Is dogs’ heritable performance in socio-cognitive tasks truly social?

Is dogs’ heritable performance in socio-cognitive tasks truly social?

Summary Recently, Bray et al. ( 2021 ) showed that behavioural performance in cognitive tasks involving humans is highly heritable in dog puppies. Although the paper shows substantial heritability of specific behavioural traits, the absence of control conditions does not allow for strong support of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Learning & behavior 2022-03, Vol.50 (1), p.6-7
Hauptverfasser: Cimarelli, Giulia, Range, Friederike
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal cognition
Animals
Behavior
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Communication
Dogs
Domestication
Heritability
Neurosciences
Outlook
Phenotype
Psychology
Social skills
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Recently, Bray et al. ( 2021 ) showed that behavioural performance in cognitive tasks involving humans is highly heritable in dog puppies. Although the paper shows substantial heritability of specific behavioural traits, the absence of control conditions does not allow for strong support of the authors’ claim that the cognitive performance they measured represents a special sensitivity to human cooperative-communicative acts.
ISSN:1543-4494
1543-4508
DOI:10.3758/s13420-021-00498-x