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- Title
Do as I ... Did! Long-term memory of imitative actions in dogs ( Canis familiaris).
- Authors
Fugazza, Claudia; Pogány, Ákos; Miklósi, Ádám
- Abstract
This study demonstrates long-term declarative memory of imitative actions in a non-human animal species. We tested 12 pet dogs for their ability to imitate human actions after retention intervals ranging from 1 to 24 h. For comparison, another 12 dogs were tested for the same actions without delay between demonstration and recall. Our test consisted of a modified version of the Do as I Do paradigm, combined with the two-action procedure to control for non-imitative processes. Imitative performance of dogs remained consistently high independent of increasing retention intervals, supporting the idea that dogs are able to retain mental representations of human actions for an extended period of time. The ability to imitate after such delays supports the use of long-term declarative memory.
- Subjects
PERSEVERATION (Psychology); MEMORY loss; AMNESIA; MEMORY; SECONDARY function (Psychology); ASSOCIATION of ideas
- Publication
Animal Cognition, 2016, Vol 19, Issue 2, p263
- ISSN
1435-9448
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10071-015-0931-8