Body size awareness matters when dogs decide whether to detour an obstacle or opt for a shortcut [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Body-awareness is one of the fundamental modules of self-representation. We investigated how body-awareness could contribute to dogs' decision making in a novel spatial problem where multiple solutions are possible.
Péter Pongrácz +4 more
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Body Size Awareness and Modular Self-Representation in Reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus): Near-Field Passability Judgments [PDF]
AnimalsBody size awareness—a component of bodily self-representation—allows animals to match their own dimensions to environmental constraints. This study tested whether reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus), a benthic ray-finned species with limited vision, can
Ivan A. Khvatov
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Hooded Crows (Corvus cornix) May Be Aware of Their Own Body Size [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Body-awareness is one of the manifestations of self-awareness, expressed in the ability of people and animals to represent their own body physical properties.
Ivan A. Khvatov +8 more
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That dog won't fit: body size awareness in dogs. [PDF]
Anim Cogn, 2020 AbstractWith very few exceptions, no coherent model of representing the self exists for nonhuman species. According to our hypothesis, understanding of the Self as an object’ can also be found in a wide range of animals including the dog, a fast-moving terrestrial predator/scavenger, with highly developed senses and complex cognitive capacity.
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Spatial Problem-Solving in Working Dogs: The Combined Effect of Body-Size Awareness, Social Learning and Functional Breed Selection [PDF]
AnimalsCooperative and independently working dog breeds differ in the extent of their reliance on human-given instructions; thus, they are ideal subjects for investigating dog–human interactions in a biologically relevant way.
Petra Dobos, Péter Pongrácz
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Cats are (almost) liquid!-Cats selectively rely on body size awareness when negotiating short openings. [PDF]
iScienceVarious animal species can make a priori decisions about the passability of openings, based on their own size knowledge. So far no one has tested the ability for self-representation in cats. We hypothesized that cats may rely on their size awareness when they have to negotiate small openings.
Pongrácz P.
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Influence of agility training on body-size and object solidity perception in pet dogs. [PDF]
PLoS ONESeveral studies suggest that dogs are a suitable model to study body-awareness in a systematic and ecologically relevant manner. However, previous studies used a single door paradigm, which does not allow for the control of motivation and thus may yield ...
Dario Starić +3 more
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Visible yet Invisible: embodied meanings of weight stigma among women with binge eating disorder and higher weight [PDF]
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-BeingPurpose How the body is experienced in the context of weight stigma is largely unexplored among women with binge eating disorder (BED) and higher weight. The aim of this study was to investigate how weight stigma can manifest as embodied meaning. Methods
Kjersti Hognes Berg +3 more
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Ferrets (Mustela furo) Are Aware of Their Dimensions
Animals, 2023 Self-awareness is a complex phenomenon expressed as the ability of an individual to separate “self-entity” from “other entity”. One of its earliest evolutionary components is body size awareness, namely, the ability to consider the boundaries of one’s ...
Ivan A. Khvatov +2 more
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Diabetes awareness and body size perceptions of Cree schoolchildren [PDF]
Health Education Research, 2009 Native American Indians and First Nations are predisposed to obesity and diabetes. A study was done to understand Cree schoolchildren's diabetes awareness and body size perceptions in two communities that had diabetes awareness-raising activities in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
Noreen D, Willows +3 more
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