Current perspectives on attachment and bonding in the dog–human dyad

E Payne, PC Bennett, PD McGreevy - Psychology research and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews recent research concerning dog–human relationships and how
attributes that arise from them can be measured. It highlights the influence of human …

[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 …

Baby schema in human and animal faces induces cuteness perception and gaze allocation in children

M Borgi, I Cogliati-Dezza, V Brelsford, K Meints… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The baby schema concept was originally proposed as a set of infantile traits with high
appeal for humans, subsequently shown to elicit caretaking behavior and to affect cuteness …

Pet face: Mechanisms underlying human-animal relationships

M Borgi, F Cirulli - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Accumulating behavioral and neurophysiological studies support the idea of infantile (cute)
faces as highly biologically relevant stimuli rapidly and unconsciously capturing attention …

Exploring the dog–human relationship by combining fMRI, eye-tracking and behavioural measures

S Karl, M Boch, A Zamansky, D van der Linden… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

Childhood attachment to pets: Associations between pet attachment, attitudes to animals, compassion, and humane behaviour

RD Hawkins, JM Williams… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Attachment to pets has an important role in children's social, emotional, and cognitive
development, mental health, well-being, and quality of life. This study examined …

The human–animal relationship as the focus of animal-assisted interventions: A one health approach

LF Menna, A Santaniello, M Todisco, A Amato… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Animal-assisted intervention (AAIs) represent an adequate expression of
integrated medicine, according to the One Health approach. We argue that AAIs are …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of brain activation when mothers view their own child and dog: An fMRI study

LE Stoeckel, LS Palley, RL Gollub, SM Niemi… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Neural substrates underlying the human-pet relationship are largely unknown. We
examined fMRI brain activation patterns as mothers viewed images of their own child and …

Working dog training for the twenty-first century

NJ Hall, AM Johnston, EE Bray, CM Otto… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dogs are trained for a variety of working roles including assistance, protection, and detection
work. Many canine working roles, in their modern iterations, were developed at the turn of …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of salivary cortisol measurement in domestic canines

ML Cobb, K Iskandarani, VM Chinchilli… - Domestic Animal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Salivary cortisol is widely used as an indicator of stress and welfare in canine research.
However, much remains unclear about the basic features of this hormone marker in …