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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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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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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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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¿Los sujetos con obesidad subestiman su tamaño corporal? Una revisión narrativa de los métodos de estimación y teorías explicativas [PDF]
Psychology Society & Education, 2018 The widespread of overweight and obesity in the developed countries is a real societal issue, nevertheless a considerable amount of subjects with obesity do not recognize their condition.
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Scientific ReportsAnimals exhibiting mirror self-recognition (MSR) are considered self-aware; however, studies on their level of self-awareness remain inconclusive.
Taiga Kobayashi +4 more
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Parental Awareness and Perception of Their Children’s Body Size
Open Journal of Medical Psychology, 2013 Objective: To investigate parents’ misperception of their active children’s size. Subjects: One hundred and forty male or female parents and their children from a youth soccer league participated. Actual Child Body Mass Index (BMI) percentiles and BMI categories were compared to the results of a Body Size Estimation Task and lifestyles questionnaire ...
Jane Allen, Glenda C. Prkachin
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