Cats and dogs are treated as family members by most pet owners. Therefore, a high quality
of veterinary care and preventive medicine is imperative for animal health and welfare and …

In the past 20 years, research focusing on interspecific sociocognitive abilities of animals
toward humans has been growing, allowing a better understanding of the interactions …

Cat social behaviour and cognition has received a growing interest during the last decades.
Recent studies reported that cats efficiently engage in interspecific communication with …

Comparing the neural correlates of socio-cognitive skills across species provides insights
into the evolution of the social brain and has revealed face-and body-sensitive regions in the …

Facial expressions are considered sensitive indicators of emotional states in humans and
many animals. Identifying facial indicators of emotion is a major challenge and little …

Simple Summary The ability to perceive other individuals' emotions plays a central role for
animals living in social groups. Cats entertain social relationships with individuals of the …

In the present study we investigated the influence of positive and negative arousal situations
and the presence of an audience on dogs' behavioural displays and facial expressions. We …

Dogs can discriminate stressed from non-stressed human odour samples, but the effect on
their cognition is unstudied. Using a cognitive bias task, we tested how human odours affect …

The study of emotional functioning is of crucial importance for improving the welfare of
domestic animals. The investigation of animal emotions is mainly based on the outcomes of …

Despite intensive studies in modeling neuropsychiatric disorders especially autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) in animals, many challenges remain. Genetic mutant mice have contributed …