ArticleAnimal cognition2022
An exploratory analysis of head-tilting in dogs.
Article in Animal cognition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- What Does That Head Tilt Mean? Brain Lateralization and Sex Differences in the Processing of Familiar Human Speech by Domestic Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Shake It Off: Investigating the Function of a Domestic Dog Behavior in Social Contexts.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Puppy whines mediate maternal behavior in domestic dogs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Raising an Eye at Facial Muscle Morphology in Canids.Biology · 2024Article
- How do soundboard-trained dogs respond to human button presses? An investigation into word comprehension.PloS one · 2024Article
- Sound Localization Ability in Dogs.Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
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- Who's Getting a Head Start? Mesocephalic Dogs in Still Images Are Attributed More Positively Valenced Emotions Than Dogs of Other Cephalic Index Groups.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Little is known about head-tilts in dogs. Based on previous investigations on the head turning and the lateralised brain pattern of human speech processing in dogs, we hypothesised that head-tilts may be related to increased attention and could be explained by lateralised mental functions. We observed 40 dogs during object-label knowledge tests and analysed head-tilts occurring while listening to humans requesting verbally to fetch a familiar toy. Our results indicate that only dogs that had learned the name of the objects tilted their heads frequently. Besides, the side of the tilt was stable across several months and tests. Thus, we suggest a relationship between head-tilting and processing relevant, meaningful stimuli.
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