Studies using dogs provide an ideal solution to the gap in animal models for natural disease
and translational medicine. This is evidenced by approximately 400 inherited disorders …

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 …

In recent years evidence has accumulated demonstrating that dogs are, to a degree, skilful
in using human forms of communication, making them stand out in the animal kingdom …

Our aim was to evaluate how human beliefs affect working dog outcomes in an applied
environment. We asked whether beliefs of scent detection dog handlers affect team …

Driven by both applied and theoretical goals, scientific interest in canine cognition has
experienced a rapid surge in popularity, especially over the last 15 years. Here we provide …

Instrumental learning plays an important role in dog–human interactions. The recent
demand for pet dog training has resulted in the development of various training methods …

Humans interact with animals in numerous ways and on numerous levels. We are indeed
living in an “animal” s world,'in the sense that our lives are very much intertwined with the …

Dogs are hypersocial with humans, and their integration into human social ecology makes
dogs a unique model for studying cross-species social bonding. However, the proximal …

The past 30 years have witnessed a continued and growing interest in the production and
comprehension of manual pointing gestures in nonhuman animals. Captive primates with …

Faces are an important visual category for many taxa, and the human face is no exception to
this. Because faces differ in subtle ways and possess many idiosyncratic features, they …