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Wouldn't another explanation be that the dog thought the human literally didn't exist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence https://en.wikipedia.org
by squigz 2y ago
Wouldn't another explanation be that the dog thought the human literally didn't exist?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence
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- slowmovintarget 2y agoNo, because the dog could smell and hear the human, just like they could smell the treat.
- lolinder 2y agoFrankly, as a parent of three I'm not at all convinced that human infants lack object permanence, much less adult dogs. I've never observed anything in my infants that would indicate they lost track of something's existence, and I've seen plenty of things that suggest the opposite. See also the section of that article entitled "Contradicting evidence".
- slowmovintarget 2y agoAs a parent also, I think it simply varies from child to child. There is a point in time between vision developing and object permanence being learned where peek-a-boo is absolutely magic.
- lolinder 2y agoPeek-a-boo is a ton of fun with infants but I don't buy the explanation that it has to do with object permanence. At the same stage where peek-a-boo is hilarious my kids have also each been perfectly capable of watching me hide something and then going looking for it.