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

open access: yesScientific 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   +2 more
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People follow motivation-structural rules when they react to synthetised sounds

open access: yesScientific 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   +5 more
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Companion dogs show signs of jealous behaviour toward non-living agents

open access: yesScientific 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   +3 more
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The Statistical Analysis of Behavioural Latency Measures [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This article concerns two important problems with the statistical analysis of behavioural latency measures: they typically have severely skewed distributions, and are often censored (truncated).
Budaev, Dr. Sergey
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Author Correction: Developmental features of sleep electrophysiology in family dogs

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Vivien Reicher   +6 more
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Perceived costs and benefits of companion dog keeping based on a convenience sample of dog owners

open access: yesScientific 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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