Simple Summary Communication takes place between members of the same species, as
well as between heterospecific individuals, such as the long co-habitation process and inter …

An important question in the study of canine cognition is how dogs understand humans,
given that they show impressive abilities for interacting and communicating with us. In this …

Domestic animals are sensitive to human cues that facilitate inter-specific communication,
including cues to emotional state. The eyes are important in signalling emotions, with the act …

Dogs are able to perceptually discriminate emotional displays of conspecifics and
heterospecifics and possess the cognitive prototypes for emotional categorisation, however …

The ability to infer emotional states and their wider consequences requires the
establishment of relationships between the emotional display and subsequent actions …

Communication between dogs and humans is a topic of growing interest, and the
“unsolvable task” is a common method used to measure human-directed communication. In …

Behavioral synchronization is evolutionary adaptive, fostering social cohesion. In humans,
affiliation between partners is associated with a high level of behavioral synchronization; …

Dogs synchronise their behaviour with those of their owners when confronted with an
unfamiliar situation and interactions with their owners have been shown to decrease the …

Referential gestures are used by a signaller to draw a recipient's attention to a specific
object, individual or event in the environment. These gestures have received much research …

Recent studies have demonstrated that dogs synchronize their locomotor behaviour with
that of their owners. The present study aims to improve our understanding of the …