Table 2 Definitions for ordinal scale of attentional responses to the stimuli where 0 is no visible reaction and 4 is strongest reaction.

From: Effect of pitch range on dogs’ response to conspecific vs. heterospecific distress cries

Ordinal scale for response scores

Head turn

Posture change

Movement from starting point

Approach basket

Interact with basket

0

N

N

N

N

N

1

Slow/incomplete

N

N

N

N

2

Fast/complete

Y

N

N

N

3

Fast/complete

Y

Y

Incomplete/slow

N

4

Fast/complete

Y

Y

Fast/complete

Y

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