[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the selection and performance of working dogs

EE Bray, CM Otto, MAR Udell, NJ Hall… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dogs perform a variety of integral roles in our society, engaging in work ranging from
assistance (eg service dogs, guide dogs) and therapy to detection (eg search and rescue …

Applications in awake animal magnetic resonance imaging

CF Ferris - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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' expectations about occlusion events: from expectancy violation to exploration

CJ Völter, A Tomašić… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Previous research on human infants has shown that violations of basic physical regularities
can stimulate exploration, which may represent a type of hypothesis testing aimed at …

Birds of a Feather Video-Flock Together: Design and Evaluation of an Agency-Based Parrot-to-Parrot Video-Calling System for Interspecies Ethical Enrichment.

R Kleinberger, J Cunha, MM Vemuri… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Over 20 million parrots are kept as pets in the US, often lacking appropriate stimuli to meet
their high social, cognitive, and emotional needs. After reviewing bird perception and …

Village dogs match pet dogs in reading human facial expressions

M Lazzaroni, J Schär, E Baxter, J Gratalon, F Range… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Most studies on dogs' cognitive skills in understanding human communication have been
conducted on pet dogs, making them a role model for the species. However, pet dogs are …

[HTML][HTML] Testing of behavioural asymmetries as markers for brain lateralization of emotional states in pet dogs: A critical review

T Simon, K Guo, E Frasnelli, A Wilkinson… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) hold a unique position in human society, particularly in
their role as social companions; as such, it is important to understand their emotional lives …

Domestic dogs as a comparative model for social neuroscience: Advances and challenges

M Boch, L Huber, C Lamm - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Dogs and humans have lived together for thousands of years and share many analogous
socio-cognitive skills. Dog neuroimaging now provides insight into the neural bases of these …

[HTML][HTML] Olfaction in the canine cognitive and emotional processes: From behavioral and neural viewpoints to measurement possibilities

P Berg, T Mappes, MV Kujala - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) have excellent olfactory processing capabilities that are
utilized widely in human society eg, working with customs, police, and army; their scent …

Digitally-enhanced dog behavioral testing

N Farhat, T Lazebnik, J Monteny, CPH Moons… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Behavioral traits in dogs are assessed for a wide range of purposes such as determining
selection for breeding, chance of being adopted or prediction of working aptitude. Most …

Functional map** of the somatosensory cortex using noninvasive fMRI and touch in awake dogs

CN Guran, M Boch, R Sladky, L Lonardo, S Karl… - Brain Structure and …, 2024 - Springer
Dogs are increasingly used as a model for neuroscience due to their ability to undergo
functional MRI fully awake and unrestrained, after extensive behavioral training. Still, we …