Detecting temporal patterns in dog-human and robot-human interactions
A. Kerepesi1, G.K. Jonsson2,3 and A. Miklósi1
1Department of Ethology, Eötvös University
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2Human Behavior Laboratory, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
3Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland,
UK
In the present work we demonstrate that with the use of Theme
(PatternVision Ltd, Iceland) we are able to detect both idiosyncratic
patterns in dog/robot-human interactions and common behavioral pattern
across interaction parties. The results of two different behavioral situations
are presented. In Study 1 we investigate a cooperative interaction between
the dog and its owner and in Study 2 we compare dog-human and robot-human
interactions in children and adults.
During the cooperative task of dogs and humans we found complex and idiosyncratic
T-patterns. Despite of this idiosyncrasy, we found that a common sequence
of behavior units can be identified in most of the dog-owner dyads, which
is important in the successful completion of the task.
In the comparative analysis of spontaneous interactions with a dog puppy
or AIBO, we have compared the behavior of adults and children towards
a dog and a robot. We have found that petting behavior and behavioral
units of play-behavior have different frequency and time interval depending
on either the age of the human (child or adult) or the type of interactive
partner (dog or robot).
The number of the detected T-patterns also differed. A higher number
of T-patterns were found in childrens interaction with the dog puppy
than in their interactions with the robotic dog. No such difference was
found in the case of adults. The structure of detected T-patterns was
somewhat idiosyncratic, no similar complex T-patterns were found across
different age groups or play-partners.
In the two studies we have demonstrated that:
- Dog-human interaction is highly structured, consisting of repeated
temporal patterns.
- T-patterns are detected both in a cooperative interaction and in spontaneous
interaction.
- Although most complex T-patterns were idiosyncratic, structured tasks
resulted in the emergence of similarities in T-patterns across individual
dyads.
Paper presented
at Measuring Behavior 2005
, 5th International Conference on Methods and Techniques
in Behavioral Research, 30 August - 2 September 2005, Wageningen, The
Netherlands.
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