Recent research by Alexandra Horowitz at Barnard College in New York accentuates the “talking past each other” that sometimes goes on between humans and dogs. Horowitz asked owners to forbid their dogs to take a biscuit and then briefly leave the room.
纽约巴纳德学院Alexandra Horowitz最近的研究强调了人类和犬类之间有时会“自说自话”。Horowitz要求主人禁止他们的狗狗吃掉饼干，然后很快地离开房间。当主人几分钟后再次进屋时，有人被告知他们的狗狗非常淘气，吃掉了被禁止触碰的食物。另外一些人被告知他们的狗狗表现良好，没有再去碰那块饼干。如果狗狗表现不好，Horowitz给主人留出时间严厉批评它们刚才的错误。而后研究人员询问主人狗狗是否表现出愧疚的样子。