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Abstract Cognitive test batteries suggest that adult dogs have different types of cognitive abilities that vary independently. In the current study, we tested puppies repeatedly over a crucial period of development to explore the timing and rate at which these different cognitive skills develop. Service dog puppies (n = 113), raised using two different socialization strategies, were either tested longitudinally (n =91) or at a single time point (n = 22).
Highlights • Dog puppies are more attracted to humans than wolf puppies raised by humans • Dog puppies use human gestures and make eye contact more than wolf puppies • Both species perform similarly on memory and inhibitory control tasks • Dogs’ early emerging social skills demonstrate domestication’s effect on cognition Summary 1 Belyaev D.K. Plyusnina I.Z. Trut L.N. Domestication in the silver fox (Vulpes fulvus Desm): Changes in physiological boundaries of the sensitive period of primary...
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