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Investigating the Dog-Human Social Bond via Behavioral and fMRI Methodologies

Thompkins, Andrea (2016-12-09)

Domestic dogs have been bred into a close relationship with humans, and it is one in which they are often considered family members just as human children are. Given the development of this intense bond, it is unsurprising ...

Position Bias Interferes with Auditory Same/Different Abstract-Concept Learning by Dogs

Thompkins, Andrea (2014-12-04)

Canine cognition is a growing area of research, however the domestic dog’s ability to utilize a same/different abstract concept has yet to be explored. In Experiment 1, six domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) were trained on ...