think it is logical that these cognitive abilities extend to hunting strategy. The wolf's behavior suggests the wolf had detected the beaver 3-4 min prior to attacking (i.e., when the wolf went from a trot to a slow walk).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, some authors denied the effect of ontogenesis on acquiring socio-cognitive skills in dogs ( [16] but see also [17] for a rebuttal). On the other hand, under-socialized dogs show more difficulties comprehending human communicative signals with respect to pet dogs [18,19], although other research observed no differences according to socialization level [15]. Furthermore, a study on free-ranging dogs underlined the importance of learning from ontogenetic experience in the use of the human pointing gesture [20].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Evidence of genetic determinants is based on studies demonstrating that dogs outperform similarly reared wolves in using a human pointing gesture to locate hidden food [11,12]. However, in some studies, the performance of wolves in these tasks did not appear to be worse compared to dogs [13][14][15]. Moreover, some authors denied the effect of ontogenesis on acquiring socio-cognitive skills in dogs ( [16] but see also [17] for a rebuttal).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Wolves, on the other hand, have been shown to differ in utilizing human communicative signals, especially the momentary distal cues, because of less socialization and delayed emergence of such behavior (Gácsi et al, 2009). Nonetheless, both genetic predisposition (through domestication) and human socialization (or lifetime experiences) have impacted and shaped the point-following behavior of canids (Lampe et al, 2017). Unfortunately, most studies attempting to understand the abilities of dogs to comprehend human social cues have primarily focused on pet dogs who depend entirely on their owners for survival.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%