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The role of dogs is associated with owner management practices and characteristics, but not with perceived canine behaviour problems

Scientific Reports
Owned dogs are often regarded as family members, best friends, or even as substitutes for children. These new roles and their effects on human well-being have received scientific attention, but little is known about how attributing such social functions ...
Laura Gillet, Barbara Simon, Eniko Kubinyi   +2 more
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Making Meaning in Computers: Synthetic Ethology Revisited

, 2005
This report describes synthetic ethology, a scientific methodology in which we construct synthetic worlds in which synthetic agents evolve and become coupled to their environment.
Bruce J. Maclennan
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Dogs’ Gazing Behavior to Humans Is Related to Their Liveliness, Aggressiveness, and the Emotional Comfort They Provide

Animals
Gazing toward humans is fundamental in dog–human communication. This study aimed to characterize companion dogs based on their gazing behavior and to explore the potential links between gazing, personality (liveliness, confidence, aggressiveness, and ...
Eniko Kubinyi, Andrea Sommese, Márta Gácsi, Ádám Miklósi   +3 more
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Ethology. Evolution and concepts

, 1988
Il y a un siècle l’éthologie n’existait pas telle que nous la concevons aujourd’hui. Ce travail constitue une revue des faits, des idées et des expériences qui sont les bases de la science du comportement animal.One century ago ethology was note ...
Lopez Rodas, V.
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Author Correction: Developmental features of sleep electrophysiology in family dogs

Scientific Reports, 2022
Vivien Reicher, Nóra Bunford, Anna Kis, Cecília Carreiro, Barbara Csibra, Lorraine Kratz, Márta Gácsi   +6 more
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People follow motivation-structural rules when they react to synthetised sounds

Scientific Reports
Emotionally expressive vocalizations can elicit approach-avoidance responses in humans and non-human animals. We investigated whether artificially generated sounds have similar effects on humans.
Beáta Korcsok, Tamás Faragó, Bence Ferdinandy, Ádám Miklósi, Péter Korondi, Márta Gácsi   +5 more
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Primate Audition: Ethology and Neurobiology

, 2003
Like speech, the species-specific vocalizations or calls of non-human primates mediate social interactions, convey important emotional information, and in some cases refer to objects and events in the caller's environment.
Ghazanfar, A.
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Comparative Ethology of Incest Avoidance [PDF]

, 1975
Bischof, Norbert, Fox, Robin
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Perceived costs and benefits of companion dog keeping based on a convenience sample of dog owners

Scientific Reports
The increasing trend of dog ownership is often linked to its perceived benefits for human physical and mental well-being. However, the psychological and practical demands of caring for a dog can significantly impact the owner’s quality of life and the ...
Laura Gillet, Borbála Turcsán, Eniko Kubinyi   +2 more
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Companion dogs show signs of jealous behaviour toward non-living agents

Scientific Reports
Dogs engage in social interactions with robots, yet whether they perceive them as social agents remains uncertain. In jealousy-evoking contexts, specific behaviours were observed exclusively when dogs’ owners interacted with social, rather than non ...
Judit Abdai, Beatrix Laczi, Fabio F. Agostinho, Ádám Miklósi   +3 more
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