caa a22 4500 605542376 CHVBK 20210128100921.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10071-015-0857-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10071-015-0857-1 The order of ostensive and referential signals affects dogs' responsiveness when interacting with a human [Elektronische Daten] [Tibor Tauzin, Andor Csík, Anna Kis, Krisztina Kovács, József Topál] Ostensive signals preceding referential cues are crucial in communication-based human knowledge acquisition processes. Since dogs are sensitive to both human ostensive and referential signals, here we investigate whether they also take into account the order of these signals and, in an object-choice task, respond to human pointing more readily when it is preceded by an ostensive cue indicating communicative intent. Adult pet dogs (n=75) of different breeds were presented with different sequences of a three-step human action. In the relevant sequence (RS) condition, subjects were presented with an ostensive attention getter (verbal addressing and eye contact), followed by referential pointing at one of two identical targets and then a non-ostensive attention getter (clapping of hands). In the irrelevant sequence (IS) condition, the order of attention getters was swapped. We found that dogs chose the target indicated by pointing more frequently in the RS as compared to the IS condition. While dogs selected randomly between the target locations in the IS condition, they performed significantly better than chance in the RS condition. Based on a further control experiment (n=22), it seems that this effect is not driven by the aversive or irrelevant nature of the non-ostensive cue. This suggests that dogs are sensitive to the order of signal sequences, and the exploitation of human referential pointing depends on the behaviour pattern in which the informing cue is embedded. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Dog nationallicence Ostensive cues nationallicence Pointing nationallicence Signal sequence nationallicence Referential communication nationallicence Tauzin Tibor Cognitive Development Center, Central European University, Hattyú u.14, 1015, Budapest, Hungary aut Csík Andor Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3-9, 1111, Budapest, Hungary aut Kis Anna Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary aut Kovács Krisztina Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, 1117, Budapest, Hungary aut Topál József Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary aut Animal Cognition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/4(2015-07-01), 975-979 1435-9448 18:4<975 2015 18 10071 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0857-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0857-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tauzin Tibor Cognitive Development Center, Central European University, Hattyú u.14, 1015, Budapest, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Csík Andor Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3-9, 1111, Budapest, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kis Anna Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kovács Krisztina Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, 1117, Budapest, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Topál József Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, 1117, Budapest, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Cognition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/4(2015-07-01), 975-979 1435-9448 18:4<975 2015 18 10071