| Title |
Interspecific behavioural synchronization: dogs exhibit locomotor synchrony with humans
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Scientific Reports, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41598-017-12577-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Charlotte Duranton, Thierry Bedossa, Florence Gaunet |
| Abstract |
Behavioural synchronization is widespread among living beings, including humans. Pairs of humans synchronize their behaviour in various situations, such as walking together. Affiliation between dyadic partners is known to promote behavioral synchronization. Surprisingly, however, interspecific synchronization has recived little scientific investigation. Dogs are sensitive to human cues, and share strong affiliative bonds with their owners. We thus investigated whether, when allowed to move freely in an enclosed unfamiliar space, dogs synchronize their behaviour with that of their owners'. We found that dogs visibly synchronized their location with their owner (staying in close proximity and moving to the same area), as well as their activity and temporal changes in activity (moving when their owner moved, standing still when their owner stood still, and gazing in the same direction as their owner). The present study demonstrates that owners act as attractors for their dogs in an indoor space, as mothers do for their children. |
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| United States | 8 | 13% |
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| Other | 8 | 9% |
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