Metacognition in dogs: Do dogs know they could be wrong?

ABSTRACT: In the current study, we investigated the question of whether dogs were sensitive to the information that they themselves had or had not acquired. For this purpose, we conducted three consecutive experiments in which dogs had to find a reward that was hidden behind one of two V-shaped fences with a gap at the point of the V. This setup allowed us to distinguish between selecting one of the fences by walking around it and seeking additional information by checking through the gap in the fence. We varied whether dogs had visual access to the baiting procedure or not. In addition, we manipulated the type and quality of reward as well as the time delay between baiting and choosing to analyze if the dogs' searching behavior was affected. Our results were partly consistent with the findings of C

SUBMITTER: Belger J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6276073 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature