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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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