Di Lucrezia Alfredo, Scandurra Anna, Pinelli Claudia, Musco Nadia, D'Aniello Biagio, Mastellone Vincenzo, Zicarelli Fabio, Pero Maria Elena, Lombardi Pietro
Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy.
Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 81100 Caserta, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Sep 26;13(19):3027. doi: 10.3390/ani13193027.
The study aimed to explore how limited human socialization affects the socio-cognitive abilities and interactions with unfamiliar individuals of a selected group of domesticated dogs and goats. These animals were raised and kept under conditions characterized by limited human socialization, and their behavior was assessed using the "impossible task" paradigm. The study found that dogs, with a history of cooperative interactions and human companionship, exhibited more frequent social engagement with human experimenters in the experimental setting than goats, traditionally domesticated for utilitarian purposes. However, differences in interaction duration and latency were not significant, highlighting the complexity of these interactions. The results suggest that domestication history and behavioral ecology play significant roles in shaping animals' willingness to engage with humans. However, this study acknowledges limitations, such as the specific population studied, and calls for further research with larger and more diverse samples to generalize these findings. Understanding the interplay between domestication history, behavioral ecology, and human socialization could provide insights into the complex factors influencing animal-human interactions and cognitive behaviors, with implications for animal welfare and human-animal relationships.
该研究旨在探讨有限的人类社交如何影响特定一群家养狗和山羊的社会认知能力以及与陌生个体的互动。这些动物在人类社交有限的条件下饲养，其行为通过“不可能任务”范式进行评估。研究发现，具有合作互动和人类陪伴历史的狗，在实验环境中比传统上出于功利目的驯化的山羊更频繁地与人类实验者进行社交互动。然而，互动持续时间和潜伏期的差异并不显著，凸显了这些互动的复杂性。结果表明，驯化历史和行为生态学在塑造动物与人类互动的意愿方面发挥着重要作用。然而，本研究承认存在局限性，例如所研究的特定种群，并呼吁进行更大规模、更多样化样本的进一步研究以推广这些发现。了解驯化历史、行为生态学和人类社交之间的相互作用，可为影响动物与人类互动及认知行为的复杂因素提供见解，对动物福利和人兽关系具有启示意义。
