HORSES (EQUUS CABALLUS) ADAPTIVELY CHANGE THE MODALITY OF THEIR BEGGING BEHAVIOR AS A FUNCTION OF HUMAN ATTENTIONAL STATES

Takimoto, Ayaka; S. Hori, Yusuke; Fujita, Kazuo

doi:10.2117/psysoc.2016.100

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HORSES (EQUUS CABALLUS) ADAPTIVELY CHANGE THE MODALITY OF THEIR BEGGING BEHAVIOR AS A FUNCTION OF HUMAN ATTENTIONAL STATES

Published in PSYCHOLOGIA • Jan 1, 2016

Authors:

Ayaka Takimoto

Yusuke S. Hori

Kazuo Fujita

Abstract

We tested whether horses (Equus caballus) are sensitive to human attentional states and modify the modality of begging behaviors as a function of human attentional states in a naturalistic food-requesting situation. In Experiment 1, horses tended to produce more auditory or tactile begging behaviors...

Subject

Begging

Psychology

Equus

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