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The social dog : behaviour and cognition /

The social dog : behaviour and cognition / edited by Juliane Kaminski, Psychology Department, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK; Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Sezione di Neuroscienze, UniversitaÌ degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Comparative Cognition, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Wolf Science Centre, Ernstbrunn, Austria. - xiv, 404 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The social dog : history and evolution / On the way to a better understanding of dog domestication : aggression and cooperativeness in dogs and wolves / The social organisation of a population of free-ranging dogs in a suburban area of Rome : a reassessment of the effects of domestication on dogs' behaviour / Social behaviour among companion dogs with an emphasis on play / Auditory communication in domestic dogs : vocal signalling in the extended social environment of a companion animal / The immaterial cord : the dog-human attachment bond / The personality of dogs / When the bond goes wrong : problem behaviours in the social context / Social learning in dogs / What dogs understand about humans / Dogs' sensitivity to human ostensive cues : a unique adaptation? / Do dogs show an optimistic or pessimistic attitude to life? / Wagging to the right or to the left : lateralisation and what it tells of the dog's social brain / Sarah Marshall-Pescini and Juliane Kaminski -- ZsoÌfia ViraÌnyi and Friederike Range -- Roberto Bonanni and Simona Cafazzo -- Barbara Smuts -- Anna Magdalena Taylor, Victoria Frances Ratcliffe, Karen McComb, and David Reby -- Emanuela Prato Previde and Paola Valsecchi -- AÌdaÌm MikloÌsi, BorbaÌla TurcsaÌn, and EnikoÌ Kubinyi -- Daniel Mills, Emile van der Zee, and Helen Zulch -- PeÌter PongraÌcz -- Juliane BraÌuer -- JoÌzsef TopaÌl, Anna Kis, and Katalin OlaÌh -- Oliver Burman -- Marcello Siniscalchi and Angelo Quaranta. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

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Dogs--Behavior.
Dogs--Psychology.
Dogs--Behavior--Evolution.
Social behavior in animals.
Cognition in animals.
Human-animal relationships.

SF433 / .S63 2014

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