Friday, June 12, 2009
What really prompts the dog's "guilty look"
Alexandra Horowitz, Assistant Professor from Barnard College in New York, uncovered the origins of the “guilty look” in dogs in the recently published “Canine Behaviour and Cognition” Special Issue of "Behavioural Processes".
It seems that the so-called "guilty look" is caused by the owner's reaction towards the dog, and does not relate to the dog's behaviour.
IMO: This sort of experiment is perhaps important in the assessment of the extent of anthromophism and its relation to conceived effects like epiphenomalism. Also ideas as to whether animals have a 'soul' (Douglas Hofstadter etc) and the many related ideas such as the 'uncanny valley' idea.
It seems that the so-called "guilty look" is caused by the owner's reaction towards the dog, and does not relate to the dog's behaviour.
IMO: This sort of experiment is perhaps important in the assessment of the extent of anthromophism and its relation to conceived effects like epiphenomalism. Also ideas as to whether animals have a 'soul' (Douglas Hofstadter etc) and the many related ideas such as the 'uncanny valley' idea.
# posted by uv : 2:37 AM
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