Whether a person can understand the facial expression of a dog depends on the “cultural sphere”. What is a cultural sphere with high understanding?
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It is said that humans began to keep dogs more than tens of thousands of years ago, and it is said that some people have “ genes that make it easier to keep dogs ”. In a new study, it was found that “the ability to understand dog emotions is strongly influenced by the cultural area in which the owner lives”.
The ability to recognize dog emotions depends on the cultural milieu in which we grow up | Scientific Reports
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-52938-4
Your Ability to Recognise Dog Emotions Says Something About Where You Come From
https://www.sciencealert.com/your-ability-to-understand-dogs-might-depend-on-where-you-grew-up
Dogs are said to be able to recognize human words and expressions and read people's emotions, and are sometimes said to act to relieve pain by feeling the owner's anxiety. On the other hand, there was not much research on the point of “how much humans can understand the emotions of dogs”.
Several hypotheses have been proposed regarding the ability of humans to read the emotions of dogs, and one theory says that “dogs and humans can spend time together to develop the ability to understand each other's emotions”. Based on this theory, dog owners read dog emotions better than those who do not have dogs, and there is a great gap in the ability to read dog emotions among individuals.
However, some research results are contrary to this theory. For example, even if you are not familiar with dogs, research shows that you can actually read dog emotions well, and there is a difference in the ability to read dog emotions between dog owners and those who do not own dogs. Some research results have been reported.
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Research teams at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Leipzig University in Germany conducted research on the ability to recognize dogs' facial expressions and read emotions. In this research, in addition to factors such as “whether you have had a dog” or “whether you are an adult or a child”, you also considered “the cultural environment to which the person belongs”.
Participants in the study are: “I live in Europe and do not have a dog from an Islamic cultural zone (EGO)” “I do not live in Europe but are from an Islamic cultural zone but do not have a dog (EGo)” “Islamic culture” I have been from Europe, but have lived in Europe for the last three years and don't have dogs (Ego), and are from and live in Islamic culture (Morocco) and don't have dogs (ego) It was
For group abbreviations, an uppercase “E” indicates that the cultural area where you live is favorable to dogs, and a lowercase “e” indicates that the cultural area where you live is not favorable to dogs. In addition, “G / g” indicates the attitude toward the native culture dog, and “O / o” indicates whether the person has a dog. In general, there are many people who keep dogs in the European culture zone, and their attitude toward dogs is favorable, but in Islamic culture zone, the habit of keeping dogs is poor, and their attitude toward dogs is relatively backward.
The breakdown of the group was 24 adults in the “EGO” and “EGo” groups, 18 adults in the “Ego” group, and 23 adults in the “ego” group. To study children, we collected 23 children from the EGO group, 31 children from the EGo group, and 23 children from the ego group, each ranging from 5 to 6 years old. .
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Each participant can show 20 facial photographs of dogs, chimpanzees, and humans, and the emotions of the subject in each facial photograph can be one of 'anger', 'fear', 'happiness', 'normal', and 'sadness' I was asked to categorize. Each photo is tagged with emotions by the owner or owner, such as the owner, and the team analyzed how correctly participants were able to classify emotions.
The results of the emotion reading test by each group of adults are as follows. From left to right, chimpanzees, dogs, and humans are in order: the white bar graph is the “EGO” group, the light gray bar graph is the “EGo” group, the dark gray is the “Ego” group, and the black is the “ego” group. Although chimpanzee emotional evaluations have low correct answer rates across the board, it can be seen that dog evaluations of both EGO and EGo record high correct answer rates.
From these results, the research team found that people who were not dog owners and grew up in a dog-friendly culture could recognize dog emotions with great accuracy.
In addition, the following figure shows how correctly each emotion was recognized by all adults. In particular, it has been shown that human adults can correctly recognize the feelings of “anger” and “happiness” in dogs, and the correct answer rate for “anger” is higher than that of human faces.
The correct answer rate by emotion for children is as follows. According to the research team, children were less able to discern their emotions, regardless of their experience or cultural background. This point suggests that the ability to read the emotions of dogs grows supported by the experience gained in the culture, but even children can identify only the emotions of `` anger '' with high accuracy. I understand.
The research team is affected by the fact that even moroccan children classified into the “ego” group can correctly recognize the feeling of “anger”, “the dog's anger means a“ dangerous situation ”” Pointed out that there is a possibility. “The ability to recognize anger is clearly adaptable. Communicating important information about dangerous situations leads to immediate physical benefits,” the research team said, unlike other emotions. This suggests that the perception of anger may be innate.
This study was a small one with a small number of participants, and all the dogs used looked like
“I think there is value in future research to determine exactly which cultural aspects recognize dog emotions,” said Juliane Bräuer , a comparative psychologist at the Max Planck Institute. It is possible to deepen the understanding of differences between different cultures in emotion recognition. '
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