Dogs are not clever, especially compared with other animals

by MICOLO J Thanx

Dogs are considered to be the oldest domesticated animals, and have lived with human beings more than 10,000 years ago. It is said that such a dog is an animal with a very high intelligence, but "It is reported that the dog's intelligence is not prominently high as it is said in the world."

In what sense are dogs special? Canine cognition in comparative context
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Many owners tend to believe that "my dog ​​is the wisest in the world!" As dogs often cling to humans and the owner firmly remembers what they have trained. However, according to researchers at Exeter University and Canterbury Christchurch University , the intelligence of dogs does not seem particularly exceptionally high compared to other animals.

In the recent years of research, may be referred to as a "dog of the brain is apparently high density of nerve compared with the cat brain" has been found . However, the research team says that the dog 's intelligence is not superior to the cat' s intelligence by saying that "the density of nerves in the brain is not reflected in intelligence as it is". In order to investigate whether the dog 's intelligence is really high compared with other animals, the research team conducted a meta - analysis of 300 cases of research on animals' intelligence.

As a result, the research team has found out that "some of the studies had overly rated dog's intelligence compared to animals such as wolves, cats, chimpanzees, doves, hyenas, horses and dolphins." Stefan Lee , Exeter University's psychologist, said, "While we conduct a meta-analysis of the animal's intelligence, many of the studies on dog's intelligence are" to prove how clever a dog is " I realized that it was done. "

by Miyo Sekimoto

Mr. Lee told a previous study on dog's intelligence, "When a dog shows more than a chimpanzee about a task, it is said that" the dog is exceptionally smart "taking the fact that the dog won the chimpanzee at any time It is tasteful. " However, according to Mr. Lee, he can find examples of tasks that "those dogs are prominently outstanding" for other animals show equal or superior ability to dogs.

In the three groups of "carnivorous animals" to which dogs belong, "animals kept in humans" and "animals performing social hunting", the research team is developing "perception recognition" "physical recognition" "space recognition" Social recognition "and" self-recognition ", we investigated how excellant a dog is.

In the meta-analysis conducted based on the conventional research, although a case where the relevant comparative subject experiment was not conducted was also found, "At least the dog's ability is in the field where the study to be compared was conducted, It is not particularly good, "the research team concludes. Mr. Britta Osthaus, a psychologist at Canterbury Christchurch College, says, "Even if you consider within three groups, the dog's intelligence is not prominent."

by Phil

Mr. Osthaus said, "A dog has only the ability as a dog and it is superior to any other animal" such as "It is better than any other animal." When touching a dog, the dog We need to have the right awareness about our abilities. "

The result of this research does not mean that "a dog is stupid". However, it is a thing that destroys the fantasy arbitrarily held by a human being "a dog has the top class intelligence in the animal kingdom."