Search Results - "Sommese, Andrea"
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Two valid and reliable tests for monitoring age-related memory performance and neophobia differences in dogs
Published in Scientific reports (28-09-2022)“…The prolonged lifespan of companion dogs has resulted in increased behavioural and physical challenges linked to old age. The development of behavioural tests…”
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A citizen science model turns anecdotes into evidence by revealing similar characteristics among Gifted Word Learner dogs
Published in Scientific reports (14-12-2023)“…Dogs that have a vocabulary of object labels (Gifted Word Learner dogs—GWL dogs) have great potential as a comparative model for studying a variety of…”
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Shape and texture biases in dogs’ generalization of trained objects
Published in Scientific reports (14-11-2024)“…Shape bias, the tendency to link the meaning of words to the shape of objects, is a widely investigated phenomenon, but the extent to which it is linked to…”
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Word learning dogs (Canis familiaris) provide an animal model for studying exceptional performance
Published in Scientific reports (07-07-2021)“…Exceptional performance is present in various human activities but its origins are debated and challenging to study. We report evidence of exceptional…”
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Did we find a copycat? Do as I Do in a domestic cat (Felis catus)
Published in Animal cognition (01-01-2021)“…This study shows evidence of a domestic cat ( Felis catus ) being able to successfully learn to reproduce human-demonstrated actions based on the Do as I Do…”
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Acquisition and long-term memory of object names in a sample of Gifted Word Learner dogs
Published in Royal Society open science (01-10-2021)“…Dogs with a vocabulary of object names are rare and are considered uniquely gifted. In a few cases, these Gifted Word Learner (GWL) dogs have presented…”
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Digital Endocasting in Comparative Canine Brain Morphology
Published in Frontiers in veterinary science (06-10-2020)“…Computed tomography (CT) is one of the most useful techniques for digitizing bone structures and making endocranial models from the neurocranium. The resulting…”
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ManyDogs 1: A Multi-Lab Replication Study of Dogs’ Pointing Comprehension
Published in Animal behavior and cognition (01-08-2023)“…To promote collaboration across canine science, address replicability issues, and advance open science practices within animal cognition, we have launched the…”
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Comparing behavioural characteristics of Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs, German shepherds and Labrador retrievers in Italy and the Czech Republic
Published in Applied animal behaviour science (01-04-2021)“…•We examined the behaviour of the Czechoslovakian wolfdogs using the C-BARQ.•Results from the Wolfdogs were then compared to those of German shepherds and…”
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Multisensory mental representation of objects in typical and Gifted Word Learner dogs
Published in Animal cognition (01-12-2022)“…Little research has been conducted on dogs’ ( Canis familiaris ) ability to integrate information obtained through different sensory modalities during object…”
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Strangers Coming from the Sahara: An Update of the Worldwide Distribution, Potential Impacts and Conservation Opportunities of Alien Aoudad
Published in Annales zoologici fennici (01-11-2017)“…Biological invasions are considered one of the main causes of the current global biodiversity crisis. Many ungulate species have been introduced worldwide,…”
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An exploratory analysis of head-tilting in dogs
Published in Animal cognition (01-06-2022)“…Little is known about head-tilts in dogs. Based on previous investigations on the head turning and the lateralised brain pattern of human speech processing in…”
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Wolves (Canis lupus) and Dogs (Canis familiaris) Differ in Following Human Gaze Into Distant Space But Respond Similar to Their Packmates' Gaze
Published in Journal of comparative psychology (1983) (01-08-2016)“…Gaze following into distant space is defined as visual co-orientation with another individual's head direction allowing the gaze follower to gain information…”
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A wolfdog point of view on the impossible task paradigm
Published in Animal cognition (01-11-2019)“…To elucidate the role of domestication, we used the impossible task paradigm to test Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs with a known proportion of ‘wolfblood’ in their…”
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An overview of understudied interaction types amongst large carnivores
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Novel epigenetic-based therapies useful in cardiovascular medicine
Published in World journal of cardiology (26-02-2016)“…Epigenetic modifications include DNA methylation, his-tone modifications, and micro RNA. Gene alterations have been found to be associated with cardiovascular…”
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