Animal experimentation with several species contributes to knowledge and understanding of different learning principles and aspects of human behavior. The domestic dog has been appointed as interesting to the comparative study with humans because of the long history of sharing the same physical and social environment. Among the lines of research pursued with dogs, two are of greater importance for the studies presented in this Thesis: sensitivity to human social cues and investigation of potentially symbolic behavior. Article 1 aimed to investigate the role of ontogenetic learning in the sensitivity to social cues of puppies in two experiments. The main results showed that exposure to human social environment had a significant impact on the...
<div><p>The nature of mental representation of others plays a crucial role in social interactions. D...
A exposição ao ambiente social humano ofereceu aos cães um nicho especial para desenvolver habilidad...
Cães são capazes de reconhecer o conteúdo de expressões faciais e vocalizações de cães e de seres hu...
Social cognition in animals refers to complex abilities that range from inter-individual communicati...
The current study explores the effects of a dog’s environment, e.g., shelter vs pet, on their social...
Over the last two decades increasing evidence for an acute sensitivity to human gestures and attenti...
This paper reviews the reasons why domestic dogs make good models to investigate cognitive processes...
Many lines of evidence show differences between the communicative skills and social responses of dog...
This paper reviews the reasons why domestic dogs make good models to investigate cognitive processes...
Dogs have been a part of human society for a thousand of years, and we have a particular relationshi...
Eighty-seven pet dogs (Canis familiaris) were involved in an experiment in which they had to solve a...
Recent studies have suggested that domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) engage in highly complex forms o...
There is some dispute regarding the role of experience in the development of dogs´ socio-cognitive a...
Los perros domésticos (Canis familiaris) tienen una serie de habilidades cognitivas que le permiten ...
Most domestication hypotheses propose that dogs have been selected for enhanced communication and in...
<div><p>The nature of mental representation of others plays a crucial role in social interactions. D...
A exposição ao ambiente social humano ofereceu aos cães um nicho especial para desenvolver habilidad...
Cães são capazes de reconhecer o conteúdo de expressões faciais e vocalizações de cães e de seres hu...
Social cognition in animals refers to complex abilities that range from inter-individual communicati...
The current study explores the effects of a dog’s environment, e.g., shelter vs pet, on their social...
Over the last two decades increasing evidence for an acute sensitivity to human gestures and attenti...
This paper reviews the reasons why domestic dogs make good models to investigate cognitive processes...
Many lines of evidence show differences between the communicative skills and social responses of dog...
This paper reviews the reasons why domestic dogs make good models to investigate cognitive processes...
Dogs have been a part of human society for a thousand of years, and we have a particular relationshi...
Eighty-seven pet dogs (Canis familiaris) were involved in an experiment in which they had to solve a...
Recent studies have suggested that domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) engage in highly complex forms o...
There is some dispute regarding the role of experience in the development of dogs´ socio-cognitive a...
Los perros domésticos (Canis familiaris) tienen una serie de habilidades cognitivas que le permiten ...
Most domestication hypotheses propose that dogs have been selected for enhanced communication and in...
<div><p>The nature of mental representation of others plays a crucial role in social interactions. D...
A exposição ao ambiente social humano ofereceu aos cães um nicho especial para desenvolver habilidad...
Cães são capazes de reconhecer o conteúdo de expressões faciais e vocalizações de cães e de seres hu...