ReviewAnimal cognition2021
Is cognition the secret to working dog success?
Review in Animal cognition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Adult companion dogs allocate social proximity toward owners over household dogs under competing contexts.Animal cognition · 2026Article
- An overview of the benefits of animal-assisted interventions in medical and therapeutic contexts for human health: cognitive mechanisms, sensory perception and welfare considerations.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Let's talk about "talking" dogs! Reviewing the science behind a bold idea.Biologia futura · 2025Review
- Social learning in dogs from an ecologically valid perspective.Biologia futura · 2025Review
- Human-dog trust and cohesion within French military canine teams.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Do ostensive verbal signals have a unique importance when communicating with dogs?Evolutionary human sciences · 2025Article
- Companion dogs flexibly and spontaneously comprehend human gestures in multiple contexts.Animal cognition · 2024Article
- Longitudinal evidence for the emergence of multiple intelligences in assistance dog puppies.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Transposons in the Williams-Beuren Syndrome Critical Region are Associated with Social Behavior in Assistance Dogs.Behavior genetics · 2024Article
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- Visual perception of emotion cues in dogs: a critical review of methodologies.Animal cognition · 2023Review
- Executive Functions as Measured by the Dog Executive Function Scale (DEFS) over the Lifespan of Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Current Perspectives on the Challenges of Implementing Assistance Dogs in Human Mental Health Care.Veterinary sciences · 2023Review
- Social attention during object engagement: toward a cross-species measure of preferential social orienting.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2022Article
- Development of the dog executive function scale (DEFS) for adult dogs.Animal cognition · 2022Article
- Dog Handler Beliefs regarding Barriers and Facilitators to Canine Health Promotion and Injury Prevention in Swedish Working Dog Trials and Competitions.Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Dogs Exhibiting High Levels of Aggressive Reactivity Show Impaired Self-Control Abilities.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Personality and Cognitive Profiles of Animal-Assisted Intervention Dogs and Pet Dogs in an Unsolvable Task.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- The Animal Welfare Science of Working Dogs: Current Perspectives on Recent Advances and Future Directions.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Review
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Abstract
Dogs' special relationship with humans not only makes them ubiquitous in our lives, but working dogs specifically perform essential functions for us such as sniffing out bombs and pulling wheelchairs for the disabled. To enhance the performance of working dogs, it is essential to understand the cognitive skills that underlie and lead to their success. This review details recent work in the field of canine cognition, including how dogs have evolved socio-cognitive skills that mimic or, in some cases, rival even our closest primate relatives. We review how these findings have laid the foundation for new studies that hope to help enhance working dog programs. This includes work that has begun to reveal the development and stability of the most important traits for service work. Discoveries like these suggest the possibility of translating what we have learned to improve breeding, selection, and training for these jobs. The latest research we review here shows promise in contributing to the production of better dogs and, consequently, more help for people.
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