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Repeated Task Exposure and Sufficient Sleep May Mitigate ADHD-Related Cognitive Flexibility Impairments in Family Dogs Open
The family dog is a valid model for studying complex human functions and psychological disorders such as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Based on prior human research indicating impairments in cognitive flexibility related…
After all, how valuable is the dog model for examining human socio-cognitive abilities? Open
One of the most striking questions of cognitive ethology is how we got in 50 years from dogs tested as laboratory rats to thick volumes analysing the ethology of family dogs? Due to its shared evolutionary history and developmental environ…
Dogs’ behaviour is more similar to that of children than to that of cats in a prosocial problem situation Open
Investigating prosociality within a comparative framework is crucial for understanding the evolutionary origins and emergence of prosocial behaviours, often considered uniquely human. We compared 16-24-month-old children and two distantly …
Comparative fMRI reveals differences in the functional organization of the visual cortex for animacy perception in dogs and humans Open
The animate-inanimate category distinction is one of the general organizing principles in the primate high-level visual cortex. Much less is known about the visual cortical representations of animacy in non-primate mammals with a different…
Comparative fMRI reveals differences in the functional organization of the visual cortex for animacy perception in dogs and humans Open
The animate-inanimate category distinction is one of the general organizing principles in the primate high-level visual cortex. Much less is known about the visual cortical representations of animacy in non-primate mammals with a different…
Dogs’ Gazing Behavior to Humans Is Related to Their Liveliness, Aggressiveness, and the Emotional Comfort They Provide Open
Gazing toward humans is fundamental in dog–human communication. This study aimed to characterize companion dogs based on their gazing behavior and to explore the potential links between gazing, personality (liveliness, confidence, aggressi…
The Effect of Targeted Memory Reactivation on Dogs’ Visuospatial Memory Open
The role of sleep in memory consolidation is a widely discussed but still debated area of research. In light of the fact that memory consolidation during sleep is an evolutionary adaptive function, investigating the same phenomenon in nonh…
Comparative fMRI reveals differences in the functional organization of the visual cortex for animacy perception in dogs and humans Open
The animate-inanimate category distinction is one of the general organizing principles in the primate high-level visual cortex. Much less is known about the visual cortical representations of animacy in non-primate mammals with a different…
Towards an Objective Measurement Tool for ADHD-like Traits in Family Dogs: A Comprehensive Test Battery Open
Family dogs exhibit neuropsychological deficits similar to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in humans. Questionnaire methods have mostly been used to assess ADHD-like behaviours in dogs. In addition to our validated…
Success in the Natural Detection Task is influenced by only a few factors generally believed to affect dogs’ olfactory performance Open
Research into dogs' olfactory ability is growing rapidly. However, generalising based on scientific results is challenging, because research has been typically conducted on a few specially trained subjects of a few breeds tested in differe…
Potential interactive effect of positive expectancy violation and sleep on memory consolidation in dogs Open
In dogs, as in humans, both emotional and learning pretreatment affect subsequent behaviour and sleep. Although learning often occurs in an emotional-social context, the emotion-learning interplay in such context remain mainly unknown. Aim…
Both humans and conspecifics provide social support to dog and wolf puppies Open
Social support can play a crucial role in enabling individuals to cope better with environmental stressors when accompanied by a social partner, but this effect varies strongly across species and often with partner identity. While generall…
Comment on “Human‐directed attachment behaviour in wolves suggests standing ancestral variation for human‐dog attachment bonds” Open
In their recent paper, Hansen Wheat et al. ( Ecology and Evolution , 2022, 12 , e9299) claimed that hand raised 23‐week‐old wolves showed the same attachment behaviour towards their handler in the Strange Situation Test (SST) ( Determinant…
Factors Contributing to Successful Spontaneous Dog–Human Cooperation Open
Dogs’ ability to cooperate with humans is widely acknowledged, but the factors influencing their spontaneous cooperative tendencies are largely unknown. We investigated whether breed function, training experience, and owner-reported social…
Data for: Representation of rewards differing in their hedonic valence in the caudate nucleus correlates with the performance in a problem-solving task in dogs (Canis familiaris) Open
We have investigated dogs’ (Canis familiaris) abilities in associating different sounds with food rewards of different incentive value. The establishment of the association was tested in a problem-solving behavioural paradigm, as well as i…
Data for: Representation of rewards differing in their hedonic valence in the caudate nucleus correlates with the performance in a problem-solving task in dogs (Canis familiaris) Open
We have investigated dogs’ (Canis familiaris) abilities in associating different sounds with food rewards of different incentive value. The establishment of the association was tested in a problem-solving behavioural paradigm, as well as i…