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Elephants Use Pointing

Elephants Use Pointing. Stefan Dang. Background & Related Topics. Acquiring information from the behavior of others Pointing in primates Pointing in young children Wolves & dogs respond to pointing Reading human social cue ability Domesticated vs. non-domesticated .

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Elephants Use Pointing

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  1. Elephants Use Pointing Stefan Dang

  2. Background & Related Topics • Acquiring information from the behavior of others • Pointing in primates • Pointing in young children • Wolves & dogs respond to pointing • Reading human social cue ability • Domesticated vs. non-domesticated

  3. African Elephants Can Use Human Pointing Cues to Find Hidden Food • 11 captive African elephants • Never been domesticated • Object-choice task • Intentional communication

  4. Method • Ipsilateral whole-arm action • No point control • Experimenter stood in one of three locations • Body centered • Asymmetric congruent • Asymmetric incongruent

  5. Method • Elephants and object choice task • Elephants and object choice task (13s)

  6. Results

  7. Results

  8. Social Cue Demonstration

  9. Social Cues and Accuracy • Social cues • Whole-arm ipsilateral point (Highest accuracy) • Whole-arm cross body point (Highest accuracy) • Elbow cross-body point • Forward cross-body point • Gaze alone (Lowest accuracy) • No point control (Lowest accuracy)

  10. Questions?

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