Male dogs may be more focused on judging physical objects through their senses
Although they are both dogs, dogs of different types also have very different behaviors and personalities. In addition, even if the dogs are of the same breed and have different genders, there will be certain differences between the dogs. For example, male dogs and female dogs have certain differences in their judgments about physical objects. Studies have shown that male dogs are more focused on judging objects with their noses, while female dogs are more focused on judging objects with their eyes.
Research shows that if the size of the ball is temporarily changed during the dog's life, female dogs are more likely to notice the change than male dogs. But researchers aren't sure what controls this discrimination, and experts say the results support the idea that in some cases, male dogs trust their noses more, while female dogs rely more on theirs. Eye. The research was published in Biology Communications. Korsan Müller, a cognitive biologist at the University of Vienna, and his colleagues wanted to understand how dogs judge whether an object's size is constant. That is to say, if an object disappears for a period of time and then reappears, do they realize whether the size of the object has changed? In order to maintain the scientific validity of the evidence, they held 25 female and 25 male dogs as test subjects.
The experimenter first gave the dogs participating in the experiment two balls to play with: the two balls were exactly the same in color, only no larger than a tennis ball and a cantaloupe. big and small. Then the dog was removed from the place and the researchers resettled it. Let the owner take the dog back to the room, and then cover the owner's eyes. This is to prevent the owner's reaction from affecting the dog's inference. Next, the experimenter placed a ball on the left side of the screen in front of the dog, and the experimenter behind the other screen would slowly pull the ball on the left with the help of a transparent thin line. As a result, the dog will find the ball "sliding" from one side to the back of the screen, and then the experimenter will pull the ball out from the other side of the screen. However, sometimes the experimenter would pull out balls of different sizes that had been hidden behind the screen. In this way, in the dog's eyes, the ball seems to change size like a trick.
Female dogs may also make visual judgments
And experiments show that if the size of the ball changes, the dog will take longer to Looking at the ball. However, when the researchers analyzed the reactions of female and male dogs, they were really surprised. Regardless of whether the size of the ball changed, the male dogs looked at the ball for the same length of time. The dogs took longer to examine the balls that had changed in size, about twice as long as the male dogs, with the average reaching 36 seconds
For the female dogs. The reason why dogs are more likely to rely on their eyes to judge physical objects may be because the smells of baby dogs are often very similar, and feeling alone may not be particularly reliable, so female dogs may use their eyes to judge the differences between dogs. Males, on the other hand, prefer to use their noses to track prey, so they rarely pay attention to visual discrimination, which is what leads to the difference between the two.
Of course, this phenomenon is just a conclusion drawn by the researcher. Whether it is accurate or not may require a period of research. We can usually do some small experiments to verify whether this statement is accurate. If it is true, then we will do it. We can make slight changes when treating male dogs and female dogs. For male dogs, we can focus on taste, while for female dogs, we can spend some time on appearance.
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