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It is commonly assumed that jealousy is unique to humans, partially because of the complex cognitions often involved in this emotion. However, from a functional perspective, one might expect that an emotion that evolved to protect social bonds from interlopers might exist in other social species, particularly one as cognitively sophisticated as the dog.
Harris, Christine R, Prouvost, Caroline
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Hormonal and Neurological Aspects of Dog Walking for Dog Owners and Pet Dogs [PDF]
The hormone oxytocin is involved in various aspects of the relationship between humans and animals. Dog walking is a common activity for dog owners and their dogs. The walk, of course, should be good for the health of the dog as well as its owner. In Experiment I, we assessed whether salivary oxytocin and cortisol in dog owners changed because of ...
Junko Akiyama, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Depression has a devastating impact on young people around the world. This impact is pervasive and long-long lasting, still causing havoc as young people transition into adulthood.
Joanne R. Beames+2 more
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Dog is a dog is a dog: Infant rule learning is not specific to language [PDF]
Human infants possess powerful learning mechanisms used for the acquisition of language. To what extent are these mechanisms domain specific? One well-known infant language learning mechanism is the ability to detect and generalize rule-like similarity patterns, such as ABA or ABB [Marcus, G. F., Vijayan, S., Rao, S. B., & Vishton, P. M. (1999).
Rebecca Lynn Seibel+3 more
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Previous prevention programmes have largely focused on the emotion regulation strategy of cognitive reappraisal. The present study is a feasibility trial that evaluates a prevention programme that teaches cognitive reappraisal, acceptance and problem ...
Rowan Burckhardt+6 more
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The risk of rabies spread in Japan: a mathematical modeling assessment [PDF]
Rabies was eliminated from Japan in 1957. In the 60 years since elimination, vaccination coverage has declined and dog ownership habits have changed. The purpose of this study was to assess the current risk of rabies spread in Japan. A spatially explicit
Hampson, K.+4 more
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Introduction: After a small successful pilot, and a revision of our implementation model, we trained and worked closely with urban and rural primary health care networks (PHNs) in Australia to implement and evaluate the acceptability, feasability ...
Josephine Anderson1+5 more
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Can Dogs Limbo? Dogs’ Perception of Affordances for Negotiating an Opening
Very little research has focused on canines’ understanding of their own size, and their ability to apply this understanding to their surroundings. The current study tests domestic dogs’ judgment of their body size in relation to a changing environment in
Alexandra Horowitz+3 more
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Heterogeneity in the spread and control of infectious disease: consequences for the elimination of canine rabies [PDF]
Understanding the factors influencing vaccination campaign effectiveness is vital in designing efficient disease elimination programmes. We investigated the importance of spatial heterogeneity in vaccination coverage and human-mediated dog movements for ...
Cleaveland, Sarah+9 more
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