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| Title |
Lifespan development of attentiveness in domestic dogs: drawing parallels with humans
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00071 |
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| Authors |
Lisa J. Wallis, Friederike Range, Corsin A. Müller, Samuel Serisier, Ludwig Huber, Virányi Zsó |
| Abstract |
Attention is pivotal to consciousness, perception, cognition, and working memory in all mammals, and therefore changes in attention over the lifespan are likely to influence development and aging of all of these functions. Due to their evolutionary and developmental history, the dog is being recognized as an important species for modeling human healthspan, aging and associated diseases. In this study, we investigated the normal lifespan development of attentiveness of pet dogs in naturalistic situations, and compared the resulting cross-sectional developmental trajectories with data from previous studies in humans. We tested a sample of 145 Border collies (6 months to 14 years) with humans and objects or food as attention attractors, in order to assess their attentional capture, sustained and selective attention, and sensorimotor abilities. Our results reveal differences in task relevance in sustained attentional performance when watching a human or a moving object, which may be explained by life-long learning processes involving such stimuli. During task switching we found that dogs' selective attention and sensorimotor abilities showed differences between age groups, with performance peaking at middle age. Dogs' sensorimotor abilities showed a quadratic distribution with age and were correlated with selective attention performance. Our results support the hypothesis that the development and senescence of sensorimotor and attentional control may be fundamentally interrelated. Additionally, attentional capture, sustained attention, and sensorimotor control developmental trajectories paralleled those found in humans. Given that the development of attention is similar across humans and dogs, we propose that the same regulatory mechanisms are likely to be present in both species. Finally, this cross-sectional study provides the first description of age group changes in attention over the lifespan of pet dogs. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 10% |
| Spain | 2 | 10% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 10% |
| Canada | 2 | 10% |
| Finland | 1 | 5% |
| Japan | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 6 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 75% |
| Scientists | 3 | 15% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 138 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 5 | 4% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 128 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 20% |
| Researcher | 24 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 11% |
| Professor | 14 | 10% |
| Other | 23 | 17% |
| Unknown | 15 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 47 | 34% |
| Psychology | 30 | 22% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 16 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Unknown | 24 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 79. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 January 2021.
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