This research emphasizes the fact that many factors affect the way dogs and humans communicate. It also sheds new light on our knowledge of short-nosed dogs. Eye contact plays a fundamental role in human communication and relationships. When we look into each other’s eyes, we show that we are paying attention to each other.
However, we do not only look at each other but also at our four-legged companions. The researchers also examined whether the original role of the breeds still influenced eye contact forming.
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Key Takeaways:
- Almost all of the dogs spontaneously looked at humans during the tasks, indicating their attempt to communicate visually when trying to obtain a food reward.
- The researchers concluded that genetic similarity to wolves is responsible for differences in eye contact behavior, rather than human selection for certain working breeds, although they couldn’t rule
- The researchers found that when owner’s and their canine charges gazed into one another’s eyes during a 30-minute period, levels of oxytocin (measured in their urine) increased in both the humans and
“It turned out that the shorter the dog’s nose, the faster it made eye contact with the experimenter.”
Read more: https://phys.org/news/2021-04-dogs-eye-contact-humans.html
