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PLoS ONE, 2014 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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Internet Interventions, 2023 Background: Advances in smartphone technology have allowed people to access mental healthcare via digital apps from wherever and whenever they choose. University students experience a high burden of mental health concerns.
Artur Shvetcov +12 more
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Can Dogs Limbo? Dogs’ Perception of Affordances for Negotiating an Opening
Animals, 2021 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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Brain regions involved in observing and trying to interpret dog behaviour [PDF]
, 2017 Humans and dogs have interacted for millennia. As a result, humans (and especially dog owners) sometimes try to interpret dog behaviour. While there is extensive research on the brain regions that are involved in mentalizing about other peoples ...
Brass, Marcel +2 more
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Dog is a dog is a dog: Infant rule learning is not specific to language [PDF]
Cognition, 2007 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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Time-activity budget of urban-adapted free-ranging dogs [PDF]
Acta Ethologica 25, 2022, 2019 The domestic dog is known to have evolved from gray wolves, about 15,000 years ago. They majorly exist as free-ranging populations across the world. They are typically scavengers and well adapted to living among humans. Most canids living in and around urban habitats tend to avoid humans and show crepuscular activity peaks.
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Heterogeneity in the spread and control of infectious disease: consequences for the elimination of canine rabies [PDF]
, 2015 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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Hormonal and Neurological Aspects of Dog Walking for Dog Owners and Pet Dogs [PDF]
Animals, 2021 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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BMC Psychology, 2021 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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International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019 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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