Domestic Dog Cognition and Behavior

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Orientation: Perceptual and Breed Effects on Behavior and Early Ethological Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Canine Olfaction: Scent, Sign, and Situation

      • Simon Gadbois, Catherine Reeve

      Pages 3-29

   3. Dog Breeds and Their Behavior

      • James A. Serpell, Deborah L. Duffy

      Pages 31-57

   4. The Significance of Ethological Studies: Playing and Peeing

      • Marc Bekoff

      Pages 59-75

3. Behavior and Cognition: Observational and Experimental Results

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Dog Imitation and Its Possible Origins

      • Ludwig Huber, Friederike Range, Zsófia Virányi

      Pages 79-100

   3. Social Looking in the Domestic Dog

      • Emanuela Prato-Previde, Sarah Marshall-Pescini

      Pages 101-131

   4. Visual Attention in Dogs and the Evolution of Non-Verbal Communication

      • Alejandra Rossi, Daniel Smedema, Francisco J. Parada, Colin Allen

      Pages 133-154

   5. Cognitive Development in Gray Wolves: Development of Object Permanence and Sensorimotor Intelligence with Respect to Domestic Dogs

      • Sylvain Fiset, Pierre Nadeau-Marchand, Nathaniel J. Hall

      Pages 155-174

4. The Future of Dog Research: Critical Reassessment of Methods and Practice, and Practical Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. Measuring the Behaviour of Dogs: An Ethological Approach

      • Claudia Fugazza, Ádam Miklósi

      Pages 177-200

   3. Looking at Dogs: Moving from Anthropocentrism to Canid Umwelt

      • Alexandra Horowitz, Julie Hecht

      Pages 201-219

   4. A Dog’s-Eye View of Canine Cognition

      • Monique A. R. Udell, Kathryn Lord, Erica N. Feuerbacher, Clive D. L. Wynne

      Pages 221-240

   5. Canine Welfare Science: An Antidote to Sentiment and Myth

      • Nicola Rooney, John Bradshaw

      Pages 241-274

This book highlights the state of the field in the new, provocative line of research into the cognition and behavior of the domestic dog. Eleven chapters from leading researchers describe innovative methods from comparative psychology, ethology and behavioral biology, which are combined to create a more comprehensive picture of the behavior of Canis familiaris than ever before. Each of the book’s three parts highlights one of the perspectives relevant to providing a full understanding of the dog. Part I covers the perceptual abilities of dogs and the effect of interbreeding. Part II includes observational and experimental results from studies of social cognition – such as learning and social referencing – and physical cognition in canids, while Part III summarizes the work in the field to date, reviewing various conceptual and methodological approaches and testing anthropomorphisms with regard to dogs. The final chapter discusses the practical application of behavioral and cognitive results to promote animal welfare. This volume reflects a modern shift in science toward considering and studying domestic dogs for their own sake, not only insofar as they reflect back on human beings.

• anthropomorphism
• behavior
• cognition
• comparative psychology
• domestic dog
• social cognition

• Department of Psychology, Columbia University Barnard College, New York, USA

  Alexandra Horowitz

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