Search Results - "TOPAL, Jozsef"

Attachment to humans: a comparative study on hand-reared wolves and differently socialized dog puppies by Topál, József, Gácsi, Márta, Miklósi, Ádám, Virányi, Zsófia, Kubinyi, Enikő, Csányi, Vilmos

“…Using the Strange Situation Test originally developed for testing the mother–infant relationship in humans, we compared the attachment behaviour of extensively…”
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A Comparative Study of the Use of Visual Communicative Signals in Interactions Between Dogs (Canis familiaris) and Humans and Cats (Felis catus ) and Humans by Miklósi, Ádam, Pongrácz, Péter, Lakatos, Gabriella, Topál, József, Csányi, Vilmos

“…Dogs' ( Canis familiaris ) and cats' ( Felis catus ) interspecific communicative behavior toward humans was investigated. In Experiment 1, the ability of dogs…”
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Social Pre-treatment Modulates Attention Allocation to Transient and Stable Object Properties by Oláh, Katalin, Elekes, Fruzsina, Turcsán, Borbála, Kis, Orsolya, Topál, József

“…Increasing evidence suggests that ostensive-communicative signals in social learning situations enable observers to focus their attention on the intrinsic…”
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Dogs respond appropriately to cues of humans’ attentional focus by VIRANYI, Zsofia, TOPAL, Jozsef, GACSI, Marta, MIKLOSI, Adam, CSANYI, Vilmos

“…Dogs’ ability to recognise cues of human visual attention was studied in different experiments. Study 1 was designed to test the dogs’ responsiveness to their…”
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Social learning in dogs: the effect of a human demonstrator on the performance of dogs in a detour task by Pongrácz, Péter, Miklósi, Ádám, Kubinyi, Enik, Gurobi, Kata, Topál, József, Csányi, Vilmos

“…We recorded the behaviour of dogs in detour tests, in which an object (a favourite toy) or food was placed behind a V-shaped fence. Dogs were able to master…”
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Interaction between individual experience and social learning in dogs by Pongrácz, Péter, Miklósi, Ádám, Kubinyi, Enikõ, Topál, József, Csányi, Vilmos

“…We investigated the interaction between individual experience and social learning in domestic dogs,Canis familiaris . We conducted two experiments using detour…”
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Social behaviour of dogs encountering AIBO, an animal-like robot in a neutral and in a feeding situation by Kubinyi, Enikő, Miklósi, Ádám, Kaplan, Frédéric, Gácsi, Márta, Topál, József, Csányi, Vilmos

“…The use of animal-like autonomous robots might offer new possibilities in the study of animal interactions, if the subject recognises it as a social partner…”
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What does it take to become abest friendsa? Evolutionary changes in canine social competence by Miklosi, Adam, Topal, Jozsef

“…The traditional and relatively narrow-focused research on apeahuman comparisons has recently been significantly extended by investigations of different clades…”
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What does it take to become ‘best friends’? Evolutionary changes in canine social competence by MIKLOSI, Adám, TOPAL, József

“…The traditional and relatively narrow-focused research on ape–human comparisons has recently been significantly extended by investigations of different clades…”
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Humans' mask wearing has limited effect on family dogs' behaviour in standard test situations by Kis, Anna, Vanderer, Edina, Topál, József

“…COVID-19 changed our lives in many aspects. Among the most spectacular changes was probably the mandatory wearing of masks, which was proven to negatively…”
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The effect of oxytocin on human-directed social behaviour in dogs (Canis familiaris) by Kis, Anna, Ciobica, Alin, Topál, József

“…The oxytocin system has recently received increasing attention due to its effect on complex human behaviours. In parallel to this, over the past couple of…”
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Differential Sensitivity to Human Communication in Dogs, Wolves, and Human Infants by Topál, József, Gergely, György, Erdőhegyi, Ágnes, Csibra, Gergely, Miklósi, Ádám

“…Ten-month-old infants persistently search for a hidden object at its initial hiding place even after observing it being hidden at another location. Recent…”
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Dogs' social susceptibility is differentially affected by various dog-Human interactions. A study on family dogs, former shelter dogs and therapy dogs by Kis, Anna, Tóth, Katinka, Langner, Lívia, Topál, József

“…When pre-treated with social stimuli prior to testing, dogs are more susceptible to human influence in a food preference task. This means, after a positive…”
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Dogs' Gaze Following Is Tuned to Human Communicative Signals by Téglás, Ernő, Gergely, Anna, Kupán, Krisztina, Miklósi, Ádám, Topál, József

“…Recent evidence suggests that preverbal infants' gaze following can be triggered only if an actor's head turn is preceded by the expression of communicative…”
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ASD-similar social behaviour scores affect stimulus generalization in family dogs by Ujfalussy, Dorottya J., Gergely, Anna, Petró, Eszter, Topál, József

“…Generalization, the tendency to respond in the same way to different but similar stimuli, is one of the main cognitive abilities that make category formation…”
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Response to intranasal oxytocin, empathy, and contagious yawning in dogs and humans by Kis, Anna, Topál, József

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Differential effects of speech situations on mothers’ and fathers’ infant-directed and dog-directed speech: An acoustic analysis by Gergely, Anna, Faragó, Tamás, Galambos, Ágoston, Topál, József

“…There is growing evidence that dog-directed and infant-directed speech have similar acoustic characteristics, like high overall pitch, wide pitch range, and…”
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The influence of voice familiarity and linguistic content on dogs’ ability to follow human voice direction by Langner, Livia, Žakelj, Sabina, Bolló, Henrietta, Topál, József, Kis, Anna

“…Domestic dogs are well-known for their abilities to utilize human referential cues for problem solving, including following the direction of human voice. This…”
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Oxytocin induces positive expectations about ambivalent stimuli (cognitive bias) in dogs by Kis, Anna, Hernádi, Anna, Kanizsár, Orsolya, Gácsi, Márta, Topál, József

“…Expectancy bias towards positive outcomes is a potential key to subjective well-being, and has been widely investigated in different species. Here we test…”
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Differential effects of oxytocin on social sensitivity in two distinct breeds of dogs ( Canis familiaris ) by Kovács, Krisztina, Kis, Anna, Pogány, Ákos, Koller, Dóra, Topál, József

“…Highlights • Breed-specific effects of oxytocin on dogs’ social responsiveness were found. • Genetic and epigenetic factors might contribute to differential…”
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