Are juvenile domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) sensitive to the attentive states of humans?—The impact of impulsivity on choice behaviour

• Published in: Behavioural processes Vol. 96; pp. 53 - 58
• Main Authors: Nawroth, Christian, Ebersbach, Mirjam, von Borell, Eberhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.06.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal ethology; Animals; Attention - physiology; Attentive state; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Choice Behavior - physiology; dogs; Domestic pig; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; head; horses; Humans; Human–animal interaction; Impulsive Behavior - psychology; juveniles; Male; Mammalia; people; Pongidae; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Reaction Time - physiology; Social cognition; Sus scrofa; Swine; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Human–animal interaction; Attentive state; Domestic pig; Social cognition; Human; Choice; Human―animal interaction; Cognition; Pig; Man animal relation; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Animal; Artiodactyla; Sus scrofa; Ungulata

•Pigs were free to choose between an attentive or non-attentive unfamiliar human.•In general, pigs discriminated poorly between the different human attentive states.•We differentiated two approach styles: impulsive and non-impulsive.•Subjects chose the attentive person more frequently when using a n...