在此次实验中有15条狗在看到陌生人哭泣时表现出了同情人类的行为,
all of them directed their attention towards the stranger rather than their owner.
这些狗都把注意力转向了哭泣的陌生人而非它们的主人。
These discoveries suggest that dogs do have the ability to express empathetic concern.
这些发现表明狗的确有表达关心的能力。
But although the results are clear enough, Dr Custance argues that more work needs to bedone to be sure that such behaviour is true empathy.
科斯坦斯博士说,尽管结论已经十分明确,我们仍需要更多做工来确定它们的行为是否真的因为它们能体会人类的感受。
It is possible, she points out, that the dogs were drawing on previous experiences in whichthey were rewarded for approaching distressed human companions.
她指出,狗可能是出于以往获得的经验即靠近它们的人类同伴能获得奖励进而表现出这种行为。
Dog-owners, however, are unlikely to need any more convincing.
而对于狗能通人性这一点狗主人已经十分清楚了。
词语解释
1.cognition n.认识,认知
It gives you a great window into human cognition.
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