Human Ostension Enhances Attentiveness but Not Performance in Domestic Pigs

Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2025

Humans convey their communicative intentions ostensively, e.g. calling others’ name and establishing eye-contact. Also when interacting with animals, humans use ostension. In some companion-animal species, ostension increases attentiveness and/or alters how animals process human-provided information. However, it is unclear whether domesticated species selected for purposes other than companionship, like pigs, would also be sensitive. We investigated pigs are sensitive to human experience modulates pigs’ sensitivity. Fifty-four varying completed ostensive non-ostensive versions of 1) an object-choice task directional cues, 2) A-not-B-task, 3) a detour demonstrations. expected respond increased possibly altered performance. Further, if sensitivity humans, more intensively socialized should attentive likely change in performance less ones. Results suggest that were Otherwise did not affect or This suggests might inclined companionship information differently. Attentiveness, however, seems enhanced by production purposes. Moreover, we found living conditions experience, e.g., training, influenced performance, independently These findings highlight the influence training enrichment on cognitive

Язык: Английский

The Communicative Principle of Relevance

Current Directions in Psychological Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Окт. 26, 2024

Any behavior humans can perform, they be performed in an “ostensive” way, that is, overtly attracting attention and providing evidence of meaning. The communicative principle relevance is a lawlike generalization about ostensive stimuli hence human communication. Here I present the as pair simple general empirical statements: one on audience side communicator side. also summarize recent developments: Experimental tests have proved supportive, theoretical analyses connected to evolutionary developmental perspectives, has been used more broadly than before, far beyond traditional domains semantics pragmatics. These developments consolidate fundamental understanding interaction.

Язык: Английский