LE CAPACIT� SOCIO COGNITIVE NEL CANE DOMESTICO (CANIS FAMILIARIS): DIFFERENZE TRA RAZZE ED UN CONFRONTO CON IL LUPO(CANIS LUPUS) ...
In the past ten years there has been a considerable increase in the number of studies on dogs? cognitive and communicative abilities. Recent evidence indicates that both genetic factors and life experiences are important in shaping dogs? socio-cognitive abilities and behaviour in a test situation. A...
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Universit� degli Studi di Milano
2011
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.13130/passalacqua-chiara-alessandra_phd2011-05-18 http://air.unimi.it/handle/2434/157381 |
| Summary: | In the past ten years there has been a considerable increase in the number of studies on dogs? cognitive and communicative abilities. Recent evidence indicates that both genetic factors and life experiences are important in shaping dogs? socio-cognitive abilities and behaviour in a test situation. An interesting approach to the investigation of the origin of such abilities is the comparison between different dogs? breeds and with the dogs? wild ancestor: the wolf. In the present work we used two different test paradigm to investigate genetic (breed-group) and ontogenetic (age) factors influencing the use of human-directed gazing behaviour and the influence of humans on dogs? performance in a food choice task using either different of equal quantities of food. Following a genetic classification based on recent genome analyses, dogs were allocated to three breed groupings based on their vicinity to the wolf and to each other (primitive, hunting/herding and molossoid group) and were tested at different ages. ... |
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