Theory of mind in dogs?: examining method and concept.
Learning and Behvior (impact factor:
1.52).
07/2011;
39(4):314-7.
DOI:10.3758/s13420-011-0041-7
Abstract
In line with other research, Udell, Dorey, and Wynne's (in
press) finding that dogs and wolves pass on some trials of a putative
theory-of-mind test and fail on others is as informative about the
methods and concepts of the research as about the subjects. This
commentary expands on these points. The intertrial differences in the
target article demonstrate how critical the choice of cues is in
experimental design; the intersubject-group differences demonstrate how
life histories can interact with experimental design. Even the
best-designed theory-of-mind tests have intractable logical problems.
Finally, these and previous research results call for the introduction
of an intermediate stage of ability, a rudimentary theory of mind, to
describe subjects' performance.
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