Data from: Comparison of dogs and humans in visual scanning of social interaction

dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Törnqvist, Heini
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Somppi, Sanni
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Koskela, Aija
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Krause, Christina M.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Vainio, Outi
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Helsinki - Kujala, Miiamaaria V.
dc.contributor.authorTörnqvist, Heini
dc.contributor.authorSomppi, Sanni
dc.contributor.authorKoskela, Aija
dc.contributor.authorKrause, Christina M.
dc.contributor.authorVainio, Outi
dc.contributor.authorKujala, Miiamaaria V.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-24T15:11:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-31
dc.date.issued2015-08-31
dc.descriptionPrevious studies have demonstrated similarities in gazing behaviour of dogs and humans, but comparisons under similar conditions are rare, and little is known about dogs' visual attention to social scenes. Here, we recorded the eye gaze of dogs while they viewed images containing two humans or dogs either interacting socially or facing away: the results were compared with equivalent data measured from humans. Furthermore, we compared the gazing behaviour of two dog and two human populations with different social experiences: family and kennel dogs; dog experts and non-experts. Dogs' gazing behaviour was similar to humans: both species gazed longer at the actors in social interaction than in non-social images. However, humans gazed longer at the actors in dog than human social interaction images, whereas dogs gazed longer at the actors in human than dog social interaction images. Both species also made more saccades between actors in images representing non-conspecifics, which could indicate that processing social interaction of non-conspecifics may be more demanding. Dog experts and non-experts viewed the images very similarly. Kennel dogs viewed images less than family dogs, but otherwise their gazing behaviour did not differ, indicating that the basic processing of social stimuli remains similar regardless of social experiences.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9rn92
dc.identifier.urihttps://hydatakatalogi-test-24.it.helsinki.fi/handle/123456789/9339
dc.rightsOpen
dc.rights.licensecc-zero
dc.subjecteye movement
dc.subjecteye tracking
dc.subjectsocial interaction
dc.titleData from: Comparison of dogs and humans in visual scanning of social interaction
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