Abstract Objects constitute the fundamental currency of our consciousness: they are the
things that we perceive, remember and think about. One of the most important objects for a …

There is an ongoing need to improve animal models for investigating human behavior and
its biological underpinnings. The domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is a promising model in …

Behavioural studies revealed that the dog–human relationship resembles the human mother–
child bond, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we report the results of a …

Humans have bred different lineages of domestic dogs for different tasks such as hunting,
herding, guarding, or companionship. These behavioral differences must be the result of …

Comparing the neural correlates of socio-cognitive skills across species provides insights
into the evolution of the social brain and has revealed face-and body-sensitive regions in the …

There are numerous publications on methods and applications for awake functional MRI
across different species, eg, voles, rabbits, cats, dogs, and rhesus macaques. Each of these …

Dogs are hypersocial with humans, and their integration into human social ecology makes
dogs a unique model for studying cross-species social bonding. However, the proximal …

Domestic dogs are highly social and have been shown to be sensitive not only to the actions
of humans and other dogs but to the interactions between them. We used the C-BARQ scale …

It is not possible to demonstrate that dogs (Canis familiaris) feel emotions, but the same is
true for all other species, including our own. The issue must therefore be approached …

Processing facial features is crucial to identify social partners (prey, predators, or
conspecifics) and recognize and accurately interpret emotional expressions. Numerous …